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Improving Preservice Middle Grades Science Teachers' Understanding of the Nature of Science Using Three Instructional Approaches
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Seung, Eulsun; Bryan, Lynn A.; Butler, Malcolm B. – Journal of Science Teacher Education, 2009
The purpose of this study was to investigate changes in preservice teachers' understanding of the nature of science (NOS) as a result of four activity-based interventions that represent three instructional approaches used in a middle grades science methods course. Ten participants' understanding of NOS and their perceptions about the…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Methods Courses, Scientific Principles, Science Teachers
The Influence of Repeated Teaching and Reflection on Preservice Teachers' Views of Inquiry and Nature of Science
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Lotter, Christine; Singer, Jonathan; Godley, Jenice – Journal of Science Teacher Education, 2009
This study describes the influence of a secondary science methods program on secondary science preservice teachers' views and enactment of nature of science and inquiry-based instructional practices. Built into the structure of this program were three cycles of practice teaching and reflection in which the preservice teachers focused on key…
Descriptors: Student Teaching, Preservice Teachers, Middle Schools, High Schools
Early Childhood Teachers' Views of Nature of Science: The Influence of Intellectual Levels, Cultural Values, and Explicit Reflective Teaching
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Akerson, Valarie L.; Buzzelli, Cary A.; Donnelly, Lisa A. – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 2008
This study tracked the influence of explicit reflective instructional methods on cultural values, ethical and intellectual development, and the relationship of these with preservice teachers' views of nature of science (NOS). The researchers used the Views of Nature of Science Form B (VNOS B) to describe NOS views, the Learning Context…
Descriptors: Preservice Teacher Education, Preservice Teachers, Methods Courses, Scientific Principles
Developing Deeper Understandings of Nature of Science: The Impact of a Philosophy of Science Course on Preservice Science Teachers' Views and Instructional Planning
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Abd-El-Khalick, Fouad – International Journal of Science Education, 2005
This study aimed to assess the influence of a philosophy of science (POS) course on science teachers' views of nature of science (NOS), perceptions of teaching about NOS, and instructional planning related to NOS. Participants were 56 undergraduate and graduate preservice secondary science teachers enrolled in a two science-methods course…
Descriptors: Science Curriculum, Science Teachers, Methods Courses, Scientific Principles
One Course Is Not Enough: Preservice Elementary Teachers' Retention of Improved Views of Nature of Science
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Akerson, Valarie L.; Morrison, Judith A.; McDuffie, Amy Roth – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 2006
This study examined the views, and the retention of these views, of 19 preservice elementary teachers as they learned about nature of science (NOS). The preservice teachers participated in a cohort group as they took a science methods course during which they received explicit reflective instruction in nature of science. Through Views of Nature of…
Descriptors: Scientific Principles, Science Teachers, Preservice Teachers, Methods Courses