The Need for Change in Elementary School Teacher Training: The Case of the Energy Concept as an Example.

Trumper, Ricardo

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Publication Date: 1997

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The Need for Change in Elementary School Teacher Training: The Case of the Energy Concept as an Example.

Trumper, Ricardo

Educational Research, v39 n2 p157-74 Sum 1997

Preservice elementary school teachers in Israel (n=608) answered questions about energy concepts. Results revealed the following: (1) many hold alternative conceptual frameworks, not accepted scientific concepts; (2) many do not accept the idea of energy conservation or degradation; (3) they confuse energy and force; and (4) they have an ambiguous recognition of different types of energy. (SK)

Descriptors: Concept Formation, Educational Change, Elementary School Teachers, Energy, Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Misconceptions, Preservice Teacher Education, Scientific Concepts

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: Israel

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