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Zoltán Kátai; Pálma-Rozália Osztián; David Iclanzan – Education and Information Technologies, 2024
Visual storytelling, particularly through dance choreographies as showcased in previous AlgoRythmics performances, has been effective in communicating relatively straightforward algorithms in an engaging and memorable way. Nevertheless, when addressing complex algorithmic concepts, an approach with greater expressiveness and flexibility becomes…
Descriptors: Algorithms, Story Telling, Methods Courses, Theater Arts
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Meredith Reinhart – School Science and Mathematics, 2024
Even though the "Next Generation Science Standards" (NGSS) were released over a decade ago, science is still infrequently taught in early childhood and elementary classrooms. A lack of teacher confidence due to inadequate content knowledge may be a contributing factor, making access to high-quality elementary science methods courses even…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Science Instruction, Preservice Teachers, Elementary School Teachers
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Pettis, Christy – Contemporary Issues in Technology and Teacher Education (CITE Journal), 2022
This study describes the ways in which 36 preservice elementary teachers (PSETs) incorporated text into slides (n = 158) they designed for use with K-5 students during whole-group mathematics instruction. A qualitative content analysis was conducted to determine the extent and purposes for which the PSETs used slide text. Overall, 80% of slides…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Mathematics Instruction, Elementary School Teachers, Teaching Methods
Sinem Gencer – Journal of Chemical Education, 2023
The main purpose of this study was to describe the development and use of a flowchart for preservice chemistry teachers' problem solving on the First Law of Thermodynamics. Twenty-seven undergraduate preservice chemistry teachers attending a Physical Chemistry course participated in this study. The responses of the participants to the set of test…
Descriptors: Flow Charts, Preservice Teachers, Science Teachers, Chemistry
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Lauren Barth-Cohen; Tracy E. Dobie; José F. Gutiérrez; Rachel Carlsruh; Kevin Greenberg – Journal of Science Teacher Education, 2024
This study investigates how preservice elementary teachers (PSTs) engage and reflect on two science disciplinary practices: engaging with representations and engaging in evidence-based arguments. In the context of elementary science, teachers blend multiple practices across curricular topics and instruction. However, studies of teachers' use of…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Elementary School Teachers, Science Instruction, Educational Practices
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Mimi Li; Meixiu Zhang – CALICO Journal, 2024
This article reports an empirical study on embedding digital literacies in the language teacher education curriculum with pre-service and in-service teachers enrolled in a graduate-level language teaching method course. Two different types of technology-mediated collaborative tasks were implemented, one being collaborative reading for writing…
Descriptors: Digital Literacy, Teacher Education Curriculum, Visual Aids, Language Teachers