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Plummer, Julia D. – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 2009
The National Science Education Standards [National Research Council (1996) National science education standards. Washington, DC: National Academy Press] recommend that students understand the apparent patterns of motion of the sun, moon and stars by the end of early elementary school. However, little information exists on students' ability to…
Descriptors: Scientific Principles, Motion, Visual Environment, Grade 2
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Akerson, Valarie L.; Volrich, Morgan L. – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 2006
This case study focused on a preservice teachers' (Morgan) efforts to explicitly emphasize nature of science (NOS) elements in her first-grade internship classroom. The study assessed the change in first grade students' views of the inferential, tentative, and creative NOS as a result of the explicit instruction. Morgan held appropriate views of…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Grade 1, Preservice Teachers, Scientific Principles