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Courey, Susan; LePage, Pamela; Blackorby, Jose; Siker, Jody; Nguyen, Trang – International Journal of Web-Based Learning and Teaching Technologies, 2015
The Dynabook research project was a collaborative effort aimed at developing and evaluating a new interactive Web-based resource for use in teacher education to improve how teachers learn to teach middle-school mathematics. This paper describes the outcomes of research during a three-year project to develop and evaluate the effectiveness of the…
Descriptors: Web Based Instruction, Preservice Teachers, Mathematics Instruction, Middle Schools
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Czworkowski, John; Seethaler, Sherry – Journal of College Science Teaching, 2013
The California Teach Program at the University of California, San Diego, recruits and prepares undergraduates interested in teaching science and mathematics. One of the products of the program is a set of courses taught by faculty in science disciplines that integrate subject matter with theories of learning and instruction, with the goal of…
Descriptors: Course Content, Undergraduate Students, Science Education, Student Surveys
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Flores, Ingrid M. – Research in Higher Education Journal, 2012
Engaging students in inquiry-based learning is viewed by the science education community as the cornerstone of science education reform. Pre-service teachers often enter science methods courses in teacher education credential programs with significant trepidation of science, a lack of strong science content knowledge, a lack of confidence in…
Descriptors: Inquiry, Science Instruction, Preservice Teachers, Science Teachers
Finkelstein, Neal; Hanson, Thomas – Society for Research on Educational Effectiveness, 2011
The primary purpose of this study is to assess student-level impacts of a problem-based instructional approach to high school economics. The curriculum approach examined here was designed to increase class participation and content knowledge for high school students who are learning economics. This study tests the effectiveness of Problem Based…
Descriptors: High Schools, Teacher Characteristics, Economics Education, Rural Areas
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Inoue, Noriyuki – Journal of Education for Teaching: International Research and Pedagogy, 2009
Giving effective instructional explanations requires a special type of pedagogical content knowledge, that is, foreseeing where students could employ different assumptions in building their understanding of a specific content. This paper proposes the importance of rehearsing instructional explanations and fine-tuning the coherence and…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Elementary School Teachers, Pedagogical Content Knowledge, Mathematics Instruction