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Aygün Kiliç – Journal of Theoretical Educational Science, 2024
This study examined pre-service science teachers' pedagogical content knowledge (PCK) about seasons. The framework of this study was based on the Refined Consensus Model (RCM), and pre-service teachers' topic-specific PCK was also discussed in two dimensions: personal PCK (pPCK) and enacted PCK (ePCK), which are included in this model. The pPCK of…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Science Teachers, Pedagogical Content Knowledge, Foreign Countries
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Kara, Filiz – International Online Journal of Education and Teaching, 2022
The aim of this research is to determine the misconceptions of students about the subject of the moon and to examine the effects of science lesson with reflective science diaries on the achievements of students and eliminating their misconceptions. The research designed according to the pretest-posttest control group model among the experimental…
Descriptors: Elementary School Science, Elementary School Students, Grade 5, Diaries
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Yuksel, Ibrahim; Eker, Merve – International Education Studies, 2021
This study aims to determine the knowledge levels in the Nature and History of Science course of the prospective teachers studying in the science education program and their views following the course. Six interview questions were asked to the pre-service teachers in the science education program about the Nature and History of Science course.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Preservice Teachers, Student Attitudes, Knowledge Level
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Güven, Nalan Akkuzu; Uyulgan, Melis Arzu – Journal of Pedagogical Research, 2021
The present investigation aims to analyze the knowledge levels and chemical representation levels of pre-service primary school teachers (PPSTs) on the experiment of distillation. For this purpose, the cross-sectional survey technique, one of the quantitative research designs was employed. The study was carried out at a Faculty of Education in the…
Descriptors: Knowledge Level, Chemistry, Preservice Teachers, Elementary School Teachers
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Lederman, Judith; Lederman, Norman; Bartels, Selina; Jimenez, Juan; Akubo, Mark; Aly, Shereen; Bao, Chengcheng; Blanquet, Estelle; Blonder, Ron; Bologna Soares de Andrade, Mariana; Buntting, Catherine; Cakir, Mustafa; EL-Deghaidy, Heba; ElZorkani, Ahmed; Gaigher, Estelle; Guo, Shuchen; Hakanen, Arvi; Hamed Al-Lal, Soraya; Han-Tosunoglu, Cigdem; Hattingh, Annemarie; Hume, Anne; Irez, Serhat; Kay, Gillian; Kivilcan Dogan, Ozgur; Kremer, Kerstin; Kuo, Pi-Chu; Lavonen, Jari; Lin, Shu-Fen; Liu, Cheng; Liu, Enshan; Liu, Shiang-Yao; Lv, Bin; Mamlok-Naaman, Rachel; McDonald, Christine; Neumann, Irene; Pan, Yaozhen; Picholle, Eric; Rivero García, Ana; Rundgren, Carl-Johan; Santibáñez-Gómez, David; Saunders, Kathy; Schwartz, Renee; Voitle, Frauke; von Gyllenpalm, Jakob; Wei, Fangbing; Wishart, Jocelyn; Wu, Zhifeng; Xiao, Huang; Yalaki, Yalcin; Zhou, Qiaoxue – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 2019
Although understandings of scientific inquiry (as opposed to conducting inquiry) are included in science education reform documents around the world, little is known about what students have learned about inquiry during their elementary school years. This is partially due to the lack of any assessment instrument to measure understandings about…
Descriptors: Inquiry, Middle School Students, Elementary Education, Foreign Countries
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Zorluoglu, Seraceddin Levent; Güven, Çagri – Journal of Educational Issues, 2020
In this study, the relationship between the levels of 5th grade science course exam questions and the 5th class learning outcomes of the science curriculum in the revised Bloom taxonomy was examined. The research was carried out using document analysis method. Since the revised Bloom taxonomy categories were used for the analysis, the data…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Outcomes of Education, Elementary School Students, Grade 5
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Filik Iscen, Cansu – Acta Didactica Napocensia, 2019
The purpose of this study is to reveal the levels of knowledge held by pre-service science teacher concerning the nitrogen -- phosphorus cycle, using the expression and drawing method. Awareness of a cyclical relationship between nitrogen and phosphorus, which are a vital requirement for living creatures, and living beings and their environment,…
Descriptors: Knowledge Level, Preservice Teachers, Pedagogical Content Knowledge, Sustainable Development
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Hacioglu, Yasemin; Durukan, Ummu Gulsum; Sahin, Cigdem – Eurasian Journal of Educational Research, 2016
Problem Statement: It is unknown how Science Teacher Candidates (STCs) recognize measuring instruments and indicate units that STCs will teach to their students, which they will constantly come across when they become teachers. Determining this case is important because it is believed that the results of this study will support the implementations…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Science Teachers, Measurement Equipment, Measurement Techniques
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Nejla Yürük; Pinar Eroglu – Journal of Baltic Science Education, 2016
The purpose of this research was to compare the effect of conceptual change texts enriched with metaconceptual processes with the effect of refutational and expository texts on pre-service science teachers' conceptual understanding of heat and temperature. The durability of the effect of the texts on pre-service science teachers' conceptual…
Descriptors: Concept Formation, Scientific Concepts, Preservice Teachers, Science Teachers
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Sensoy, Onder; Yildirim, Halil Ibrahim – Universal Journal of Educational Research, 2018
The aim of this study is to examine the impact of the Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge (TPCK) based educational practices in astronomy lectures on prospective science teachers' success levels. The study was conducted on 4th-grade prospective science teachers of a public university and lasted for 14 weeks. In the study,…
Descriptors: Pedagogical Content Knowledge, Technological Literacy, Astronomy, Science Teachers
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Türk, Cumhur; Kalkan, Hüseyin; Kiroglu, Kasim; Ocak Iskeleli, Nazan – Journal of Education and Learning, 2016
The purpose of this study is to determine the mental models of elementary school students on seasons and to analyze how these models change in terms of grade levels. The study was conducted with 294 students (5th, 6th, 7th and 8th graders) studying in an elementary school of Turkey's Black Sea Region. Qualitative and quantitative data collection…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Concept Formation, Elementary School Science, Astronomy
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Tekbiyik, Ahmet – Teaching Science, 2015
The aim of this research was to explore students' application of theoretical knowledge in real-life situations using pulley systems in a competition designed for primary school students. The study was conducted with 24 primary school students who had completed year seven, and who volunteered to participate in a summer science camp. In groups, the…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Elementary School Science, Summer Programs, Equipment
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Kiroglu, Kasim – Journal of Education and Training Studies, 2015
This study aims to assess primary school teachers' knowledge of basic astronomy concepts, such as the sizes and shapes of, and the distances between, the Sun, the Earth, and the Moon, lunar and solar eclipses, and the motions of the Moon and the Earth. Out of a total of 1,533 teachers, 398 (26%) were reached and asked to take a knowledge test. On…
Descriptors: Astronomy, Scientific Concepts, Elementary School Teachers, Knowledge Level
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Elmas, Ridvan; Aydogdu, Bülent; Saban, Yakup – International Education Studies, 2017
This study has two primary objectives. The first one is preparation of an efficient review book including a series of activities, which will help fourth grade students exercise what they learned in the elementary science course in a year. The second objective is examination of the prepared book in the framework of student and teacher opinions. In…
Descriptors: Retention (Psychology), Grade 4, Teacher Attitudes, Foreign Countries
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Aydeniz, M.; Ozdilek, Z. – Science Education International, 2015
The purpose of this study was to assess pre-service science teachers' understanding of science, scientific argumentation and the difference between scientific argumentation and scientific explanation. A total of 40 pre-service science teachers enrolled in a Turkish university completed a five-question questionnaire. The results showed that the…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Preservice Teacher Education, Persuasive Discourse, Scientific Literacy
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