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Hammack, Rebekah; Vo, Tina – Research in Science Education, 2022
This sequential explanatory mixed methods study (quant + QUAL) examined elementary preservice teachers' conceptions of teaching engineering. Participants (n = 104) from two large western universities completed the Draw-An-Engineering-Teacher-Test (DAETT) as part of their elementary science methods course. Additionally, a subgroup of participants…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Elementary School Teachers, Engineering Education, Student Attitudes
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Abell, Sandra; Martini, Mariana; George, Melissa – International Journal of Science Education, 2001
Describes a science methods course for elementary education majors in which students investigated the phases of the moon. Concludes that students did not make direct connections between their science learning activities and the nature of science. Provides a set of recommendations related to the nature of science and moon study. (Contains 27…
Descriptors: Cognitive Structures, Elementary Education, Epistemology, Higher Education