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Peer reviewedTrend, Roger – International Journal of Science Education, 2000
Describes a study of preservice elementary teachers' (n=179) perceptions of geologic time. Finds that the respondents perceived events in Earth's geological past as falling into three distinct clusters: extremely ancient, less ancient, and geologically recent. Finds also that the teachers' grasp of relative time is more secure than their grasp of…
Descriptors: Earth Science, Foreign Countries, Geology, Higher Education
