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Direct linkMensah, Felicia Moore – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 2009
This study focuses on the structure and theoretical foundations of the book club for promoting multicultural understandings in science teacher education. The book club was defined as an informal, peer-directed group discussion that met regularly to discuss an ethnographic, multicultural text regarding issues pertinent to science teaching and…
Descriptors: Preservice Teacher Education, Preservice Teachers, Elementary School Science, Methods Courses
Peer reviewedBasili, Patricia A.; Sanford, Julie P. – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 1991
Study (n=62) at suburban community college tested method of conceptual change in which treatment students worked in small cooperative groups on tasks aimed at eliciting their misconceptions so that they could be discussed in contrast to scientific conception that had been taught in direct instruction. Treatment group had significantly lower…
Descriptors: Concept Formation, Cooperative Learning, Educational Research, Group Behavior
