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Impacts of Contextual and Explicit Instruction on Preservice Elementary Teachers' Understandings of the Nature of Science
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Bell, Randy L.; Matkins, Juanita Jo; Gansneder, Bruce M. – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 2011
This mixed-methods investigation compared the relative impacts of instructional approach and context of nature of science instruction on preservice elementary teachers' understandings. The sample consisted of 75 preservice teachers enrolled in four sections of an elementary science methods course. Independent variables included instructional…
Descriptors: Investigations, Control Groups, Preservice Teachers, Elementary School Science
Early Childhood Teachers' Views of Nature of Science: The Influence of Intellectual Levels, Cultural Values, and Explicit Reflective Teaching
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Akerson, Valarie L.; Buzzelli, Cary A.; Donnelly, Lisa A. – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 2008
This study tracked the influence of explicit reflective instructional methods on cultural values, ethical and intellectual development, and the relationship of these with preservice teachers' views of nature of science (NOS). The researchers used the Views of Nature of Science Form B (VNOS B) to describe NOS views, the Learning Context…
Descriptors: Preservice Teacher Education, Preservice Teachers, Methods Courses, Scientific Principles
One Course Is Not Enough: Preservice Elementary Teachers' Retention of Improved Views of Nature of Science
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Akerson, Valarie L.; Morrison, Judith A.; McDuffie, Amy Roth – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 2006
This study examined the views, and the retention of these views, of 19 preservice elementary teachers as they learned about nature of science (NOS). The preservice teachers participated in a cohort group as they took a science methods course during which they received explicit reflective instruction in nature of science. Through Views of Nature of…
Descriptors: Scientific Principles, Science Teachers, Preservice Teachers, Methods Courses
Confronting Prospective Teachers' Ideas of Evolution and Scientific Inquiry Using Technology and Inquiry-Based Tasks
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Crawford, Barbara A.; Zembal-Saul, Carla; Munford, Danusa; Friedrichsen, Patricia – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 2005
This study addresses the need for research in three areas: (1) teachers' understandings of scientific inquiry; (2) conceptual understandings of evolutionary processes; and (3) technology-enhanced instruction using an inquiry approach. The purpose of this study was to determine in what ways "The Galapagos Finches" software-based materials created a…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Educational Technology, Computer Software, Metacognition