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Love, Tyler S.; Napoli, Mary; Lee, Doris – School Science and Mathematics, 2023
Research has revealed that a small percentage of weekly instructional time in the elementary grades is dedicated to teaching science. Additionally, elementary educators receive limited preparation to teach science concepts compared to math or literacy skills. Therefore, this study examined if utilizing poetry to teach science concepts had a…
Descriptors: Poetry, Science Instruction, Elementary School Teachers, Preservice Teachers
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Newton, Kristie Jones; Leonard, Jacqueline; Evans, Brian R.; Eastburn, Julie A. – School Science and Mathematics, 2012
The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between mathematics content knowledge and teacher efficacy during an elementary mathematics methods course. A positive moderate relationship between content knowledge and personal teaching efficacy was found, and this relationship was stable during the course. No relationship was found…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Methods Courses, Teacher Education Curriculum, Teacher Effectiveness
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Rule, Audrey C.; Harrell, Mary H. – School Science and Mathematics, 2006
A new method of analyzing mathematics attitudes through symbolic drawings, situated within the field of Jungian-oriented analytical psychology, was applied to 52 preservice elementary teachers before and after a mathematics methods course. In this triangulation mixed methods design study, pretest images related to past mathematics experiences…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Pretests Posttests, Preservice Teachers, Mathematical Concepts