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Self-Efficacy and Alternative Conceptions of Science of Preservice Elementary Teachers.
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Schoon, Kenneth J.; Boone, William J. – Science Education, 1998
Measures both teaching efficacy and the holding of specific alternative conceptions of preservice elementary teachers (N=619). Uses a survey to determine the relationship between teaching efficacy and certain alternative conceptions. Contains 77 references. (DDR)
Descriptors: Concept Formation, Elementary Education, Elementary School Science, Higher Education
Struggling To Promote Deeply Rooted Change: The "Filtering Effect" of Teachers' Beliefs on Understanding Transformational Views of Teaching Science.
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Yerrick, Randy; And Others – Science Education, 1997
Presents a study that examines the beliefs of teachers (N=24) and their interpretations of a two-week summer institute intended to change their treatment of scientific knowledge and assessment strategies at the classroom level. Contains 31 references. (DDR)
Descriptors: Concept Formation, Curriculum Development, Educational Change, Elementary Secondary Education