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Direct linkPalmer, David – Science Education, 2011
Low teacher self-efficacy is an important factor constraining the teaching of science at the elementary level. This study was designed to investigate the effectiveness of particular sources of efficacy information for enhancing the science teaching self-efficacy of practicing elementary teachers. Twelve teachers participated in an intervention…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Intervention, Self Efficacy, Science Instruction
Peer reviewedTomera, Audrey N. – Science Education, 1974
Investigated was the retention of the skills of observation and comparison in junior high school students in a rural junior high school and an urban setting. Data obtained showed a consistently high degree of retention for both skills (although degree of retention was higher for observation than for comparison skills) regardless of treatment…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Educational Research, Instruction, Junior High School Students
Peer reviewedTomera, Audrey N. – Science Education, 1974
This is a continuation of the report on a study of skill retention (observation and comparison) in junior high school students. (See SE 511 538 for additional information.) Reported in this article is an investigation to determine if the skills retained could be transferred to a new set of scientific objects. Results appeared to show that both…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Educational Research, Grade 7, Instruction
