Changes in Preservice Elementary Teachers' Hypothesizing Skills Following Group or Individual Study with Computer Simulations.

Baird, William E.; Koballa, Thomas R., Jr.

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Publication Date: 1988

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Changes in Preservice Elementary Teachers' Hypothesizing Skills Following Group or Individual Study with Computer Simulations.

Baird, William E.; Koballa, Thomas R., Jr.

Science Education, v72 n2 p209-23 Apr 1988

Examined the feasibility of using two microcomputer simulations to improve preservice elementary teachers performance in the formation and testing of hypotheses. Considers the effects of mode of computer instruction and cooperation on the acquisition of skills. (CW)

Descriptors: Cognitive Ability, Cognitive Structures, College Science, Higher Education, Microcomputers, Preservice Teacher Education, Science Education, Simulation, Teaching Methods

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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