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Dal, Burckin – Educational Sciences: Theory and Practice, 2009
In this article, the students teachers' opinions, including rock formation and improper terms related to or different from these ideas, all of which are considered or must be considered in geology classes, have been analyzed. Alternative conception is used to inform our understanding of students teachers' ideas and describe any conceptual…
Descriptors: Geology, Earth Science, Investigations, Student Teacher Attitudes
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Trend, Roger – International Journal of Science Education, 2000
Describes a study of preservice elementary teachers' (n=179) perceptions of geologic time. Finds that the respondents perceived events in Earth's geological past as falling into three distinct clusters: extremely ancient, less ancient, and geologically recent. Finds also that the teachers' grasp of relative time is more secure than their grasp of…
Descriptors: Earth Science, Foreign Countries, Geology, Higher Education