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Kurz, Terri L.; Middleton, James A. – Journal of Research on Technology in Education, 2006
This study examined the structure of two preservice teachers' understandings of educational software in mathematics using repertory grid techniques. Specifically, the study focused on how teacher educators can enable preservice teachers to discern the features of mathematics software, and develop pedagogical goals that reflect the affordances and…
Descriptors: Teacher Educators, Preservice Teachers, Preservice Teacher Education, Computer Software
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Crawford, Barbara; Cullin, Michael – International Journal of Science Education, 2004
This study investigated prospective secondary science teachers' understandings of and intentions to teach about scientific modelling in the context of a model-based instructional module. Qualitative methods were used to explore the influence of instruction using dynamic computer modelling. Participants included 14 secondary science prospective…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Science Instruction, Models, Science Teachers
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Chinnappan, Mohan – Mathematics Teacher Education and Development, 2003
Recent developments about cognitions underlying mathematical learning are beginning to suggest that the activation and appropriate use of prior knowledge by students is, to a large measure, controlled by the quality of organisation of that knowledge. Thus, teaching needs to support the construction of well-connected mathematical knowledge. An…
Descriptors: Schemata (Cognition), Preservice Teacher Education, Teacher Education Programs, Student Teachers