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Hanuscin, Deborah L.; Lee, Michele H. – Journal of Elementary Science Education, 2008
The learning cycle has been embraced as a teaching approach that is consistent with the goals of the "National Science Education Standards" (National Research Council, 1996). Science teacher educators may be disappointed to find, however, that preservice teachers may fail to grasp this model, even after extensive instruction (e.g., Settlage,…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Learning Processes, Teaching Models, Science Instruction
Callison, Priscilla L.; Wright, Emmett L. – 1993
This study investigated the effect of three specific hands-on teaching strategies on the attainment and alteration of preservice elementary teachers' conceptions about earth-sun-moon relationships. The subjects (n=76) were enrolled in an elementary school science methods course. The descriptive nature of this study explored: (1) the effect of two…
Descriptors: Astronomy, Concept Formation, Earth Science, Educational Research