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Direct linkMeenakshi Sharma – Journal of College Science Teaching, 2025
This study examines the effect of nature journaling on engagement patterns among non-traditional adult learners enrolled in an elementary science methods course. The research aims to bridge a gap in the existing literature by investigating the effectiveness of nature journaling in enhancing learning experiences for this specific demographic.…
Descriptors: Nontraditional Students, Journal Writing, Adult Learning, Theory Practice Relationship
Thompson, Stephen L.; Emmer, Ed – Journal of Science Teacher Education, 2019
This exploratory case study centered on 3 beginning elementary science teachers who experienced variations in practice-based instructional approaches within their elementary teacher development sequence. We define "practice-based instructional approaches" as engaging with teaching approximations that occur in authentic classroom settings…
Descriptors: Methods Courses, Science Instruction, Science Teachers, Elementary School Teachers
Cone, Neporcha – Journal of Science Teacher Education, 2009
This study explored the effects of community-based service-learning (CBSL), supplemented with discussions and activities about diversity, on the self-efficacy beliefs of preservice elementary teachers regarding equitable science teaching and learning for diverse student groups. The study was conducted with 81 preservice teachers enrolled in four…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Elementary School Science, Methods Courses, Self Efficacy
Strawitz, Barbara M. – 1976
Presented is a description of a study done to assess an undergraduate science methods course. The subjects involved in the study were 82 elementary education majors at Louisiana State University. Students not in the course served as a comparison group. The treatment group participated in science activities selected from ESS, SCIS, and SAPA…
Descriptors: Educational Research, Elementary School Science, Experiential Learning, Higher Education
Download full textRussell, Tom – 1994
This paper reports the results of a deliberate effort to help preservice science teachers improve their ability to learn from experience and take charge of their own professional development as teachers. The study was conducted by a teacher educator who simultaneously taught a physics methods course and a 12th-grade physics class and thereby…
Descriptors: Beginning Teachers, Experiential Learning, Foreign Countries, High Schools
Strawitz, Barbara M.; Malone, Mark R. – 1984
The purpose of this study was to investigate whether the field experience component of an undergraduate science methods course for preservice elementary school teachers was effective in: (1) shifting student concerns about science teaching from concerns about themselves to concerns about the impact of inquiry-oriented science programs on pupils;…
Descriptors: College Science, Elementary Education, Elementary School Science, Experiential Learning
