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Deborah Hanuscin; Emily Borda; Josie Melton; Jamie N. Mikeska – International Journal of Science and Mathematics Education, 2025
Research on teacher educators' professional learning has gained increasing interest within science education. Curriculum materials have been suggested as a means of supporting "teacher" learning for several decades but have not yet been examined as a potential tool for supporting the learning of "teacher educators." In this…
Descriptors: Curriculum Design, Instructional Materials, Teacher Educators, Preservice Teachers
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Barak, Miri; Yachin, Tal; Erduran, Sibel – Research in Science Education, 2023
The goal of this study was to examine the way preservice science teachers depict and develop their understanding of nature of science (NOS), from the perspective of the family resemblance approach (FRA). FRA defines NOS as a Cognitive-Epistemic and Social-Institutional system. Appling the dual-analytic approach via reflective drawing analysis, we…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Teacher Education Programs, Scientific Principles, Freehand Drawing
Sinem Gencer – Journal of Chemical Education, 2023
The main purpose of this study was to describe the development and use of a flowchart for preservice chemistry teachers' problem solving on the First Law of Thermodynamics. Twenty-seven undergraduate preservice chemistry teachers attending a Physical Chemistry course participated in this study. The responses of the participants to the set of test…
Descriptors: Flow Charts, Preservice Teachers, Science Teachers, Chemistry
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Carrier, Sarah J.; Grifenhagen, Jill F. – Journal of Science Teacher Education, 2020
The academic language of science includes science content words and words that describe the practices of scientists. The present study examined science vocabulary knowledge and science vocabulary instruction practices of pre-service teachers enrolled in a primary science methods course. This exploratory mixed-methods study presents quantitative…
Descriptors: Academic Language, Vocabulary Development, Science Instruction, Preservice Teachers
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Harshbarger, Dena – Science and Children, 2019
The typical elementary classroom hosts a range of diverse students. Not only do students bring varying academic readiness levels, background experiences, interests, personalities, and learning preferences to the classroom, but some students also have physical disabilities that must be considered when designing science instruction. The formerly…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Teaching Methods, Science Instruction, Student Diversity
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Larkin, Douglas – Journal of Science Teacher Education, 2017
In an effort to better prepare science teachers to engage in high-leverage practices, this study investigates the choices and rationales of preservice science teachers in planning elicitation strategies and describes how their understandings about the elicitation of students' ideas changed over time. Four cohorts of preservice science teachers…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Science Instruction, Methods Courses, Science Teachers
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Richmond, Gail; Parker, Joyce M.; Kaldaras, Leonora – Journal of Science Teacher Education, 2016
The Next-Generation Science Standards (NGSS) call for a different approach to learning science. They promote three-dimensional (3D) learning that blends disciplinary core ideas, crosscutting concepts and scientific practices. In this study, we examined explanations constructed by secondary science teacher candidates (TCs) as a scientific practice…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Science Teachers, Student Teacher Attitudes, Science Instruction
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Milner-Bolotin, Marina – Canadian Journal of Science, Mathematics and Technology Education, 2016
This article discusses how modern technology, such as electronic response systems, PeerWise system, data collection and analysis tools, computer simulations, and modeling software can be used in physics methods courses to promote teacher-candidates' professional competencies and their positive attitudes about mathematics and science education. We…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education, Physics, Methods Courses
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Cobern, William W.; Schuster, David; Adams, Betty; Skjold, Brandy Ann; Mugaloglu, Ebru Zeynep; Bentz, Amy; Sparks, Kelly – International Journal of Science Education, 2014
A critical aspect of teacher education is gaining pedagogical content knowledge of how to teach science for conceptual understanding. Given the time limitations of college methods courses, it is difficult to touch on more than a fraction of the science topics potentially taught across grades K-8, particularly in the context of relevant pedagogies.…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Pedagogical Content Knowledge, Formative Evaluation, Preservice Teacher Education
Goldston, M. Jenice; Downey, Laura – SAGE Publications (CA), 2012
Designed around a practical "practice-what-you-teach" approach to methods instruction, "Your Science Classroom: Becoming an Elementary/Middle School Science Teacher" is based on current constructivist philosophy, organized around 5E inquiry, and guided by the National Science Education Teaching Standards. Written in a reader-friendly style, the…
Descriptors: Constructivism (Learning), Science Teachers, Science Instruction, Methods Courses
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Lewthwaite, Brian; Murray, John; Hechter, Richard – International Journal of Environmental and Science Education, 2012
Our inquiry uses accounts from the history of science to develop teacher-candidate (student teacher) understanding of the nature of science (NOS) in a science teacher education methods course. This understanding of the NOS is then used as a foundation for developing teacher candidate appreciation of the attributes of authentic science lessons.…
Descriptors: Case Method (Teaching Technique), Science Teachers, Methods Courses, Scientific Principles
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Brown, Patrick L.; Friedrichsen, Patricia M. – Science Activities: Classroom Projects and Curriculum Ideas, 2011
One proven strategy to help students make sense of abstract concepts is to sequence instruction so students have exploratory opportunities to investigate science before being introduced to new science explanations (Abraham and Renner 1986; Renner, Abraham, and Birnie 1988). To help physical science teachers make sense of how to effectively…
Descriptors: Methods Courses, Teacher Education, Physical Sciences, Science Teachers
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Plummer, Julia D.; Zahm, Valerie M.; Rice, Rebecca – Journal of Science Teacher Education, 2010
This study investigated the impact of an open inquiry experience on elementary science methods students' understanding of celestial motion as well as the methods developed by students to answer their own research questions. Pre/post interviews and assessments were used to measure change in participants' understanding (N = 18). A qualitative…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Elementary School Science, Investigations, Motion
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Garbett, Dawn – Australian Journal of Teacher Education, 2011
Constructivism posits that the teacher's role is to help their students to actively construct new understanding for themselves. Diagnosis of students' prior understanding followed by carefully planned teaching sequences enables learners to grasp hitherto unknown concepts. Assessing whether they can then apply their new knowledge in new contexts…
Descriptors: Constructivism (Learning), Methods Courses, Teacher Education Curriculum, Science Teachers
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Ucar, Sedat; Trundle, Kathy Cabe – Computers & Education, 2011
Students are often unable to collect the real-time data necessary for conducting inquiry in science classrooms. Web-based, real-time data could, therefore, offer a promising tool for conducting scientific inquiries within classroom environments. This study used a quasi-experimental research design to investigate the effects of inquiry-based…
Descriptors: Grounded Theory, Preservice Teachers, Elementary School Science, Methods Courses
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