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Using a Physical Computing Project to Prepare Preservice Primary Teachers for Teaching Programing
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Fu-Hsing Tsai – SAGE Open, 2023
The cultivation of computational thinking and programing education have gained prominence in K-12 education worldwide. Primary school teachers should be proficient in visual programing and using microcontrollers to teach programing courses. To cope with these trends, a learning activity was developed and implemented in Taiwan's primary teacher…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Teacher Education Programs, Programming, Computer Science Education
Exploring Explicit Instruction on Drawing-to-Reason about Force-Related Phenomena with Elementary Preservice Teachers: A Mixed Methods Approach
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Teresa Lynette Leavens – ProQuest LLC, 2023
The purpose of this study was to explore four elementary preservice teachers' (PSTs) learning outcomes based on "affective characteristics," "science knowledge," and "pedagogical content knowledge" during a science methods course that incorporated "explicit instruction on drawing-to-reason" about…
Descriptors: Direct Instruction, Preservice Teacher Education, Preservice Teachers, Methods Courses
Moving beyond Rigid Orthodoxies in the Teaching and Assessment of Movement in Swedish Physical Education Teacher Education: A Student Perspective
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Backman, Erik; Nyberg, Gunn; Larsson, Håkan – European Physical Education Review, 2020
The purpose of this paper is to analyse and discuss physical education teacher education (PETE) students' conceptions of teaching and assessment of movement capability as a part of content knowledge in aquatics, dance and ice-skating at a university in Sweden. The theoretical perspective involves Shulman's concept of content knowledge, the further…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Physical Education Teachers, Teacher Education Programs, Preservice Teachers
Learning Algebra through Motion: An Examination of Pre-Service Teachers' Misconceptions When Using Motion Detectors for the First Time
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Kurz, Terri L.; Yanik, H. Bahadir – Investigations in Mathematics Learning, 2019
Elementary pre-service teachers in an upper-division algebra mathematics content course explored graphing through the use of Calculator-Based Rangers™ (CBRs). This study explores how they used the "Distance Match" feature of the technology to engage in algebraic thinking. Operating CBR technology, pre-service teachers' perceptions…
Descriptors: Elementary School Teachers, Preservice Teachers, Algebra, Mathematics Instruction
Science and Technology Education: Current Challenges and Possible Solutions. Proceedings of the International Baltic Symposium on Science and Technology Education (BalticSTE2019) (3rd, Šiauliai, Lithuania, June 17-20, 2019)
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Lamanauskas, Vincentas, Ed. – International Baltic Symposium on Science and Technology Education, 2019
These proceedings contain papers of the 3rd International Baltic Symposium on Science and Technology Education (BalticSTE2019) held in Šiauliai, Lithuania, June 17-19, 2019. This symposium was organized by the Scientific Methodical Center "Scientia Educologica" in cooperation with the Institute of Education, Šiauliai University. The…
Descriptors: Science Education, Technology Education, Formative Evaluation, Chemistry