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Margulieux, Lauren; Yadav, Aman – Journal of Computers in Mathematics and Science Teaching, 2021
We explored how preservice teachers in a middle school science methods course learned and applied computational thinking (CT) concepts and activities during a month-long intervention. In the intervention, preservice teachers learned about CT concepts through an hour-long lecture in their methods class, practiced a computing-integration activity…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Science Instruction, Methods Courses, Intervention
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Ashenfelter, John W.; Hanson, R. Keith – Journal of Teacher Education, 1971
Descriptors: Classroom Observation Techniques, Feedback, Laboratory Schools, Methods Courses
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Joyner, Virginia Green – School Science and Mathematics, 1991
The results of questionnaires given designed to provide information on the effect of student teaching on the attitudes and career interests of secondary mathematics preservice teachers are presented. The recommendations/suggestions obtained from the questionnaires concerning the secondary mathematics and middle school methods courses and a copy of…
Descriptors: Career Choice, Higher Education, Mathematics Education, Methods Courses
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Schleppegrell, Mary J. – TESOL Journal, 1997
Describes the use of problem-posing, an approach to teaching developed by Paulo Freire in the context of adult literacy programs, in an teaching English-as-a-Second-Language (ESL) methods course and in ESL student teaching. The five steps of the problem-posing process are outlined and described. (14 references) (CK)
Descriptors: Critical Thinking, Cultural Context, Curriculum Design, Dialogs (Language)
Evans, Allen D.; Johnson, Carole S. – 1991
Cognitive apprenticeships have three essential characteristics: (1) they make use of the learner's prior knowledge; (2) they allow that learned procedures for solving problems may be modified in new situations; and (3) they acknowledge that individuals generate their own solution paths, often through a collaborative process. Preservice elementary…
Descriptors: Educational Theories, Elementary Education, Field Experience Programs, Higher Education
Jaffe, Jane, Comp. – 1967
Instructional Systems in Teacher Education (Insite), a 5-year study for the improvement of teacher education, has kept pace with the first 4 years of its schedule for innovation, experimentation, and research. Many phases of the study are related to the program that permits students to obtain a master's degree in 4 full years of study, including…
Descriptors: Clinical Experience, Curriculum Research, Educational Experiments, Educational Media
Bright, George W.; Vacc, Nancy Nesbitt – 1994
This study examined whether inclusion of cognitively guided instruction (CGI) in a mathematics methods course for 34 undergraduate preservice teachers at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro would improve their teaching performance, compared to controls. The Beliefs Survey, with four subscales (Role of the Learner, Relationship between…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Constructivism (Learning), Elementary Education, Elementary School Mathematics