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Aydin, Sevgi; Demirdögen, Betül; Muslu, Nilay; Hanuscin, Deborah L. – Journal of Science Teacher Education, 2013
A number of science education policy documents recommend that students develop an understanding of the enterprise of science and the nature of science (NOS). Despite this emphasis, there is still a gap between policy and practice. Teacher professional literature provides one potential venue for bridging this gap, by providing "activities that…
Descriptors: Periodicals, Science Instruction, Pedagogical Content Knowledge, Scientific Concepts
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Selcuk, Gamze Sezgin – European Journal of Physics, 2011
The aim of this study is to investigate pre-service teachers' understanding of and difficulties with some core concepts in the special theory of relativity. The pre-service teachers (n = 185) from the Departments of Physics Education and Elementary Science Education at Dokuz Eylul University (in Turkey) participated. Both quantitative and…
Descriptors: Elementary School Science, Physics, Foreign Countries, Preservice Teachers