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Lotter, Christine; Smiley, Whitney; Thompson, Stephen; Dickenson, Tammiee – International Journal of Science Education, 2016
This study investigated a professional development model designed to improve teachers' inquiry teaching efficacy as well as the quality of their inquiry instruction through engaging teachers in practice-teaching and reflection sessions. The programme began with a two-week summer Institute focused on both inquiry pedagogy and science content and…
Descriptors: Models, Faculty Development, Training Methods, Middle School Teachers
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Lakshmanan, Aruna; Heath, Barbara P.; Perlmutter, Aaron; Elder, Michael – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 2011
This study examines the impact of standards-based professional development on teacher efficacy and instructional practice of elementary and middle school science teachers. Professional development activities were conducted over a period of 3 years and included content courses as well as teacher involvement in professional learning communities.…
Descriptors: Teacher Effectiveness, Self Efficacy, Correlation, Science Teachers
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Swartz, Robert J. – Educational Leadership, 2008
During the last few decades, the author and his colleagues have developed an instructional framework for infusing thinking into content instruction in every subject and at every grade level. In thinking-based learning, teachers explicitly teach students thinking strategies and important habits of mind and then give students opportunities to apply…
Descriptors: Thinking Skills, Teaching Methods, Educational Strategies, Program Content
Koran, John J., Jr. – J Res Sci Teaching, 1969
Descriptors: Instruction, Microteaching, Preservice Teacher Education, Science Teachers
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Zuzovsky, Ruth; And Others – Teaching and Teacher Education, 1989
Findings are reported from a study which compared the effectiveness of specialized and general fifth-grade science teachers (N=86). A causal model, derived from path analysis, was constructed to explain the apparent lack of effect on student achievement of the superior preparation and instruction of specialized teachers.(IAH)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Comparative Analysis, Foreign Countries, Intermediate Grades
Tobin, Kenneth – 1987
The Exemplary Practice in Science and Mathematics Education (EPSME) project involved outstanding teachers of science or mathematics from Western Australia. The project's goal was to identify effective practices of exemplary teachers for the purpose of developing programs for improving practices in science classrooms. Thirteen science teachers and…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Elementary School Science, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries
Gurney, Bruce – 1989
This paper proposed to apply the perspective of constructivism to the classroom setting. Secondary science teachers and university personnel jointly developed and experimented with a variety of constructivist teaching strategies. Data were collected in the form of teacher anecdotes, audio and videotapes of lessons and student interviews, teacher…
Descriptors: Action Research, Cognitive Development, Inservice Education, Instruction
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Weatherly, Monell – Science Teacher, 1989
Presents several instructional techniques. Discusses cueing, set, continuous reinforcement, and using positive feedback. Considers the learning styles of students and the type of classroom that is conductive to learning. Provides examples. (MVL)
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Elementary School Teachers, Instructional Effectiveness, Instructional Improvement
Trumbull, Deborah J.; Kerr, Patricia – 1989
There is general agreement that the current teaching of secondary science is not as good as it should be. Different critics identify different weaknesses, but there is agreement that students are not learning how scientists make knowledge claims and use this knowledge. This paper assumes that one powerful influence on the development of teachers…
Descriptors: College Science, Higher Education, Preservice Teacher Education, Science Instruction