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Bell, Randy L.; Trundle, Kathy Cabe – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 2008
This study described the conceptual understandings of 50 early childhood (Pre-K-3) preservice teachers about standards-based lunar concepts before and after inquiry-based instruction utilizing educational technology. The instructional intervention integrated the planetarium software "Starry Night Backyard[TM]" with instruction on moon phases from…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Computer Simulation, Technology Integration, Astronomy
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Zacharia, Zacharias – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 2003
The purpose of this study was to investigate (a) what effect the use of interactive computer-based simulations (ICBSs), the use of laboratory inquiry-based experiments (LIBEs), and the use of combinations of an ICBS and a LIBE, in a conceptually oriented physics course, have on science teachers' beliefs about and attitudes toward the use of these…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Physics, Science Teachers, Teacher Attitudes