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Hardy, Lawrence – American School Board Journal, 2003
Addresses teacher qualifications and certification as mandated by the No Child Left Behind Act. Teachers must know the subjects they teach. Briefly discusses teacher-preparation programs; teacher-retention rates; different pathways into teaching; teacher pay; and districts' role in assigning out-of-field teachers. (Contains three graphs.) (WFA)
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education, Knowledge Base for Teaching
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Nott, Mick; Wellington, Jerry – School Science Review, 1995
Describes a range of critical incidents that was used with experienced and trainee teachers in order to promote discussion and reflection on the nature of science. Discusses teachers' views on critical evaluation of practical work, reliability and replicability of experiments, accepted scientific explanations, scientific evidence, religious…
Descriptors: Beliefs, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries, Knowledge Base for Teaching
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Anders, Deborah – Elementary School Journal, 1995
Activities embedded within events in two math classes were examined to determine patterns that suggested the teacher's knowledge in one content area, mathematics. An external representation of the teacher's classroom "script" was constructed to illuminate the essential elements of the script and what connections existed within the script…
Descriptors: Classroom Research, Elementary School Teachers, Grade 2, Grade 3
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McWilliam, P. J.; Snyder, Patricia – Journal of Early Intervention, 1999
A study investigated the effectiveness of the Case Method of Instruction (CMI) on 67 graduate students taking an interdisciplinary course on families. After instruction, students not only possessed important knowledge related to working with families, but could also apply the problem-solving process used in CMI to a novel case. (Author/CR)
Descriptors: Case Method (Teaching Technique), Disabilities, Family Needs, Family Programs
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Trumper, Ricardo – Journal of Science Education and Technology, 1998
Discusses the results of a four-year study of the conceptions of energy held by science teachers in training. Concludes that the group held a number of different alternative conceptual frameworks. Contains 20 references. (DDR)
Descriptors: Concept Formation, Energy, Foreign Countries, Higher Education
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Jones, M. Gail; Rua, Melissa J.; Carter, Glenda – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 1998
Examines how science teachers' (n=14) knowledge of science and science pedagogy changed after participation in a constructivist-based methods course. More-experienced teachers were paired with less-experienced teachers, and pre- and post-instructional concept maps, journals, portfolios, and transcripts revealed that, within the zone of proximal…
Descriptors: Acoustics, Concept Formation, Constructivism (Learning), Cooperative Learning
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Fraivillig, Judith L.; Murphy, Lauren A.; Fuson, Karen C. – Journal for Research in Mathematics Education, 1999
Presents and describes a pedagogical framework that supports children's development of conceptual understanding of mathematics. Advancing Children's Thinking (ACT) is synthesized from an in-depth analysis of observed and reported data from one skillful first-grade teacher's use of the "Everyday Mathematics" curriculum. Indicates that…
Descriptors: Concept Formation, Elementary Education, Grade 1, Instructional Effectiveness
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Pagliaro, Claudia M. – American Annals of the Deaf, 1998
Examines the mathematics competency of teachers of deaf and hard-of-hearing students as a factor in these students' poor performance. Analysis of a survey of teachers of the hearing impaired and administrators indicates insufficient mathematics preparation of teachers, particularly those at the high school level. Suggestions for improving…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Deafness, Hearing Impairments, High Schools
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Marion, Robin; Hewson, Peter W.; Tabachnick, B. Robert; Blomker, Kathryn B. – Science Education, 1999
Describes and analyzes two science methods courses at the elementary and secondary levels for how they addressed four ideas: (1) how students learn science; (2) how teachers teach science to students; (3) how prospective science teachers learn about the first two ideas; and (4) how methods instructors teach prospective science teachers about the…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education, Instructional Effectiveness, Knowledge Base for Teaching
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Phelps, LeAdelle; Landau, Steven – School Psychology Review, 1995
Recent initiatives such as PL99-457 and Individuals with Disabilities Act (IDEA) require school psychologists to broaden their knowledge base in areas critical to problematic development in early childhood. This mini-series is designed to assist school psychologists in provisions of collaboration with other health professionals to enhance efficacy…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Cooperation, Developmental Delays, Disabilities
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Simmons, Patricia E.; Emory, Allen; Carter, Tim; Coker, Teresa; Finnegan, Brian; Crockett, Denise; Richardson, Lon; Yager, Robert; Craven, John; Tillotson, John; Brunkhorst, Herbert; Twiest, Mark; Hossain, Kazi; Gallagher, James; Duggan-Haas, Don; Parker, Joyce; Cajas, Fernando; Alshannag, Qasim; McGlamery, Sheryl; Krockover, Jerry; Adams, Paul; Spector, Barbara; LaPorta, Tom; James, Bob; Rearden, Kristin; Labuda, Kay – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 1999
Describes the research of a national collaborative consortium formed to investigate how the perceptions, beliefs and classroom performances of beginning secondary science teachers relate to their philosophies of teaching and their content pedagogical skills. Finds that teachers possessed a wide range of philosophies, and that observers' reports of…
Descriptors: Beginning Teachers, Knowledge Base for Teaching, Science Teachers, Secondary Education
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Scottish Educational Review, 1999
Abstracts of three research projects (1996-1998) funded by the Scottish Office Education and Industry Department: "Foreign Languages in the Upper Secondary School: A Study of the Causes of Decline" (McPake, Johnstone, Low); "Teachers' ICT Skills and Knowledge Needs" (Williams, Wilson, Richardson, Tuson, Coles); and…
Descriptors: Abstracts, Community Education, Educational Research, Elementary Secondary Education
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Meichtry, Yvonne J. – Science and Education, 1999
Describes teaching considerations related to the nature of science and scientific knowledge in an elementary-science methods course. Discusses instructional strategies used to develop preservice elementary teachers' understandings of the nature of science and scientific knowledge. Presents the results of these strategies on teacher learning and…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Higher Education, Knowledge Base for Teaching, Methods Courses
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Brownell, Mary T.; Pajares, Frank – Teacher Education and Special Education, 1999
A study of 128 general education teachers found that teachers' efficacy beliefs for instructing students with learning and behavior problems had a direct effect on their perceived success in instructing mainstreamed special education students. Teacher efficacy also mediated the influence of self-perceptions related to the quality of preservice…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Elementary Secondary Education, Inclusive Schools, Knowledge Base for Teaching
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Cramer, Sharon; Krasinski, Sandra; Crutchfield, Margaret D.; Sackmary, Benjamin; Scalia, Lynne – TEACHING Exceptional Children, 2000
This article shows how the Council for Exceptional Children's (CEC) standards for the preparation and licensure of special educators can provide guidance to all, whether embarking on careers or seeking enhancement through professional development opportunities. Challenges and strategies for implementing the CEC standards using collaboration and…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Accreditation (Institutions), Disabilities, Elementary Secondary Education
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