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ERIC Number: EJ473589
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1992
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ISSN: ISSN-1046-560X
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The Particulate Theory of Matter for Preservice Elementary Teachers.
Roth, Wolff-Michael
Journal of Science Teacher Education, v3 n4 p115-22 Fall 1992
Compared the effects of participation in six extra credit activities for teaching the concept of matter on female preservice elementary school teachers (n=9) to a control group (n=8). Pre- and posttests to assess changes in the students' understanding of phenomena associated with matter indicated significant changes in experimental students' conceptual understanding. (MDH)
Descriptors: Atomic Structure, Chemical Reactions, Chemistry, Concept Formation, Elementary Education, Higher Education, Matter, Models, Molecular Structure, Preservice Teacher Education, Science Education, Science Experiments, Science Instruction, Temperature
Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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