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ERIC Number: EJ989915
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2012-Nov
Pages: 28
Abstractor: As Provided
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ISSN: ISSN-0036-8326
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Shaping Self-Regulation in Science Teachers' Professional Growth: Inquiry Skills
Michalsky, Tova
Science Education, v96 n6 p1106-1133 Nov 2012
This study examined 188 preservice science teachers' professional growth along three dimensions--self-regulated learning (SRL) in a science pedagogical context, pedagogical content knowledge, and self-efficacy in teaching science--comparing four learner-centered, active-learning, peer-collaborative environments for learning to teach higher order scientific-inquiry thinking. Three environments supported different SRL components using the "IMPROVE" self-regulatory model: cognitive-metacognitive alone (CogMet), motivational alone (Mot), or all three components (CogMetMot). The fourth environment provided no SRL support. Findings indicated that preservice teachers in the three SRL-scaffolding conditions outperformed their unscaffolded peers on all professional growth measures: SRL (cognition, metacognition, motivation), pedagogical knowledge (declarative, procedural, conditional), and self-efficacy in teaching science. Moreover, the CogMetMot group exhibited the highest scores on all measures. Implications concern SRL scaffolding to enhance preservice science teachers' professional growth. (Contains 6 tables.)
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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