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ERIC Number: EJ654522
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 2002
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ISSN: ISSN-0950-0693
Assessing Explicit and Tacit Conceptions of the Nature of Science among Preservice Elementary Teachers.
Craven, John A., III; Hand, Brian; Prain, Vaughan
International Journal of Science Education, v24 n8 p785-802 Aug 2002
Reports on the processes and outcomes of practices in a preservice elementary science methods course designed to fathom existing student perceptions of the nature of science and move students from holding individually constructed, typically limited views on the nature of science towards more rich, publicly negotiated views. Uses an interpretive-descriptive approach to analyze the data. (Contains 48 references.) (Author/YDS)
Descriptors: Concept Formation, Elementary Education, Learning, Preservice Teachers, Science Instruction, Scientific Literacy, Scientific Principles
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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