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ERIC Number: EJ310487
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1984
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Preservice Elementary Teachers' Conceptions of Volume.
Enochs, Larry G.; Gabel, Dorothy L.
School Science and Mathematics, v84 n8 p670-80 Dec 1984
Misconceptions of volume and surface area were identified for 125 preservice elementary teachers enrolled in a freshman basic skills science course, and interviews were conducted with eight students. A large percentage did not understand the concepts of volume and were unable to distinguish volume from surface area. (MNS)
Descriptors: Area, Educational Research, Elementary Education, Elementary School Teachers, Mathematics Instruction, Measurement, Preservice Teacher Education, Science Education, Science Instruction, Volume (Mathematics)
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: N/A
Audience: Practitioners
Language: English
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Identifiers: Mathematics Education Research; Science Education Research