ERIC Number: EJ852418
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2003
Pages: 11
Abstractor: As Provided
Reference Count: 12
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-1090-185X
Hands-On Current Electricity: A Professional Development Course
Gibbons, Patrick C.; McMahon, Ann P.; Wiegers, John F.
Journal of Elementary Science Education, v15 n2 p1-11 Fall 2003
"Hands-on Current Electricity" gives K-8 teachers the opportunity to experience inquiry learning about current electricity by (1) experimenting with current electricity through a variety of activities, (2) discovering preconceived mental models of electricity used to understand their observations, (3) creating new mental models that have greater explanatory power, and (4) presenting a hands-on current electricity activity to their students as part of a final project. One teacher's intellectual growth is highlighted by means of excerpts from the teacher's weekly journal entries. (Contains 2 tables and 1 figure.)
Descriptors: Concept Formation, Scientific Concepts, Energy, Faculty Development, Science Teachers, Science Experiments, Learning Activities, Observation, Hands on Science, Journal Writing, Inquiry, Inservice Teacher Education, Elementary School Science
Western Illinois University. Document and Publications Services, 1 University Circle, Macomb, IL 61455-1390. Tel: 309-298-1917; Fax: 309-298-2869; e-mail: DPS@wiu.edu; Web site: http://www.wiu.edu/users/jese/
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: Elementary Education; Higher Education
Audience: N/A
Language: English
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