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ERIC Number: EJ590323
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1999
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-0036-8326
Teaching for Conceptual Change in Elementary and Secondary Science Methods Courses.
Marion, Robin; Hewson, Peter W.; Tabachnick, B. Robert; Blomker, Kathryn B.
Science Education, v83 n3 p275-307 May 1999
Describes and analyzes two science methods courses at the elementary and secondary levels for how they addressed four ideas: (1) how students learn science; (2) how teachers teach science to students; (3) how prospective science teachers learn about the first two ideas; and (4) how methods instructors teach prospective science teachers about the first two ideas. Contains 20 references. (Author/WRM)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education, Instructional Effectiveness, Knowledge Base for Teaching, Learning, Methods Courses, Preservice Teachers, Science Instruction, Teacher Education Curriculum, Teacher Education Programs
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Conceptual Change; University of Wisconsin Madison
Note: Based on a paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association (New Orleans, LA, April, 1994). For related articles, see SE 061 839-844.