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ERIC Number: EJ341797
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1986
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Reference Count: 0
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Development and Partial Validation of an Instrument to Examine Preservice Elementary Teachers' Process Orientation to Science.
Scharmann, Lawrence; And Others
Science Education, v70 n4 p375-87 Jul 1986
Describes the development, revision, and partial validation of an instrument to assess preservice elementary teachers' process orientation toward science. Suggests that the Process Orientation Toward Science Scale (POTSS) be used as a diagnostic measure of preservice elementary teachers' process orientation toward science and understanding of the nature of science. (ML)
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Elementary School Science, Elementary School Teachers, Measures (Individuals), Preservice Teacher Education, Process Education, Questionnaires, Research Methodology, Science Education, Science Teachers, Teacher Attitudes
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Audience: Practitioners
Language: English
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Identifiers: Process Orientation Measures; Science Education Research