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ERIC Number: EJ520755
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1996
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-1090-185X
When It Comes to Teaching about Floating and Sinking, Preservice Elementary Teachers Do Not Have to Feel As Though They Are Drowning.
Greenwood, Anita
Journal of Elementary Science Education, v8 n1 p1-16 Win 1996
Used a three-phase constructivist teaching sequence in a graduate-level elementary science methods course to improve preservice teachers' knowledge of density and to provide a model for approaching the teaching of science. Reports that the preservice teachers (n=23) showed gains in content knowledge and self-reported confidence levels. (Author/JRH)
Descriptors: Constructivism (Learning), Density (Matter), Elementary School Science, Knowledge Base for Teaching, Preservice Teacher Education, Science Instruction, Science Teachers
Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Subject Content Knowledge