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ERIC Number: EJ512604
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1995
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Abstractor: N/A
Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-1090-185X
The Origin and Extent of Alternative Conceptions in the Earth and Space Sciences: A Survey of Pre-service Elementary Teachers.
Schoon, Kenneth J.
Journal of Elementary Science Education, v7 n2 p27-46 Sum 1995
Administered a questionnaire containing common earth/space science alternative conceptions to preservice elementary teachers (n=122). Suggests that many misconceptions originate in the classroom and that preservice elementary education teachers have many of the same misconceptions that their future students will have. (35 references) (Author/JRH)
Descriptors: Earth Science, Elementary Education, Misconceptions, Science Education, Science Instruction, Scientific Concepts, Space Sciences, Teacher Education
Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles
Education Level: N/A
Audience: Researchers
Language: English
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Identifiers: Alternative Conceptions; Preservice Teachers