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ERIC Number: EJ476656
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1993
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ISSN: ISSN-0022-4308
A Study of Changes in Middle School Teachers' Understanding of Selected Ideas in Science as a Function of an In-Service Program Focusing on Student Perceptions.
Shymansky, James A.; And Others
Journal of Research in Science Teaching, v30 n7 p737-55 Sep 1993
Examines the impact of a specially designed in-service model on teacher understanding of selected science concepts. From an analysis of 42 teachers' concept maps, there was significant growth in the number of valid propositions expressed by teachers between the initial and final mappings in all topic groups.(PR)
Descriptors: Concept Formation, Constructivism (Learning), Educational Research, Higher Education, Inservice Teacher Education, Junior High Schools, Science Education, Science Instruction, Scientific Concepts, Teaching Methods
Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Concept Maps; Science Education Research