ERIC Number: ED282775
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 1987-Jun
Pages: 26
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Inservice Training of Elementary Teachers to Enhance Science Process Skill Development and Instruction. Final Report.
Rowland, Paul
A science process skill project was implemented to help elementary teachers in New Mexico meet the competencies for teaching the process approach in science classes. This is the final report of the project and includes information on: (1) the scope of the program (delineating the program's major objectives and tasks); (2) the project's accomplishments (citing successes related to videotaping, workshop manual, skill activities, workshop kit, teacher training, and the workshop sessions); (3) evaluation results; and (4) dissemination procedures. Overall evaluations indicate that the model for delivery of inservice workshops, using elementary teachers as surrogates for science educators, can be effective. The combination of a teacher's experience, knowledge of a science educator, and interesting activities lead to the enhancement of elementary school teachers' science process skill development and instruction. Appendices contain the evaluation results for the effectiveness of both the 2-day training sessions for workshop leaders and the 6-hour inservice workshops for elementary school teachers. (ML)
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Elementary School Science, Elementary School Teachers, Inservice Teacher Education, Instructional Improvement, Minimum Competencies, Models, Process Education, Program Evaluation, Science Education, Science Instruction, Science Teachers, Skill Development, Teacher Workshops
Publication Type: Reports - Evaluative
Education Level: N/A
Audience: Practitioners
Language: English
Sponsor: New Mexico Commission on Higher Education.
Authoring Institution: New Mexico State Univ., Las Cruces. Coll. of Education.
Identifiers - Location: New Mexico
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