ERIC Number: EJ1122487
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2016
Pages: 16
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Investigating the Effect of Question-Driven Pedagogy on the Development of Physics Teacher Candidates' Pedagogical Content Knowledge
Milner-Bolotin, Marina; Egersdorfer, Davor; Vinayagam, Murugan
Physical Review Physics Education Research, v12 n2 p020128-1-020128-16 Jul-Dec 2016
This paper describes the second year of a multi-year study on the implementation of Peer Instruction and PeerWise-inspired pedagogies in a physics methods course in a teacher education program at a large research university in Western Canada. In the first year of this study, Peer Instruction was implemented consistently in the physics methods course and teacher candidates were asked to submit five conceptual multiple-choice questions as a final assignment. In the second year of the study we incorporated PeerWise online tool to facilitate teacher candidates' design of conceptual questions by allowing them to provide and receive feedback from their peers, and consequently improve their questions. We have found that as a result of this collaboration teacher candidates improved their pedagogical content knowledge as measured by the rubric developed for the study.
Descriptors: Pedagogical Content Knowledge, Teacher Education Programs, Peer Teaching, Physics, Methods Courses, Foreign Countries, Feedback (Response), Assignments, Teaching Methods, Multiple Choice Tests, Scoring Rubrics, Cooperative Learning, Science Teachers, Science Instruction, Learning Theories, Action Research, Online Courses, Validity, Reliability, Statistical Analysis, Interrater Reliability, Questioning Techniques, Student Evaluation
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research; Tests/Questionnaires
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Canada
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