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Plummer, Julia D.; Tanis Ozcelik, Arzu – Science Education, 2015
For students to attain deep understanding of scientific practices, they will need to have opportunities to participate in sustained engagement in doing science. Such opportunities begin with elementary teachers implementing coherent and well-sequenced inquiry-based investigations in their classrooms. This study explored how preservice teachers (N…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Methods Courses, Elementary School Science, Astronomy
Plummer, Julia D.; Zahm, Valerie M.; Rice, Rebecca – Journal of Science Teacher Education, 2010
This study investigated the impact of an open inquiry experience on elementary science methods students' understanding of celestial motion as well as the methods developed by students to answer their own research questions. Pre/post interviews and assessments were used to measure change in participants' understanding (N = 18). A qualitative…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Elementary School Science, Investigations, Motion
Plummer, Julia D.; Wasko, Kyle D.; Slagle, Cynthia – International Journal of Science Education, 2011
This study investigated elementary students' explanations for the daily patterns of apparent motion of the Sun, Moon, and stars. Third-grade students were chosen for this study because this age level is at the lower end of when many US standards documents suggest students should learn to use the Earth's rotation to explain daily celestial motion.…
Descriptors: Knowledge Level, Astronomy, Scientific Concepts, Motion
Plummer, Julia D. – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 2009
The National Science Education Standards [National Research Council (1996) National science education standards. Washington, DC: National Academy Press] recommend that students understand the apparent patterns of motion of the sun, moon and stars by the end of early elementary school. However, little information exists on students' ability to…
Descriptors: Scientific Principles, Motion, Visual Environment, Grade 2