How Does the Computer Facilitate the Development of Physics Knowledge by Prospective Elementary Teachers?.

Otero, Valerie K.|Johnson, Andrew|Goldberg, Fred

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Publication Date: 1999

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How Does the Computer Facilitate the Development of Physics Knowledge by Prospective Elementary Teachers?

Otero, Valerie K.; Johnson, Andrew; Goldberg, Fred

Journal of Education, v181 n2 p57-89 1999

Describes research within physical science courses for preservice elementary teachers, where groups of students had access to computers, examining how computers were used as representational tools to support meaning-making conversations within groups. Notes how special computer simulators facilitated student groups' construction of robust conceptual models. Discusses how the computer was embedded within classroom activities. (SM)

Descriptors: Computer Simulation, Computer Uses in Education, Elementary Education, Elementary School Teachers, Higher Education, Physics, Preservice Teacher Education, Science Instruction, Teaching Methods

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive

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Language: English

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