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Marbach-Ad, Gili; McGinnis, J. Randy – Journal of Science Teacher Education, 2008
We report the results of survey research that collected responses of an identical sample (31 beginning mathematics and science teachers, elementary and middle school level) that graduated from a reform-based mathematics and science teacher preparation program, the Maryland Collaborative for Teacher Preparation (MCTP). We compared responses of the…
Descriptors: Science Teachers, Beginning Teachers, Educational Change, Teacher Education
Annetta, Leonard; Shymansky, James A. – Journal of Science Teacher Education, 2008
Distance education is a significant topic of discussion among faculty at all levels of education. This study produced evidence regarding the attitudes toward three distance education delivery modes for science professional development. The study involved 94 elementary school teachers who were participating in a professional development project.…
Descriptors: Distance Education, Elementary School Teachers, Teacher Attitudes, Professional Development
Kisiel, James F. – Journal of Science Teacher Education, 2007
Preservice and inservice teachers were asked to examine 2 considerably different museum-based worksheets and to choose which, if any, they might use if they were conducting a science field trip for upper elementary or middle school students. The more detailed, survey-oriented worksheet was chosen more frequently than the open-ended,…
Descriptors: Worksheets, Teaching Experience, Preservice Teachers, Museums
The Influence of Guided Inquiry and Explicit Instruction on K-6 Teachers' Views of Nature of Science
Akerson, Valarie L.; Hanson, Deborah L.; Cullen, Theresa A. – Journal of Science Teacher Education, 2007
This study assessed the influence of guided inquiry and explicit reflective instruction on K-6 teachers' views of nature of science (NOS). Using the Views of Nature of Science Elementary School Version 2 (VNOS-D2), and associated interviews we tracked the changes in NOS views of teacher participants prior to and following a summer professional…
Descriptors: Physics, Professional Development, Scientific Principles, Elementary Education
Melber, L. M.; Cox-Petersen, A. M. – Journal of Science Teacher Education, 2005
To provide meaningful science experiences for students, educators need quality science experiences themselves from which to draw. Informal learning contexts, such as museums, are well positioned to provide educators with these professional development experiences. We investigated the impact museum-created professional development experiences had…
Descriptors: Professional Development, Informal Education, Science Instruction, Elementary School Teachers