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Bennion, Adam; Davis, Elizabeth A. – Journal of Science Teacher Education, 2023
Preservice elementary teachers need to be able to engage young students in science practices but may not have extensive experiences with those practices. They also may have contrasting beliefs about them, which inform their teaching practice. To understand preservice teachers' beliefs related to science practices, we focus on the connections they…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Elementary School Teachers, Student Attitudes, Teacher Education Programs
Arias, Anna Maria; Smith, P. Sean; Davis, Elizabeth A.; Marino, John-Carlos; Palincsar, Annemarie S. – Journal of Science Teacher Education, 2017
Educative curriculum materials present a promising mechanism for promoting more ambitious science teaching in elementary classrooms, including engaging students in science practices. Integrating science practices with science content is emphasized in new education reforms. Elementary teachers, however, face challenges in engaging children in…
Descriptors: Prediction, Instructional Materials, Learner Engagement, Inservice Teacher Education
Kademian, Sylvie M.; Arias, Anna Maria; Davis, Elizabeth A.; Palincsar, Annemarie Sullivan – Journal of Science Teacher Education, 2017
The purpose of this study was to determine how elementary teachers used scientific language during a whole-class discussion to describe 3 biological phenomena (interactions, dependent relationships, and interdependent relationships) with and without educative curricula. Findings revealed that the ways in which the 6 teachers enacted the discussion…
Descriptors: Elementary School Teachers, Science Teachers, Elementary School Science, Instructional Materials
Bismack, Amber Schultz; Arias, Anna Maria; Davis, Elizabeth A.; Palincsar, Annemarie Sullivan – Journal of Science Teacher Education, 2014
The purpose of this study was to describe how teachers used and adapted a set of curriculum materials that included opportunities for students to engage in scientific practices. Two-fourth-grade teachers in the same school were observed and interviewed. Findings revealed that teachers enacted almost every type of scientific practice in the…
Descriptors: Elementary School Teachers, Science Teachers, Science Curriculum, Teaching Methods
Dietz, Christine M.; Davis, Elizabeth A. – Journal of Science Teacher Education, 2009
Preservice elementary teachers face challenges in learning to teach science. Educative curriculum materials, designed to promote teacher learning, can provide support for overcoming these challenges. The educative curriculum materials used in this study provide narrative vignettes describing a teacher's decision making with regard to lesson plans.…
Descriptors: Preservice Teacher Education, Preservice Teachers, Elementary School Science, Methods Courses