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Direct linkOsisioma, Irene U.; Moscovici, Hedy – Journal of Science Teacher Education, 2008
The need to equip science teachers with knowledge, skills, and habits of mind to face the challenges of teaching science through inquiry informed this study, which analyzed the secondary science intern teachers' beliefs about inquiry before, during, and following a series of 2 consecutive science methods courses in an attempt to document the…
Descriptors: Methods Courses, Science Teachers, Urban Schools, Beliefs
Download full textBitner, Betty L. – 1992
The purpose of this causal-comparative study was to compare attitudes that male and female preservice elementary science methods teachers have toward science and science teaching. The stratified random sample (n=80) was drawn from the population of preservice elementary teachers enrolled in an elementary science methods course during fall 1990,…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Higher Education, Inquiry, Methods Courses
Flick, Larry – 1990
The purpose of this study is to improve attitudes toward learning science and inquiry-based, science teaching through specially designed instruction in a science methods course for preservice teachers. Eighty preservice teachers over two terms elected to complete one of two projects as part of their science methods course. The "Discussions in…
Descriptors: College Science, Elementary School Teachers, Higher Education, Inquiry
Strawitz, Barbara M.; Malone, Mark R. – 1984
The purpose of this study was to investigate whether the field experience component of an undergraduate science methods course for preservice elementary school teachers was effective in: (1) shifting student concerns about science teaching from concerns about themselves to concerns about the impact of inquiry-oriented science programs on pupils;…
Descriptors: College Science, Elementary Education, Elementary School Science, Experiential Learning
Herman, Wayne L., Jr.; Schafer, William D. – 1984
A review of the literature on the transfer of preservice teacher training to the classroom suggests that several definitive factors enhance transfer. A social studies methods course was developed with these factors in mind, and included directed reading activities (DRA) with a text, controversial topic discussion, and inquiry. During the academic…
Descriptors: Directed Reading Activity, Discussion (Teaching Technique), Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education
Goh, Ngoh-Khang; Chia, Lian-Sai – 1992
This study, conducted in Singapore, was designed to determine pre-service primary teachers' (n=34) behavior in asking operational questions in science. In training the pre-service teachers in asking operational questions, the meaning of operational questions was first illustrated and clarified to them through the use of some examples during group…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Critical Thinking, Discussion (Teaching Technique), Elementary Education
