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Yu, Shu-Mey; Bethel, Lowell J. – 1991
The purpose of this study was to identify whether the strategy of using hands-on science process skills training in an elementary science methods course was effective in: (1) reducing preservice elementary teachers' (PETs') anxiety about teaching hands-on science activities, and (2) changing PETs' concerns about teaching hands-on science…
Descriptors: Anxiety, Elementary Education, Elementary School Science, Experiential Learning
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Shey, Chunfeng; Baird, William E. – Journal of Science Teacher Education, 1993
Examines the effects of videotaping feedback methods on beginning elementary science teachers' teaching skills and attitudes toward teaching science in Taiwan, Republic of China. Teacher's attitudes toward teaching science and other observable behaviors differed significantly between the control group and the experimental group. (LZ)
Descriptors: Elementary School Science, Elementary School Teachers, Feedback, Foreign Countries
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Yu, Fu-Yun – Journal of Educational Technology Systems, 2001
Describes a study of fifth-grade Taiwanese students that examined the instructional effects of two grouping methods, cooperation with or without inter-group competition, on student academic achievement and pro-social behaviors in a computer-based science learning environment. Discusses implications for cooperative learning. (Author/LRW)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Competition, Computer Assisted Instruction, Cooperative Learning
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Wu, Ying-Tien; Tsai, Chin-Chung – Journal of Biological Education, 2005
The purpose of this study was primarily to explore the effects of constructivist-oriented instruction on fifth graders' cognitive structures about biological reproduction. Furthermore, such effects on different science achievers were also investigated. The subjects of this study were 69 eleven year olds in Taiwan, who were assigned to either a…
Descriptors: Constructivism (Learning), Elementary School Students, Low Achievement, Maps
Lee, Tien-Ying – 1987
This study was designed to identify the variables that are the strongest predictors of elementary school science achievement in selected schools in the Republic of China. Thirty-eight schools (2950 students) were selected for the study and were representative of large and middle size schools throughout the country. Variables investigated included:…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Elementary Education, Elementary School Science, Foreign Countries
Lin, Sheau-Wen – 2001
The purpose of this study was to investigate the changes of the teachers' teaching practices through a collaborative action research project. The researcher and eight elementary science teachers established a collaborative relationship. The Constructivist Rationale and Teaching Model was introduced to the participant elementary science teachers.…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Constructivism (Learning), Curriculum Development, Educational Change
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