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Nixon, Ryan S.; Smith, Leigh K.; Sudweeks, Richard R. – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 2019
Although widely touted as important, there is little evidence regarding the influence of teaching experience on elementary teachers' science subject matter knowledge (SMK). To better understand this phenomenon, we administered an assessment of science topics taught in the fifth and sixth grades to 169 preservice teachers, 231 fifth-grade teachers,…
Descriptors: Elementary School Teachers, Pedagogical Content Knowledge, Science Instruction, Grade 5
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Mensah, Felicia Moore – Journal of Negro Education, 2011
In this article, the researcher discusses three elementary pre-service teachers' experiences in co-planning and co-teaching a Pollution Unit in a 4th-5th grade science classroom in New York City. The study makes use of microteaching papers, lesson plans, researcher classroom observations, interviews, and informal conversations to elicit lessons…
Descriptors: Preservice Teacher Education, Science Teachers, Grade 5, Microteaching
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Rodriguez, Terri L.; Reis, Davi S. – New Educator, 2012
This narrative inquiry aims to better understand and document how a bilingual Latina preservice elementary teacher's experiences as an immigrant student and English learner (EL) inform the construction of her professional identity and practice as an English language arts (ELA) educator. Although the study participant voices a lack of confidence,…
Descriptors: Hispanic American Students, Immigrants, Bilingualism, Preservice Teachers
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Kranning, Antoinette; Ehman, Lee – Social Education, 1999
Describes a collaborative project called "Mystery from History" involving a rural Indiana elementary class and a computer education college class at Indiana University. Explains that the university students sent a mystery via e-mail to the elementary students in which they continued to send clues and questions until the mystery was…
Descriptors: Electronic Mail, Experiential Learning, Grade 5, Higher Education