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Download full textSmith, P. Sean; Plumley, Courtney L.; Hayes, Meredith L. – Horizon Research, Inc., 2017
This paper, presented at the 2017 meeting of the National Association for Research in Science Teaching (NARST), summarizes findings from efforts to elicit pedagogical content knowledge (PCK) from elementary teachers. The paper focuses on teachers' knowledge for teaching about the small particle model of matter and is a product of the Knowledge…
Descriptors: Elementary School Teachers, Pedagogical Content Knowledge, Scientific Concepts, Science Instruction
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This column provides ideas and techniques to enhance your science teaching. This month's issue discusses how children think about the small-particle model of matter. What Richard Feynman referred to as the "atomic hypothesis" is perhaps more familiar to us as the small-particle model of matter. In its most basic form, the model states…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Teaching Methods, Molecular Structure, Grade 5
Hayes, Meredith L.; Plumley, Courtney L.; Smith, P. Sean; Esch, R. Keith – Horizon Research, Inc., 2017
This report summarizes the findings of a systematic review of research literature on teaching about interdependent relationships in ecosystems to upper elementary students. The report is a product of the Knowledge Assets to Support the Science Instruction of Elementary Teachers (ASSET) project. ASSET is exploring a method for collecting and…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Elementary School Science, Science Instruction, Ecology
Hayes, Meredith L.; Plumley, Courtney L.; Smith, P. Sean; Esch, R. Keith – Horizon Research, Inc., 2017
This report summarizes the findings of a systematic review of practice-based literature on teaching about interdependent relationships in ecosystems to upper elementary students. The report is a product of the Knowledge Assets to Support the Science Instruction of Elementary Teachers (ASSET) project. ASSET is exploring a method for collecting and…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Elementary School Science, Science Instruction, Ecology
Smith, P. Sean; Plumley, Courtney L. – Horizon Research, Inc., 2016
This report summarizes the findings of a systematic review of research literature on teaching about the particle nature of matter to upper elementary students. The report is a product of the Knowledge Assets to Support the Science Instruction of Elementary Teachers (ASSET) project. ASSET is exploring a method for collecting and synthesizing…
Descriptors: Elementary School Science, Scientific Concepts, Models, Elementary School Students
