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Gold Louis L. – Sci Teacher, 1969
Descriptors: Educational Games, Instruction, Learning, Methods Courses
Direct linkKilic, Gulsen Bagci; Cakan, Mehtap – Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education, 2006
In this study, category-based self and peer assessment were applied twice in a semester in an Elementary Science Teaching Methods course in order to assess individual contributions of group members to group projects as well as to analyze the impact of Individual Weighting Factors (IWF) on individual scores and individual grades. IWF were…
Descriptors: Weighted Scores, Self Evaluation (Individuals), Peer Evaluation, Methods Courses
Sadler, Troy D. – Journal of Science Teacher Education, 2006
Given a sociocultural framework of teaching and learning, argumentation and discourse become central elements of education, particularly in science education because of argumentation's key role in scientific communities. This study documents preservice teachers' perceptions of and aptitudes related to argumentation as they participated in a…
Descriptors: Persuasive Discourse, Science Teachers, Teacher Education, Student Attitudes
Vadas, Robert E. – Social Education, 2007
The author asserts that it is time for social studies teachers to engage students in a review of the rift between historical reality and mythology about Viet Nam, especially in light of recent comparisons that many have made between the Viet Nam War and the current situation in Iraq. Few teachers dealt with Viet Nam at the time of the war, and…
Descriptors: Methods Courses, Travel, Textbooks, Misconceptions
Peer reviewedDubois, Betty Lou – Reading Improvement, 1974
Suggests that the methods course instructor must replicate whatever language arts instruction is advocated for the schools in the area of language acquisition and the role of language in society. (RB)
Descriptors: Elementary Education, English Instruction, Higher Education, Language Arts
Andersen, Hans O. – Amer Biol Teacher, 1969
Descriptors: Educational Objectives, Instruction, Methods Courses, Preservice Teacher Education
Download full textAttivo, Barbara; Trueblood, Cecil R. – 1980
The purpose of this study was to investigate how the nature of metric estimation skill instruction affects prospective elementary and special education teachers' abilities to estimate metric length, area, and volume. Four types of estimation skills were identified by an estimation matrix. Three instructional strategies were selected: (1) a…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Mathematics Education, Measurement, Methods Courses
Vannan, Donald A. – 1977
Reported is an experimental use of the suggestology instructional method to teach an elementary science methods course. The suggestology method, developed by Dr. Georgi Lovanov, University of Sofia, Bulgaria, increases student learning by having students participate in special relaxation exercises and by using widely varying teacher intonation…
Descriptors: Educational Research, Higher Education, Methods Courses, Science Education
Peer reviewedKeihl, Charles – Social Science Record, 1976
The author describes a social studies methods course offered the semester prior to the practicum and the student teacher program at Brockport State College, New York. (Author/RM)
Descriptors: Course Descriptions, Higher Education, Methods Courses, Social Studies
Peer reviewedKnudson, Richard L. – English Education, 1973
Descriptors: College Instruction, Curriculum Development, English Education, Methods Courses
Peer reviewedLipsey, Sally Irene – Mathematics Teacher, 1972
Descriptors: Educational Problems, Mathematics, Methods Courses, Preservice Teacher Education
Montean, John J. – Sci Educ, 1970
Descriptors: Educational Needs, Inquiry, Methods Courses, Science Supervision
Peer reviewedHughes, Earl F. – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 1971
Prospective elementary school teachers presented with a persuasive article advocating the use of discovery techniques in science teaching and presenting science as a "dynamic, analytical, flexible way" of problem solving scored higher on a post-test science attitude instrument than a control group who read an unrelated passage. Role playing did…
Descriptors: Instruction, Methods Courses, Research, Role Playing
Koran, John J., Jr. – Sci Educ, 1969
Descriptors: Behavioral Objectives, Course Descriptions, Evaluation, Methods Courses
Ballou, Mildred T. – Sci Children, 1969
Descriptors: Elementary School Science, Elementary School Teachers, Methods Courses, Teacher Characteristics
