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Bautista, Nazan Uludag – Journal of Science Teacher Education, 2011
This study investigated the effectiveness of an Early Childhood Education science methods course that focused exclusively on providing various mastery (i.e., enactive, cognitive content, and cognitive pedagogical) and vicarious experiences (i.e., cognitive self-modeling, symbolic modeling, and simulated modeling) in increasing preservice…
Descriptors: Education Majors, Preservice Teachers, Methods Courses, Teacher Education Curriculum
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Riedinger, Kelly; Marbach-Ad, Gili; McGinnis, J. Randy; Hestness, Emily; Pease, Rebecca – Journal of Science Education and Technology, 2011
We investigated curricular and pedagogical innovations in an undergraduate science methods course for elementary education majors at the University of Maryland. The goals of the innovative elementary science methods course included: improving students' attitudes toward and views of science and science teaching, to model innovative science teaching…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Education Majors, Field Trips, Elementary School Science
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Gresham, Gina – Issues in the Undergraduate Mathematics Preparation of School Teachers, 2010
Fifty-two exceptional education pre-service teachers getting a K-6 endorsement were involved in this study that investigated the changes in levels of mathematics anxiety before and after a mathematics methods course for education majors. The changes were measured with respect to the use of manipulatives and other activities to make mathematics…
Descriptors: Preservice Teacher Education, Education Majors, Methods Courses, Teacher Education Curriculum
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Morrell, Patricia D.; Carroll, James B. – School Science and Mathematics, 2003
The purpose of this study was to examine programmatic factors that positively impact changes in elementary preservice teachers' teaching self-efficacy beliefs. Specifically, it examined the impact of science methods courses, student teaching, and science content courses on elementary preservice teachers' science teaching self-efficacy. The Science…
Descriptors: Education Majors, Preservice Teachers, Methods Courses, Teacher Education Curriculum