When It Comes to Teaching about Floating and Sinking, Preservice Elementary Teachers Do Not Have to Feel As Though They Are Drowning.

Greenwood, Anita

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ERIC Number: EJ520755

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Publication Date: 1996

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When It Comes to Teaching about Floating and Sinking, Preservice Elementary Teachers Do Not Have to Feel As Though They Are Drowning.

Greenwood, Anita

Journal of Elementary Science Education, v8 n1 p1-16 Win 1996

Used a three-phase constructivist teaching sequence in a graduate-level elementary science methods course to improve preservice teachers' knowledge of density and to provide a model for approaching the teaching of science. Reports that the preservice teachers (n=23) showed gains in content knowledge and self-reported confidence levels. (Author/JRH)

Descriptors: Constructivism (Learning), Density (Matter), Elementary School Science, Knowledge Base for Teaching, Preservice Teacher Education, Science Instruction, Science Teachers

Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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