What do They Know about Science? Initial Certification Testing of Elementary Preservice Teacher Candidates
Description:
Literature indicates that science content knowledge has long presented difficulties for preservice elementary teachers. Analyses of 473 scores from participants' attempts on an elementary certification exam, the TExES EC-6 Core Subjects, Science (804), were analyzed for this study to determine the impact of a physical science intervention that included demonstration lessons, microteaching, and reflection as part of a science methods course on science content knowledge. Analyses of scores for p…
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Date:
May 2020
Creator:
Pope, Elisabeth
Partner:
UNT Libraries