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Hutner, Todd L.; Markman, Arthur B. – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 2017
Two anomalies continue to confound researchers and science teacher educators. First, new science teachers are quick to discard the pedagogy and practices that they learn in their teacher education programs in favor of a traditional, didactic approach to teaching science. Second, a discrepancy exists at all stages of science teachers' careers…
Descriptors: Science Teachers, Science Instruction, Teacher Education, Goal Orientation
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Nakhleh, Mary B.; Samarapungavan, Ala; Saglam, Yilmaz – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 2005
The objective of this study was to examine middle school students' developing understanding of the nature of matter and to compare middle school students' ideas to those of elementary schools students, as was done by Nakhleh and Samarapungavan ["J Res Sci Teach" 36(7):777-805, 1999]. Nine middle school students were interviewed using a scripted,…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Secondary School Science, Elementary School Students, Interviews