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Direct linkWhitacre, Ian; Bishop, Jessica Pierson; Philipp, Randolph A.; Lamb, Lisa L.; Schappelle, Bonnie P. – Mathematics Teaching in the Middle School, 2014
A story problem about borrowing money, presented in this article, may be represented with positive or negative numbers and thought about in different ways. The authors describe ideas related to integers (both positive and negative) and how students used them in relation to a story problem, and how they related these ideas to equations.
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Secondary School Mathematics, Middle School Students, Word Problems (Mathematics)
Peer reviewedRoth, Wolff-Michael – International Journal of Science Education, 1998
Argues that much of the conceptual-change literature does not study change per se, but infers, often from interviews, changes in students' conceptions and discourse during learning. Concludes that what is needed are descriptions of learning trajectories. Contains 17 references. (DDR)
Descriptors: Concept Formation, Discourse Analysis, Higher Education, Interviews
Peer reviewedBerg, Craig A. – Journal of Science Teacher Education, 1993
Describes an interviewing activity that teaching methods instructors can use to help students break away from archaic, entrenched notions of teaching and learning. (PR)
Descriptors: Constructivism (Learning), Elementary Secondary Education, Interviews, Misconceptions
Peer reviewedCoyle, Harold P. – Mercury, 1994
Explains the philosophy that forms the basis of a high school physical science course based on astronomy and the activity-based textbook that accompanies it. Cites specific examples of misconceptions related to astronomy and recommends various diagnostic and concept change strategies. (DDR)
Descriptors: Astronomy, Cognitive Structures, Concept Formation, Course Content
Peer reviewedEbert, Christine Kuehn; McKenzie, Danny L. – Journal of Science Teacher Education, 1989
A model for using an interviewing process that provides preservice teachers with an experiential base as they learn to value the importance of questioning, planning, and assessment is described. The process provides a method for determining what children know. A sample interviewing assignment and teacher perceptions of the process are included.…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Evaluation, Higher Education, Inservice Teacher Education
Peer reviewedMcNay, Margaret – Journal of Science Teacher Education, 1991
Describes a qualitative study in which eight elementary school teachers read research articles in children's science and were interviewed. Results fall in three categories: comments relating to the teachers' need to verify the findings of research reports, expressions of self-doubts and questions raised as teachers read the articles, and…
Descriptors: Educational Research, Elementary School Science, Elementary School Teachers, Inservice Education
Stenmark, Jean Kerr, Ed. – 1991
Recent documents like the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics'"Curriculum and Evaluation Standards for School Mathematics" have described coming changes in the mathematics curriculum and evaluation. Operating from the point of view that instruction and assessment are closely linked, that good teachers constantly assess students…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Classroom Techniques, Educational Change, Educational Innovation
