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Jin, Hui; Shin, HyoJeong; Johnson, Michele E.; Kim, JinHo; Anderson, Charles W. – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 2015
This study developed learning progression-based measures of science teachers' content knowledge (CK) and pedagogical content knowledge (PCK). The measures focus on an important topic in secondary science curriculum using scientific reasoning (i.e., tracing matter, tracing energy, and connecting scales) to explain plants gaining weight and…
Descriptors: Science Teachers, Pedagogical Content Knowledge, Learning Processes, Science Process Skills
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Carney, Russell N.; Levin, Joel R. – Journal of Experimental Education, 2012
In 3 experiments, undergraduates used their own best method (control) or an "imposed" face-name mnemonic strategy to associate 18 caricatured faces, names, and additional facts. On all immediate tests (prompted by the faces), and on the delayed tests of Experiments 2a and 2b combined, mnemonic students statistically outperformed control students…
Descriptors: Mnemonics, Teaching Methods, Undergraduate Students, Naming