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Teaching Experiences for Graduate Student Researchers: A Study of the Design and Implementation of Science Courses for Secondary Students
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Collins, Anne Wrigley – ProQuest LLC, 2011
Modern science education reform recommends that teachers provide K-12 science students a more complete picture of the scientific enterprise, one that lies beyond content knowledge and centers more on the processes and culture of scientists. In the case of Research Experience for Teachers (RET) programs, the "teacher" becomes "researcher" and it is…
Descriptors: Graduate Students, Science Programs, Elementary Secondary Education, Scientific Principles
An Assessment of the Impact of a Science Outreach Program, Science In Motion, on Student Achievement, Teacher Efficacy, and Teacher Perception
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Herring, Phillip Allen – ProQuest LLC, 2009
The purpose of the study was to analyze the science outreach program, Science In Motion (SIM), located in Mobile, Alabama. This research investigated what impact the SIM program has on student cognitive functioning and teacher efficacy and also investigated teacher perceptions and attitudes regarding the program. To investigate student…
Descriptors: Teacher Effectiveness, Science Programs, Outreach Programs, Criterion Referenced Tests
An Administrative Concern: Science Teachers' Instructional Efficacy Beliefs regarding Racially, Culturally, Economically, and Linguistically Diverse Student Populations
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Tuck Bonner, Natalie Christine – ProQuest LLC, 2009
A teacher's sense of {instructional} efficacy has been considered a critical variable in student academic performance. Researchers Tschannen-Moran and Hoy Woolfolk (2001, p.783) defined teachers' {instructional} efficacy as a teacher's judgment of his or her capabilities to bring about desired outcomes of student engagement and learning, even…
Descriptors: Learner Engagement, Teacher Effectiveness, Science Programs, Self Efficacy