The purpose of this study was to assess the impact a community-based service learning program might have on preservice teachers' science instruction during student teaching. Designed to promote science inquiry, preservice teachers learned how to offer students more opportunities to develop their own ways of thinking through utilization of an…

This case study reviewed the collaborative efforts of university engineers, teacher educators, and middle school teachers to advance sixth- and seventh-grade students' learning through a series of project-based engineering activities. This two-year project enriched regular school curricula by introducing real-world applications of science and…

Assesses the effectiveness of an after-school, hands-on science program offered for two years for the purpose of stimulating in-service elementary school teachers to increase their use of the hands-on approach to the teaching of science and mathematics. (Author/CCM)