Struggling To Promote Deeply Rooted Change: The

Yerrick, Randy; And Others

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ERIC Number: EJ543582

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1997

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Struggling To Promote Deeply Rooted Change: The "Filtering Effect" of Teachers' Beliefs on Understanding Transformational Views of Teaching Science.

Yerrick, Randy; And Others

Science Education, v81 n2 p137-59 Apr 1997

Presents a study that examines the beliefs of teachers (N=24) and their interpretations of a two-week summer institute intended to change their treatment of scientific knowledge and assessment strategies at the classroom level. Contains 31 references. (DDR)

Descriptors: Concept Formation, Curriculum Development, Educational Change, Elementary Secondary Education, Knowledge Base for Teaching, Professional Development, Science Instruction, Science Teachers, Student Evaluation, Teacher Attitudes

Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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