Relations Between Teachers' Subject Matter Knowledge, Teaching Experience and their Mental Models of Children's Minds and Learning.

Strauss, Sidney; Ravid, Dorit; Magen, Nicole; Berliner, David C.

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Publication Date: 1998

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Relations Between Teachers' Subject Matter Knowledge, Teaching Experience and their Mental Models of Children's Minds and Learning.

Strauss, Sidney; Ravid, Dorit; Magen, Nicole; Berliner, David C.

Teaching and Teacher Education, v14 n6 p579-95 Aug 1998

Examined relations between Israeli teachers' subject matter knowledge (SMK), teaching experience, and espoused mental models (MMs) about children's learning. The SMK tested was English "wh-" constructions. Seventh-grade teachers were classified on subject matter tasks to have high or low SMK. Interviews examined their MMs. Despite differences in SMK and teaching experience, teachers had identical espoused MMs of children's learning. (SM)

Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Intermediate Grades, Junior High Schools, Knowledge Base for Teaching, Knowledge Level, Secondary School Teachers, Teacher Attitudes, Teaching Experience

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: Israel

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