Wonder as a tool to engage preservice elementary teachers in science learning and teaching
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DOI: 10.1002/sce.21300
Abstract: This exploratory project considers the use of wonder as a pedagogical tool with preservice elementary teachers (PSETs). An ongoing vexation facing science teacher educators is helping future elementary teachers overcome anxiety and negative associations with… read more here.
Keywords: science; science learning; tool; preservice elementary ... See more keywords
“Why would Benjamin Franklin want to know if lightning was electricity?” elementary teachers and students making sense of the nature of science during interactive read-alouds
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DOI: 10.1007/s11422-020-09988-2
Abstract: The present study examines the pedagogical use of reading aloud of science trade books as an effective tool for teaching nature of science (NOS) to elementary students. To this end, we explore elementary teachers’ and… read more here.
Keywords: science; elementary teachers; read alouds; nature science ... See more keywords
Elementary Teachers' Perspectives on Teaching Reading Comprehension.
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DOI: 10.1044/2023_lshss-22-00118
Abstract: PURPOSE We report findings from a survey of elementary teachers regarding reading instruction. The purpose was to examine teachers' beliefs about how children in the first 7 years of schooling develop reading comprehension skills and… read more here.
Keywords: reading instruction; australian elementary; elementary teachers; reading comprehension ... See more keywords
Some Comply While Some Defy: Elementary Teachers' Responses to Leadership Mandates on Reading Comprehension Instruction.
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DOI: 10.1044/2024_lshss-24-00021
Abstract: PURPOSE We report the qualitative findings from a survey of elementary teachers regarding reading instruction. The purpose is to extend on quantitative findings in a previously described survey to gain a more in-depth understanding of… read more here.
Keywords: instruction; literacy block; reading comprehension; block ... See more keywords
Pre-service elementary teachers’ reasoning in introducing multidigit subtraction
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DOI: 10.1080/0020739x.2019.1647573
Abstract: Ideally, mathematical concepts must be justified rather than simply stated. This study examined the reasoning expressed by pre-service elementary teachers when asked to describe how they would introduce the concept of multidigit subtraction to their… read more here.
Keywords: service elementary; multidigit subtraction; elementary teachers; pre service ... See more keywords
‘Elementary teachers aren’t good at maths’: gendered discourses and performative acts in U.S. mathematics teacher education
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DOI: 10.1080/09540253.2025.2462053
Abstract: ABSTRACT In parallel with the prevalent deficit view of elementary teachers in mathematics in the U.S., there is a prevailing concern that preservice elementary teachers lack competence in mathematics. Viewing this phenomenon as gender performance,… read more here.
Keywords: education; education elementary; teacher education; mathematics ... See more keywords
What Students Learn from Engineering Instruction: Perspectives from Elementary Teachers
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DOI: 10.1080/1046560x.2019.1595306
Abstract: ABSTRACT Engineering design activities are a common way for teachers to incorporate engineering into their science classrooms, as called for by current science policy documents in the United States. However, little is known about how… read more here.
Keywords: science; elementary teachers; engineering; engineering instruction ... See more keywords
Accuracy of Elementary Teachers’ Representations of the Projects and Processes of Engineering: Results of a Professional Development Program
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DOI: 10.1080/1046560x.2019.1709295
Abstract: ABSTRACT With the growing adoption of the Next Generation Science Standards across the United States, elementary teachers are being called upon to incorporate engineering into their science instruction, creating a need for ways to help… read more here.
Keywords: elementary teachers; engineering; teachers representations; accuracy elementary ... See more keywords
What Makes this Lesson Engineering? What Makes it Science? Examining the Thought Processes of Pre-Service Elementary Teachers
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DOI: 10.1080/1046560x.2024.2380188
Abstract: ABSTRACT Elementary teachers are navigating a curriculum landscape in which engineering activities now exist alongside science. Teacher education should prepare future elementary teachers to be critical curators of curriculum resources, which includes appraising the extent… read more here.
Keywords: science; lesson engineering; engineering; makes lesson ... See more keywords
Exploring the use of virtual reality by pre-service elementary teachers for teaching science in the elementary classroom
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DOI: 10.1080/15391523.2020.1726234
Abstract: Abstract This research was conducted on two groups of pre-service elementary teachers (PSETs) (N = 38) in a pre/post within-subjects design. Participants were asked to critique, create, and evaluate the use of virtual reality (VR) classroom applications… read more here.
Keywords: service elementary; virtual reality; elementary teachers; use virtual ... See more keywords
Mathematics Anxiety
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DOI: 10.1177/0022487116676316
Abstract: Mathematics educators agree elementary teachers should possess confidence and competence in teaching mathematics. Many prospective elementary teachers (particularly women) pursue careers in elementary teaching despite personal repeated experiences of mathematics anxiety. Previous studies of mathematics… read more here.
Keywords: mathematics; mathematics anxiety; prospective elementary; women prospective ... See more keywords