Using analogies to improve the teaching performance of preservice teachers

Journal of Research in Science Teaching

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 565-585

  James, Mark C ^a   Scharmann, Lawrence C ^b  

^a NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Conceptual change; Pedagogical content knowledge; Physics; Science teacher education

Indexed keywords

CONCEPTUAL CHANGE; PEDAGOGICAL ANALOGY; PEDAGOGICAL CONTENT KNOWLEDGE; SCIENCE TEACHER EDUCATION;

EDUCATION; KNOWLEDGE ACQUISITION; NATURAL SCIENCES;

TEACHING;

EID: 34247388363     PISSN: 00224308     EISSN: 10982736     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/tea.20167     Document Type: Article

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