Preservice elementary teachers' views of their students' prior knowledge of science

Journal of Research in Science Teaching

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 497-523

  Otero, Valerie K ^a   Nathan, Mitchell J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

General science; Teacher cognition; Teacher education prospective teachers

Indexed keywords

ACADEMICS; GENERAL SCIENCES; TEACHER COGNITION; TEACHER EDUCATION PROSPECTIVE TEACHERS;

CURRICULA; DATA ACQUISITION; LEARNING SYSTEMS; STUDENTS;

TEACHING;

EID: 42549099442     PISSN: 00224308     EISSN: 10982736     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/tea.20229     Document Type: Article

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