The effect of an inquiry-based early field experience on pre-service teachers' content knowledge and attitudes toward teaching

AIP Conference Proceedings

Volumn 1179, Issue , 2009, Pages 253-256

  Sadaghiani, Homeyra R ^a   Costley, Sarai N ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Attitude; Elementary teacher prep; Field experience; Inquiry; Physics education research

Indexed keywords

EID: 71749091424     PISSN: 0094243X     EISSN: 15517616     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3266729     Document Type: Conference Paper

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