Making formative assessment discernable to pre-service teachers of science

Journal of Research in Science Teaching

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 402-421

  Buck, Gayle A ^a   Trauth Nare, Amy ^a   Kaftan, Juliann ^b  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

Action research; College university; Science teacher education; Teacher education prospective teachers

Indexed keywords

ACTION RESEARCH; COURSE STRUCTURE; ELEMENTARY SCIENCE; FIELD EXPERIENCE; FORMATIVE ASSESSMENT; PRE-SERVICE TEACHER; PRE-SERVICE TEACHER EDUCATION; SCIENCE TEACHERS; TEACHER PREPARATION;

RESEARCH;

TEACHING;

EID: 77950942218     PISSN: 00224308     EISSN: 10982736     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/tea.20344     Document Type: Article

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