In search of well-started beginning science teachers: Insights from two first-year elementary teachers

Journal of Research in Science Teaching

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 661-686

  Avraamidou, Lucy ^a   Zembal Saul, Carla ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NICOSIA   (Cyprus)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Beginning elementary teachers; Inquiry based science; Teacher knowledge

Indexed keywords

DATA ANALYSIS; DEGREE OF COHERENCE; ELEMENTARY TEACHERS; FIRST-YEAR; INQUIRY-BASED SCIENCE; INSTRUCTIONAL PRACTICES; LESSON PLANS; OBSERVATIONAL DATA; PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM; SCIENCE TEACHERS; SCIENTIFIC INQUIRY; SPECIFIC LEARNING; TEACHER PREPARATION;

CURRICULA; DATA REDUCTION; SCHOOL BUILDINGS;

TEACHING;

EID: 77954914124     PISSN: 00224308     EISSN: 10982736     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/tea.20359     Document Type: Article

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