Is Pedagogical Content Knowledge (PCK) Necessary for Reformed Science Teaching?: Evidence from an Empirical Study

Research in Science Education

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 245-260

  Park, Soonhye ^a   Jang, Jeong Yoon ^a   Chen, Ying Chih ^a   Jung, Jinhong ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Knowledge of instructional strategies and representations; Knowledge of student understanding; Pedagogical content knowledge; Reform based science education

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952038559     PISSN: 0157244X     EISSN: 15731898     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11165-009-9163-8     Document Type: Article

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