Pedagogical content knowledge as reflected in teacher-student interactions: Analysis of two video cases

Journal of Research in Science Teaching

Volumn 49, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1211-1239

  Alonzo, Alicia C ^a   Kobarg, Mareike ^b   Seidel, Tina ^c  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR SCIENCE AND MATHEMATICS EDUCATION   (Germany)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

classroom instruction; pedagogical content knowledge; physics; video analysis

Indexed keywords

CLASSROOM INSTRUCTION; CONTENT KNOWLEDGE; PEDAGOGICAL CONTENT KNOWLEDGE; PEDAGOGICAL KNOWLEDGE; POTENTIAL MECHANISM; STUDENT KNOWLEDGE; TEACHER PREPARATION; VIDEO ANALYSIS;

PHYSICS; PROGRAM TRANSLATORS; STUDENTS;

TEACHING;

EID: 84869489154     PISSN: 00224308     EISSN: 10982736     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/tea.21055     Document Type: Article

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