Assessing students' understanding of inquiry: What do prospective science teachers notice?

Journal of Research in Science Teaching

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 189-208

  Talanquer, Vicente ^a   Tomanek, Debra ^a   Novodvorsky, Ingrid ^a  

^a The University of Arizona   (United States)

Author keywords

assessment; inquiry; prospective science teachers; teacher noticing; teacher thinking

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT; INQUIRY; SCIENCE TEACHERS; TEACHER NOTICING; TEACHER THINKING;

EDUCATION; RESEARCH;

STUDENTS;

EID: 84872348797     PISSN: 00224308     EISSN: 10982736     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/tea.21074     Document Type: Article

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