The Development of Prospective Secondary Biology Teachers PCK

Journal of Science Teacher Education

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 133-155

  Brown, Patrick ^a   Friedrichsen, Patricia ^b   Abell, Sandra ^b  

^a Fort Zumwalt School District   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

Instructional sequence; Knowledge of learners; Learning cycle; Pedagogical content knowledge; Teacher knowledge

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874189603     PISSN: 1046560X     EISSN: 15731847     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10972-012-9312-1     Document Type: Article

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