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Creator:: Morrison, Judith A.
Abstract:: A large amount of research has been conducted that establishes that students of all ages hold conceptions about a variety of science topics that are not in line with accepted scientific beliefs. These preconceptions have been identified in a variety of ways in research situations; this study focused on how...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

Creator:: Henderson, Sandra
Abstract:: Given the high probability of national and federal research laboratories continuing to sponsor science education partnerships between their staff and classroom science teachers and the dearth of research in this area, this study set out to delineate best practices associated with such partnerships for the purpose of increasing the effectiveness...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: Bruce M. Alberts, President of the National Academy of Sciences, "... I now view effective partnerships

Creator:: Liu, Shiang-Yao
Abstract:: This exploratory investigation aimed to identify preservice science teachers' conceptions of the nature of science (NOS), and worldviews that represent their culturally dependent beliefs about the world, in the context of Taiwan. The interrelationships between the responses elicited from both the assessments of NOS understandings and worldviews were examined. Participants...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

Creator:: Latz, Mark S.
Abstract:: The purpose of this study was to identify the management demands that may be unique to science classrooms. The sample consisted of three biology teachers and three language arts teachers from two high schools located within the same school district. To establish a basic framework, two quantitative questions were addressed:...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

Creator:: Holmes, Frank L.
Abstract:: A teacher may say, "I have twenty years of experience," but just what does it mean? This study suggests explanations for the meaning of "Experience," not by looking at the number of years in a classroom, but at what teachers did in those years that could make the teaching experience...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: low (M 9.2) compared to the college norm of M = 11.8. The authors suggested that some teachers with

Creator:: Bombardier, Louis
Abstract:: The purpose of this study is to examine the events and activities that triggered strategic and large-scale changes in four community college based Small Business Development Centers. A review of the literature in organizational theory and community college education was used to form an integrated conceptual scheme which could be...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

Creator:: Gess-Newsome, Julie
Abstract:: Current reforms in science education advocate instruction which capitalizes on broad, integrative understandings of a few underlying concepts. Such recommendations imply that science teachers already hold integrated conceptualizations and will use such understandings to guide practice. However, little research exists which delineates the global content understandings of biology teachers (herein...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

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