Pre-service teachers enrolled in an elementary science methods class were introduced to teaching strategies that enhanced how students learn in different ways. While their major content focus was science, they were instructed in the understanding and use of learning styles and temperament styles as it...
This chapter examines the influence of an elementary social studies methods course that was redesigned to prepare pre-service teachers to plan and deliver social studies instruction organized around big ideas. Data sources for the study include interviews with the participants as well as the following...
Many premeds have creative outlets and express themselves through the arts, including: music, painting, photography, graphic design, writing and sculpting. While some students pursue artistic endeavors as their hobbies or as sources of relaxation, others take a more ...
Take your preschoolers outside and let them loose on the sidewalk with a cup of water and a paintbrush. Let them draw squiggles, lines, letters, etc. All of these options reinforce writing skills. Alternatively, let students use colored chalk. 26. Pipe Cleaners Pipe cleaners can be used f...
assessment indicated that the PTs generally did not enter teaching methods courses with well-developed observation skills. They were astute observers of classroom management regarding what the teacher did to maintain control in the classroom and what students did that might influence the teacher’s ...
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Table 2. Elements of the rubric for students’ reflective narrative assessment. The content of the narratives was also analyzed using a constructed Rubric for Identity Construction [29]. This rubric is based on four elements of analysis matching the categories of professional identity (Table 3)....
[14] conducted a study with elementary and secondary pre-service teachers with the facilitation of expert teacher videos. The results revealed that incorporating expert teacher videos in pre-service teachers’ training programs could enhance their thinking on planning, instruction, and assessment. It ...
aiming at a complete explanation of the varied phenomena of the visible world by means of an analysis of its atomic structure. This system begins with elementary physical problems, such as why a hard body can be lighter than a softer one. The explanation is that the heavier body contains mor...
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