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    Trade Books in Elementary Education : Misconceptions in Science

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    Wiles, Heather T.
    Abstract
    Elementary pre-service teachers are required to take only a few science courses and are not likely to have the pedagogical content knowledge necessary to choose accurate science trade books. Incorporating trade books in the content areas is a method for integrating subjects and is a common practice among elementary teachers. This study investigates the ability of pre-service elementary teachers to identify misconceptions in science trade book excerpts chosen by the researcher. Survey results were analyzed based on pre-service teachers' responses to a science content question. Often, students focused on misconceptions related to anthropomorphism when they were unsure of the science content as shown by the true/false question. Each of the teacher educators interviewed had experiences with several pre-service teachers' lack of content knowledge affecting performance in the classroom.  
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    http://hdl.handle.net/10342/3601
    Subject
     Teacher education; Science education; Misconception; Pre-service teachers; Science; Trade books 
    Date
    2011
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    APA:
    Wiles, Heather T.. (January 2011). Trade Books in Elementary Education : Misconceptions in Science (Master's Thesis, East Carolina University). Retrieved from the Scholarship. (http://hdl.handle.net/10342/3601.)

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    Wiles, Heather T.. Trade Books in Elementary Education : Misconceptions in Science. Master's Thesis. East Carolina University, January 2011. The Scholarship. http://hdl.handle.net/10342/3601. August 17, 2022.
    Chicago:
    Wiles, Heather T., “Trade Books in Elementary Education : Misconceptions in Science” (Master's Thesis., East Carolina University, January 2011).
    AMA:
    Wiles, Heather T.. Trade Books in Elementary Education : Misconceptions in Science [Master's Thesis]. Greenville, NC: East Carolina University; January 2011.
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    • Elementary Education and Middle Grades Education
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    East Carolina University

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