Advisor | Anderson, Patricia J. | en_US |
Author | Wiles, Heather T. | en_US |
Date Accessioned | 2011-06-24T15:35:32Z | |
Date Available | 2011-06-24T15:35:32Z | |
Date of Issue | 2011 | en_US |
Identifier (URI) | http://hdl.handle.net/10342/3601 | |
Description | 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. | en_US |
Extent | 92 p. | en_US |
Format Medium | dissertations, academic | en_US |
Language | | en_US |
Publisher | East Carolina University | en_US |
Subject | Teacher education | en_US |
Subject | Science education | en_US |
Subject | Misconception | en_US |
Subject | Pre-service teachers | en_US |
Subject | Science | en_US |
Subject | Trade books | en_US |
Library of Congress Subject Headings | Science--Study and teaching (Elementary) | |
Library of Congress Subject Headings | Elementary school teachers | |
Library of Congress Subject Headings | Education, Elementary | |
Title | Trade Books in Elementary Education : Misconceptions in Science | en_US |
Type | Master's Thesis | en_US |
Department | Elementary & Middle Grades Education | en_US |
Degree | M.A.Ed. | en_US |