"After I gave students their prior knowledge" Pre-service teachers' conceptions of student prior knowledge

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written by Valerie K. Otero and Mitchell Nathan

Pre-service teachers often enter the teaching profession with pre-conceptions about teaching and learning science that are not consistent with contemporary learning theory. To build on this knowledge, we need to identify the beliefs and knowledge that pre-service teachers have about science teaching. In this exploratory study, we investigated pre-service teachers' pre-instructional conceptions of students' prior knowledge. Results indicate that our pre-service teachers held a limited number of conceptions about prior knowledge including a blank slate model of learning

Physics Education Research Conference 2003
Part of the PER Conference series
Madison, WI: August 6-7, 2003
Volume 720, Pages 141-144

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Published: September 9, 2004

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Education Foundations - Sample Population = Instructor: Pre-service - Teacher Characteristics Education Practices - Teacher Preparation	- Lower Undergraduate - Informal Education	- Reference Material = Research study

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DOI:: 10.1063/1.1807274
PACSs:: 01.40.Fk; 01.40.Ej
Keywords:: PERC 2003, classical mechanics, educational aids, human factors, teacher training
Record Creator:: Metadata instance created July 13, 2005 by Lyle Barbato
Record Updated:: April 11, 2024 by Lyle Barbato
Last Update when Cataloged:: September 9, 2004
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Otero, Valerie, and Mitchell Nathan. ""After I gave students their prior knowledge" Pre-service teachers' conceptions of student prior knowledge." Paper presented at the Physics Education Research Conference 2003, Madison, WI, August 6-7, 2003. https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=2567&DocID=3413 (accessed 24 April 2024).

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Otero, Valerie, and Mitchell Nathan. ""After I gave students their prior knowledge" Pre-service teachers' conceptions of student prior knowledge." Physics Education Research Conference 2003. Madison, WI: 2003. 141-144 Vol. 720 of PER Conference. 24 Apr. 2024 <https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=2567&DocID=3413>.

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