An Integrated Content/Process Approach to Teaching Science to Elementary Teachers: Bridging the Gap Between Teacher Training Programs and the Sciences at a California State University Campus | NSTA

An Integrated Content/Process Approach to Teaching Science to Elementary Teachers: Bridging the Gap Between Teacher Training Programs and the Sciences at a California State University Campus

Journal of College Science Teaching—December 1997/January 1998

The California State University campus at San Marcos introduced a new teaching model, CPAE (Content-Process-Application-Evaluation), to improve science teacher education. This article helps to understand how the CPAE approach effectively overcomes many of the obstacles that have traditionally discouraged a typical elementary teacher's enthusiasm for the sciences.

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