Research and Teaching: Effects of a Science Content Course on Elementary Preservice Teachers' Self-Efficacy of Teaching Science | NSTA

Research and Teaching: Effects of a Science Content Course on Elementary Preservice Teachers' Self-Efficacy of Teaching Science

Journal of College Science Teaching—January/February 2015

This article describes a teacher preparation program at a large Midwestern university that was modified to include a new science content course aimed at the need for successfully preparing elementary teachers to teach science in their classrooms.

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