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The Effect of Science Education Classes on Preservice Elementary Teachers’ Attitudes About Science

Journal Article | July 2019

This study examined the attitudes toward science of elementary preservice teachers at a large public university in Texas. The study utilized a version of the well-established Test of ScienceRelated Attitudes (TOSRA) to…

Breathing New Life Into Elementary Science Preservice Teacher Education

Journal Article | July 2018

Measuring Computational Thinking Teaching Efficacy Beliefs of Preservice Elementary Teachers

Journal Article | July 2020

With the release of the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS), assessing K–12 science teachers’ self-efficacy in Computational Thinking (CT) is an important research gap to study. Bandura defines self-efficacy as…

Elementary Preservice Teachers’ Use of Speaking, Listening, and Writing Skills to Understand the Importance of Nature of Science Instruction

Journal Article | July 2020

There has been a focus on improving teachers’ views of nature of science for decades. The method in which researchers improve views of nature of science, however, varies greatly. This study aimed to improve elementary…

Sustainable Science Education

Journal Article | October 2019

Student-Centered Learning in an Earth Science, Preservice, Teacher-Education Course

Journal Article | July 2009

In an effort to get elementary teachers to teach more science in the classroom, a required preservice science education course was designed to promote the use of hands-on teaching techniques. This paper describes course…

Using Citizen Science to Engage Preservice Elementary Educators in Scientific Fieldwork

Journal Article | November 2016

Preservice elementary teachers’ lack of confidence in teaching science is an ongoing concern. Only 29% of elementary teachers in the field felt “very well prepared to teach life science,” according to the National…

Research and Teaching: Introducing Engineering Design to a Science Teaching Methods Course Through Educational Robotics and Exploring Changes in Views of Preservice Elementary Teachers

Journal Article | November 2017

Preservice elementary teachers need to know how to integrate the engineering design process into their science teaching. In this article, the authors describe how they used the LEGO Mindstorms EV3 Kit as part of a NGSS-…

Good News for Post-Secondary Educators

Journal Article | March 2019

The Journal of College Science Teaching’s editor shares thoughts regarding the current issue.

Preservice: Foundations of Science Education

Collection | February 2018

Course materials for Foundations of Science Education

All Preservice Science Education resources

List | February 2020

Call for Papers: Science and Children

Page | January 2020

Call for Papers: Science and Children Your 2000-word manuscript should describe a set of connected lessons or investigations that build an idea or content area. They should include assessments (pre-, post- and formative) as well as enough detail that another teacher could replicate the lessons in the…

Advertising in Journal of College Science Teaching

Page | March 2020

The Journal of College Science Teaching (JCST) is a highly readable, scholarly publication that reaches college professionals who are educating the next generation of elementary, middle school, and high school science…

NSTA Standards for Science Teacher Preparation

Page | June 2020

NSTA Standards … for Science Teacher Preparation … The NSTA/ASTE 2020 Science Standards for Teacher Preparation …