Preservice Secondary Science Teachers' Conceptions of the Nature of Science [electronic resource] : By Investigating Their Concept Maps and Final Reflection Paper / Young-soo Kim, Paul J. Germann and Martha Patton.

This paper reports on the analysis of concept maps of the nature of science constructed by preservice secondary science teachers during a semester-long reflective process. During the 16-week fall semester of 1996, 17 students were enrolled in a 5-credit course. After analyzing all students' con...

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Online Access: Full Text (via ERIC)
Main Author: Kim, Young-soo
Other Authors: Germann, Paul J., Patton, Martha
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: [S.l.] : Distributed by ERIC Clearinghouse, 1998.
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