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Teaching strategies utilized one year after participating in an inservice elementary science program

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Journal of Elementary Science Education

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The purpose of this study was to determine the frequency with which elementary teachers taught science over a four-week period, and which teaching strategies they utilized during that time frame one year after extensive inservice training. Twenty-one K-6 teachers of science who had participated in the K-6 Science and Math (KSAM) Project, a NSF sponsored program, were involved in the study. After one year, teachers submitted weekly logs of the frequency and teaching strategies used for each lesson. Results revealed that 61.5% of the responding teachers taught science 16 or more times over the four weeks, and that discussion and hands-on methods were the most frequently used teaching strategies.

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  1. Southwestern Bell Science Education Center, Columbia, MO

    Lloyd H. Barrow (Professor of Science Education, Director)

  2. Songkhla, Thailand

    Yindee Sawanakunanont (Teachers College)

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Barrow, L.H., Sawanakunanont, Y. Teaching strategies utilized one year after participating in an inservice elementary science program. J Elem Sci Edu 6, 52 (1994). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03173757

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