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Science curriculum reform for education majors.
Abstract
From 1998-2001 Coastal Carolina University changed how two science courses were taught to Early Childhood and Elementary Education majors. Neither the biology course nor the physics course significantly changed preservice students attitudes about who does science, their general attitude about science, or the frequency in which they were involved in extracurricular science activities. Students in both courses did as well as students taught in a traditional format on post course content exams, even though less "content" was covered. In this article we describe the impetus for the curricular reform efforts, the quantitative and qualitative assessment of the ...
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