Pre-Service Teacher Knowledge of Behavior Function: Implications within the Classroom

CSCL-Based Pre-Service Teacher Program as Knowledge Building

The study reports two design experiments on the pre-service teacher program to advance their understanding of learning as knowledge building. We designed the course with a CSCL tool. In the first year, we did not have information on students’ characteristics. Analyses of students’ final essays and their discourse activities on the CSCL showed: (1) that we failed to improve students’ understandi...

EI training and pre-service teacher wellbeing

Using Classroom Video to Identify Development of Teacher Knowledge

Teacher knowledge for teaching statistics through investigations at the primary school level can be analyzed using a framework based on a combination of statistical thinking components and teacher knowledge. This paper focuses on the question of whether growth of teacher knowledge occurs through teaching, and if so, what types of teacher knowledge. In this research, classroom video and stimulat...

Examining Pre-Service Teacher Candidates’ Sources and Levels of Knowledge about Autism Spectrum Disorders

This study was designed to identify what pre-service teacher candidates knew about autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and how they had acquired that knowledge in order to design more effective preparation courses. Teacher candidates (N=87) from three teacher preparation programs completed questionnaires during, or prior to, their first special education course. The findings indicate a relationship ...

the washback effect of discretepoint vs. integrative tests on the retention of content in knowledge tests

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