TY - JOUR
T1 - Prospective elementary teachers' prior knowledge about light
AU - Bendall, Sharon
AU - Goldberg, Fred
AU - Galili, Igal
PY - 1993/11
Y1 - 1993/11
N2 - This article reports on a study that was designed to describe prospective elementary teachers' prior verbal and diagrammatic knowledge about various aspects of light, seeing, shadows, and mirror images. Data were collected through individual interviews using simple apparatus (light bulb, objects, screen, and plane mirror). Included are some inferences about how students' ideas may have emerged from their interpretations of everyday experiences. The article concludes with a section that provides an example of a conceptual change instructional strategy that was based on the research results reported here.
AB - This article reports on a study that was designed to describe prospective elementary teachers' prior verbal and diagrammatic knowledge about various aspects of light, seeing, shadows, and mirror images. Data were collected through individual interviews using simple apparatus (light bulb, objects, screen, and plane mirror). Included are some inferences about how students' ideas may have emerged from their interpretations of everyday experiences. The article concludes with a section that provides an example of a conceptual change instructional strategy that was based on the research results reported here.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84989040117&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1002/tea.3660300912
DO - 10.1002/tea.3660300912
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AN - SCOPUS:84989040117
SN - 0022-4308
VL - 30
SP - 1169
EP - 1187
JO - Journal of Research in Science Teaching
JF - Journal of Research in Science Teaching
IS - 9
ER -