TY - JOUR
T1 - The Stories They'd Tell
T2 - Pre-Service Elementary Teachers Writing Stories to Demonstrate Physical Science Concepts
AU - Frisch, Jennifer Kreps
PY - 2010
Y1 - 2010
N2 - Preservice teachers enrolled in a science content-based course wrote stories that could help their future students understand a science concept. First, participants chose their topic and wrote the story with few guidelines to establish a baseline. In the next part, a different set of students were given a choice of three topics (based on force, electricity, and heat misconceptions), and collaborated to write stories with guidance from the instructor. Stories were analyzed for narrative and science units, and test scores examined. Without guidance, many students struggled to find ways to integrate science within a story. With guidance, participants wrote stories that included more narrative elements overall, and participants felt the stories helped them understand the concepts.
AB - Preservice teachers enrolled in a science content-based course wrote stories that could help their future students understand a science concept. First, participants chose their topic and wrote the story with few guidelines to establish a baseline. In the next part, a different set of students were given a choice of three topics (based on force, electricity, and heat misconceptions), and collaborated to write stories with guidance from the instructor. Stories were analyzed for narrative and science units, and test scores examined. Without guidance, many students struggled to find ways to integrate science within a story. With guidance, participants wrote stories that included more narrative elements overall, and participants felt the stories helped them understand the concepts.
KW - Narrative
KW - Physical science misconceptions
KW - Preservice elementary teachers
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U2 - 10.1007/s10972-010-9210-3
DO - 10.1007/s10972-010-9210-3
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:77956431674
SN - 1046-560X
VL - 21
SP - 703
EP - 722
JO - Journal of Science Teacher Education
JF - Journal of Science Teacher Education
IS - 6
ER -