Open ended experiments and minds on activeties have a central role on development of mentioned skills and abilities.
📌 3 Key Takeaways
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Objective & Hypothesis:College students and prospective teachers generally do not have appropriate reasoning abilities (Akerson, & Volrich, 2006; Bell, Blair, Crawford, & Lederman, 2003; Brickhous, Dagher, Letts, & Shipman, 2000; Lawson, 1995; Lawson, 2005; Quitadamo, & Kurtz, 2007).
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Key Findings & Data:Due to both National Research Council (1996) and recently The Ministry of Education have given a matter preferential consideration scientific process skills, in teacher training, especially in science teaching; development of scientific process skills and reasoning abilities have become important.
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Conclusion & Impact:Open ended experiments and minds on activeties have a central role on development of mentioned skills and abilities.
🔬Design:Research Article
📍Scope:2006 Verileri
⚙️Variables:Domain Parameters
Abstract
College students and prospective teachers generally do not have appropriate reasoning abilities (Akerson, & Volrich, 2006; Bell, Blair, Crawford, & Lederman, 2003; Brickhous, Dagher, Letts, & Shipman, 2000; Lawson, 1995; Lawson, 2005; Quitadamo, & Kurtz, 2007). Because scientific prosses skills and reasoning abilities relate each other, the more quality reasoning abilities students and prospective teachers achieve, the more effective scientific process skills they use. Due to both National Research Council (1996) and recently The Ministry of Education have given a matter preferential consideration scientific process skills, in teacher training, especially in science teaching; development of scientific process skills and reasoning abilities have become important. Open ended experiments and minds on activeties have a central role on development of mentioned skills and abilities.
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Cite This Article
APAYDIN, Z., TAŞ, E. (2010). The Effects of Different Activities on Reasoning Skills of Prospective Teachers. Journal of Turkish Science Education, Cilt: 7 - Sayı: 4, 189–191. https://ajindex.com/articles/213256
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