Students’ Reasoning and the Level of Interactivity in Science Content Courses
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As part of the National Study of Undergraduate Education in Science (NSEUS) which is investigating how active engagement in undergraduate science content courses taken by future teachers affects their teaching of science in elementary schools, we have examined the relationship between students’ learning of content knowledge and the degree that science courses utilize interactive (reformed) teaching-learning strategies.
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