ERIC ED453083: Proceedings of the Annual International Conference of the Association for the Education of Teachers in Science (Costa Mesa, California, January 18-21, 2001).

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J., Ed.; Crawford, Barbara A., Ed.
TITLE
Proceedings of the Annual International Conference of the
Association for the Education of Teachers in Science (Costa
Mesa, California, January 18-21, 2001).
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Association for the Education of Teachers in Science.
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2001-00-00
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College of Education, California State University, San
Marcos, and Institute for Science Education, California
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DESCRIPTORS
Attitudes; Block Scheduling; *Conference Papers; Elementary
Secondary Education; Environmental Education; Evaluation;
Inquiry; Mathematics Education; Preservice Teachers;
*Professional Development; Science Activities; *Science
Instruction; Scientific Principles; Self Efficacy; *Teacher
Education; Technology
ABSTRACT
This document contains the proceedings of the 2001 Annual
International Conference of the Association for the Education of Teachers in
Science which was held in Costa Mesa, California, January 18-21, 2001. Papers
include:
"An Elementary Preservice Teacher's Search for Solutions about
(1)
the Evolution-Divine Creation Question: The Story of Tracy" (Larry D. Yore
and Tracey Knopp);
"Stars: Evaluating the Use of Video Technology for
(2)
Modelling Science Process Skills" (Kenneth P. King and Thomas E. Thompson);
"Site-Based Professional Development: Learning Cycle and Technology
(3)
Integration" (Brian L. Gerber, Andrew J. Brovey, and Catherine B. Price);
(4)
"Professional Development as Inquiry: The Role of Formative Assessment in
Professional Development" (Doris Ash, Karen Levitt, and Lin Tucker);
"A
(5)
Comparative Analysis of Science Teacher Education in Global Communities"
(Pamela Fraser-Abder);
"Infusing Technology to Enhance Science Lessons:
(6)
Prospective Teachers as Action Researchers Learning to Teach for Conceptual
(M. Randall Spaid);
Change"
"Professional Development for Elementary
(7)
School Teachers Working with Science Learning Outcomes" (Ken Appleton and
Allan Harrison);
"Views of Nature of Science Questionnaire (VNOS): Toward
(8)
Valid and Meaningful Assessment of Learners' Conceptions of Nature of Science
(Fouad Abd-El-Khalick, Norm G. Lederman, Randy L. Bell, and Renee S.
Schwartz);
"Thinking Reflectively Rather Than Reflexively: A Theoretical
(9)
Framework for Portfolio Development in Teacher Education" (Christopher
Andersen);
(10) "Prospective Elementary Teachers' Use of an Online
Communicative Tool: Implications for the Use of Technology in Science
Teaching Preparation" (Lucy Avraamidou and Barbara Crawford);
(11)
"Inquiry-Based Research Published in 'I Wonder': The Journal for Elementary
School Scientists (1999-2000)" (Michael E. Beeth and Tracy Huziak);
(12)
"Pre-Service Science and Mathematics Teachers as Cultural Agents: A
Transformative Study" (Carolyn Butcher and Gilbert Valadez);
(13) "Increased
Science Achievement for Adolescent Girls" (Nancy Stubbs and Caryn Hoffman);
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"What Do We Know about Students' Cognitive Conflict in the Science
(14)
Classroom: A Theoretical Model of Cognitive Conflict Process" (Gyoungho Lee
(15) "Science and Language Links" (Zale A. Liu and Valarie
and Jaesool Kwon);
(16) "Learning Science through Reading: Fifth-Grade Students'
L. Akerson);
Conceptualization of Observation and Inference" (Francis S. Broadway and
Katherine Taillon);
"Does Being Wrong Make Kettlewell Wrong for Science
(17)
Teaching?" (David Wyss Rudge); (18) "Integrating Technology into Teacher
Preparation and K-12 Classrooms" (Vickie D. Harry and R. Elaine Carbone);
(19) "Technology: Preservice Teachers' Preparation: Oil: Water" (Patricia D.
Morrell and James B. Carroll); (20) "Using Electronic Classrooms and the
World Wide Web to Support Science Teaching and Learning: Interactive Session
Summary" (Paul Vellom, Marcia Fetters, and Michael Beeth);
"The
(21)
Philosophy, Theory and Practice of Science-Technology-Society Orientations"
(Chris Lawrence, Robert Yager, Scott Sowell, Elizabeth Hancock, Yalcin
Yalaki, and Paul Jablon); (22) "Eighth-Grade African American Students'
Sense-Making of Electricity" (Morgan C. Greene and Francis S. Broadway);
(23)
"Making Science Accessible: Strategies for Modifying Science Activities to
Meet the Needs of a Diverse Student Population" (Marcia Fetters, Dawn
"An Environmental Education Needs Assessment of
Pickard, and Eric Pyle);
(24)
K-12 Teachers" (Yvonne Meichtry); (25) "Language Development and Science
Inquiry: A Child-Initiated and Teacher-Facilitated Program" (Evelyn P. Klein,
Penny L. Hammrich, Stephanie Bloom, and Anika Ragins);
(26) "Examining
Discourse in Elementary Science Methods: Differences between Science Content
and Pedagogy" (William J. Newman, Jr., Paula D. Hubbard, and Sandra K.
(27) "Science Work Experience Programs for Teachers: Refocusing
Abell);
Professional Development Using a Qualitative Lens" (Wendy M. Frazier);
(28)
"An Extension Analysis on the Self-Efficacy Beliefs about Equitable Science
Teaching and Learning Instrument for Prospective Elementary Teachers"
(Jennifer M. Ritter, William J. Boone, and Peter A. Rubba);
"Impact of
(29)
Global School/University Partnerships on Science Teacher Enhancement" (Jack
Hassard and Julie Weisberg); (30) "Learning Together: A Collaboration between
Researcher and Classroom Teacher Using Inquiry-Based Instruction" (James T.
"What Is Necessary to Include in a Science Methods Course for
McDonald);
(31)
Teachers on Emergency Permits?-- The Role of the Feedback Portfolio" (Hedy
(32) "Jumping onto the Portfolio Bandwagon: What Teachers Say
Moscovici);
"The Sisters in Science Program: A
about the Process" (Mary Stein);
(33)
Three Year Analysis" (Penny L. Hammrich, Greer Richardson, and Beverly
"Team: Staff Development and Mentoring for Urban Elementary
Livingston);
(34)
Teachers, Preservice Teachers, and Students" (Kenneth King and Thomas
(35) "Science as a Way of Knowing: Using Reader Response as a
Thompson);
Means to Construct a Personal Understanding of Science Literature" (Robert W.
Blake, Jr. and Robert W. Blake); (36) "Getting to the Fourth Year" (Patricia
R. Simpson, George Davis, Teresa Shume, David Cline, and Dorrie Tonnis);
(37)
"Profile Changes for Two Students in a (Mathematics, Science and Technology
Education) Preservice Teacher Education Program with Constructivist Views of
Teaching and Learning" (Youngsun Kwak and Michael E. Beeth);
(38) "Sharing
Our Strategies: A Role for Science Teachers" (Pamela Fraser-Abder and Nina
(39) "Sisters in Science: Using Sports as a Vehicle for Science
Leonhardt);
Learning" (Penny L. Hammrich, Greer M. Richardson, Tina Sloan Green, and
(40) "Strategies Enabling Collaborative Teacher Teams to
Beverly Livingston);
Develop and Implement Assessment of Student Understanding of Science" (Donna
"The Bridges Project: Pairing Preservice and Inservice
R. Sterling);
(41)
Teachers for Professional Development in Science, Math, and Literacy Using
Performance Assessment Tasks as Contexts" (Valerie L. Akerson, Amy McDuffie,
(42) "Elementary Science Teacher Leadership (ESTL)
and Judith A. Morrison);
Program: A Professional Development Model" (Marlene Thier and Herbert Thier);
(43) "Secondary Science Teacher Candidates' Beliefs and Practices" (Deborah
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from the original document.
Waggett);
(44) "Awakening the Scientist Inside: Global Climate Change and the
Nature of Science in an Elementary Science Methods Course" (Juanita Jo
Matkins and Randy Bell);
(45) "Changes in the Philosophies of Teaching of
Four Interns during the Internship Year" (Michael J. Wavering);
"From
(46)
Practice to Theory--Narrowing The Gap: First Year Teachers Emerging from a
Constructivist Science Education Program" (Michael Dias and Jack Hassard);
(47) "Reconceptualizing a General Chemistry Curriculum Using a
Standards-Based Approach to Instruction" (Warren J. DiBiase and Eugene P.
(48) "Documenting Strategies for Two Local Systematic Change
Wagner);
Projects" (Larry D. Yore, James A. Shymansky, and John 0. Anderson);
(49)
"Constructing Investigations: Collaborative Professional Development in
Technology and Science Education" (Lawrence B. Flick, Walter Gamble, and Dick
O'Connor);
(50) University Science Majors in Collaborative Partnerships with
Elementary Teachers: Inquiry Based Teaching and Learning" (Donna L. Ross and
Cheryl L. Mason);
"The Relationship between Attitude toward Science and
(51)
Enrollment in a 4x4 Block Schedule" (James E. Spellman and J. Steve Oliver);
"A Revised Introductory-Level College Science Course: Steps Toward an
(52)
Inclusive Pedagogy" (Tarin H. Weiss);
(53) Daughters with Disabilities: A
Professional Development Model to Reframe Science, Math, and Technology
Education for Girls with Disabilities" (Penny L. Hammrich, Lynda Price, and
Graciela Slesaransky-Poe);
"The Levels of Accessibility Matrix System
(54)
for Determining the Appropriateness of Hands-On Science Activities for
Students with Disabilities"
(E. Barbara Klemm and Joseph R. Laszlo);
(55)
"The Effects of an After-School Science Program on Middle School Female
Students' Attitudes toward Science, Mathematics and Engineering" (Maria M.
(56) "Science and Mathematics Professional Development at a
Ferreira);
Liberal Arts University: Effects on Content Knowledge, Teacher Confidence and
Strategies, and Student Achievement" (Cynthia H. Greer);
"Sexuality Has
(57)
a Place in the Science Classroom" (Anne-Marie Scholer);
(58) "Drawing on
Their Understanding: Using Illustrations to Invoke Deeper Thinking about
Plants" (Shannan McNair and Mary Stein);
(59) "Block Scheduling Science: Does
It Help or Hinder?" (Donna L. Ross and Julie F. Westerlund);
(60) "'Just in
Time': An Alternative Pathway to Teaching (APT)" (Camille L. Wainwright);
(61) "Issues in the Preparation of Teachers to Face the Challenge of the
Black-White Achievement Gap in Science:
'I Love Your Questions, But We Have
to Get Through This Stuff'" (Charles R. Ault, Jr. and Obed Norman);
(62)
"Stories From the Field: Challenges of Science Teaching and Learning through
Interdisciplinary Approaches" (Katherine C. Wieseman, Hedy Moscovici, Turtle
Moore, Jill van Tiel, and Esme McCarthy);
(63) "The Genesis of Science
Teaching in the Elementary School: The Influence of Student Teaching" (Lee A.
(64) "Goals 2000 and Action Research: A Viable Plan for Teachers"
Plourde);
(David T. Crowther, Norman G. Lederman, Bob Curtis, and John R. Cannon);
(65)
"Three Non-Western European Student Teachers' Conceptions of Teaching Science
to Adolescent English Language Learners"
(J. Richard Pomeroy);
(66)
"Calibrated Peer Review in General Education Undergraduate Human Physiology"
(Nancy J. Pelaez);
"The Space Exploration Team Inquiry Model: Linking
(67)
NASA to Urban Education Initiatives" (Richard E. Shope III and Lloyd
(68) "Improving University Science and Engineering Instruction--A
Chapman);
Case Study of an Environmental Engineering Lab Course" (Valarie L. Akerson,
Victor F. Medina, and Nina Wang);
(69) "Creating an Integrated Elementary
Teacher Education Program: The Response of Nine California State University
Campuses" (Laura Henriques, Amy Cox-Peterson, Bonnie Brunkhorst, Herb
Brunkhorst, Barbara Burke, Alan Colburn, Teresa Crawford, Barbara Gonzalez,
Barbara Hawkins, Cheryl L. Mason, John McGowan, Hedy Moscovici, Kathy Norman,
Nancy Pelaez, Donna L. Ross, Gerry Simila, Ed Walton, and Robert Yamashita);
(70) "Technology: A Link to the Mountains and Beyond, Discourse Practices in
a Web Course for Elementary Science Teachers" (Kathleen S. Davis); and (71)
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"The Impact of Constructivist Instructional Methods on Preservice Teachers'
Attitudes toward Teaching and Learning Science (Helen L. Gibson, James
Bernhard, Aaron Kropf, and Georgena A. Van Strat).
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James A. Rye, West Virginia University
Warren J. Di Biase, University of North Carolina at Charlotte
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Preface
These are the proceedings of the 2001 Annual International Conference of
the Association for the Education of Teachers in Science, held in Costa Mesa, CA,
January 18-21, 2001. It is the sixth in the set of proceedings of AETS annual
conferences. Over 70 papers and summaries of presentations from the conference
are included, ordered by the corresponding conference session designation and by
the first author's last name if it did not appear in the printed conference program.
The conference program also is included.
Each paper and presentation summary submitted for inclusion in the
proceedings was reviewed by one of the four editors. Because these proceedings
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James A. Rye, West Virginia University
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Barbara A. Crawford, The Pennsylvania State University
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Table of Contents
page
Title Page
Preface
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Acknowledgement
Table of Contents
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2001 AETS Conference Program
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Association for the Education of Teachers in Science, 2001 Annual
International Conference, January 18-21, 2001: Costa Mesa, CA.
2001 AETS Conference Papers and Presentation
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Summaries
AN ELEMENTARY PRESERVICE TEACHER'S SEARCH FOR
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SOLUTIONS ABOUT THE EVOLUTION-DIVINE CREATION
QUESTION: THE STORY OF TRACY
Larry D. Yore, University of Victoria
Tracey Knopp, University of Victoria
(Session Th 1.2)
STARS: EVALUATING THE USE OF VIDEO TECHNOLOGY
96
FOR MODELLING SCIENCE PROCESS SKILLS
Kenneth P. King, Northern Illinois University
Thomas E. Thompson, Northern Illinois University
(Session Th 1.5)
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SITE-BASED PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT:
115
LEARNING CYCLE AND TECHNOLOGY INTEGRATION
Brian L. Gerber, Valdosta State University
Andrew J. Brovey, Valdosta State University
Catherine B. Price, Valdosta State University
(Session Th 2.1)
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AS INQUIRY: THE ROLE
126
OF FORMATIVE ASSESSMENT IN PROFESSIONAL
DEVELOPMENT
Doris Ash, University of California-Santa Cruz
Karen Levitt, Duquesne University
Lin Tucker, Cambridge Public Schools
(Session Th 2.2)
A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF SCIENCE TEACHER
146
EDUCATION IN GLOBAL COMMUNITIES
Pamela Fraser-Abder, New York University
(Session Th 2.4)
INFUSING TECHNOLOGY TO ENHANCE SCIENCE
160
LESSONS: PROSPECTIVE TEACHERS AS ACTION
RESEARCHERS LEARNING TO TEACH FOR CONCEPTUAL
CHANGE
M. Randall Spaid, Florida State University
(Session Th 2.5)
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT FOR ELEMENTARY
184
SCHOOL TEACHERS WORKING WITH SCIENCE
LEARNING OUTCOMES
Ken Appleton, Central Queensland University
Allan Harrison, Central Queensland University
(Session Th 2.6)
VIEWS OF NATURE OF SCIENCE QUESTIONNAIRE(VNOS):
212
TOWARD VALID AND MEANINGFUL ASSESSMENT OF
LEARNERS' CONCEPTIONS OF NATURE OF SCIENCE
Fouad Abd-El-Khalick, University of Illinois at Urbana-
Champaign
Norm G. Lederman, Oregon State University
Randy L. Bell, University of Virginia
Renee' S. Schwartz, Oregon State University
(Session Th 2.7)
THINKING REFLECTIVELY RATHER THAN REFLEXIVELY:
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A THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK FOR PORTFOLIO
DEVELOPMENT IN TEACHER EDUCATION
Christopher Andersen, Ohio State University
(Session Th 2.11)
PROSPECTIVE ELEMENTARY TEACHERS' USE OF AN
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ONLINE COMMUNICATIVE TOOL: IMPLICATIONS FOR
THE USE OF TECHNOLOGY IN SCIENCE TEACHING
PREPARATION
Lucy Avraamidou, The Pennsylvania State University
Barbara Crawford, The Pennsylvania State University
(Session Th 2.11)
INQUIRY-BASED RESEARCH PUBLISHED IN I WONDER:
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THE JOURNAL FOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SCIENTISTS
(1999-2000)
Michael E. Beeth, The Ohio State University
Tracy Huziak, Ohio State University
(Session Th 2.11)
PRE-SERVICE SCIENCE AND MATHEMATICS TEACHERS
297
AS CULTURAL AGENTS: A TRANSFORMATIVE STUDY
Carolyn Butcher, Radford University
Gilbert Valadez, Radford University
(Session Th 2.11)