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Factors Affecting Earth Science Problem-Solving Performances of Elementary School Pre-service Teachers: A Study on the Motions of the Moon and the Planets  

Myeong, Jeon-Ok (Department of Science Education, Seoul National University of Education)
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Journal of the Korean earth science society / v.23, no.2, 2002 , pp. 180-187 More about this Journal
Abstract
The aim of this study was to investigate the factors affecting earth science problem-solving performances of elementary school pre-service teachers. The participants of the study were 81 students attending an elementary school teacher education university. The instruments of the study were paper-and-pencil tests, questionnaires, and interviews. The tests mainly measured the participants' problem solving abilities in the motions of the moon and the planets. Correlation and multiple regression techniques were used for data analysis. The results demonstrated that the pre-service teachers' problem solving abilities were low. Problem-solving performances were affected by the procedural knowledge, the participants' perception of the past earth science performance, self-efficacy, and the prerequisite declarative knowledge. Contrary to our expectation, the spatial visualization ability was not found to be related to the problem-solving performances. Implications of the study are drawn, and suggestions are made for further research.
Keywords
problem solving; science education; pre-service teachers; procedural knowledge; self-concept; self-efficacy; spatial visualization ability; the Moon; the Solar System; Planets;
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