Building Thinking Skills in Pre-service Elementary School Teachers
Nathan Moore, Jacqueline O'Donnell
TL;DR
This paper discusses curricular modifications using Cognitive Acceleration to enhance reasoning skills in pre-service elementary teachers, resulting in significant improvements in scientific reasoning as measured by standardized tests.
Contribution
It introduces a novel curricular approach incorporating Cognitive Acceleration materials into science education for future teachers, demonstrating its effectiveness.
Findings
High gains on Lawson's Classroom Test of Scientific Reasoning
Effective integration of Cognitive Acceleration in teacher training
Significant improvement in reasoning abilities
Abstract
The work describes curricular modification to a physical science content class for elementary education majors at Winona State University. The modification, the regular use of Cognitive Acceleration materials to develop student reasoning ability, produces unusually high gains on Lawson's Classroom Test of Scientific Reasoning.
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Taxonomy
TopicsScience Education and Pedagogy · Education and Critical Thinking Development · Educational Assessment and Pedagogy