Mei-Fang Chen, Chia-Shan Wu, Chun-Chin Tsai, Mu-Yun Tsai
Enterovirus board game for elementary school children: A pilot study
Public health nursing (Boston, Mass.)
undergraduate college science partners provided content knowledge supportive atmosphere k5 teachers universityschool professional development partnership program science instruction elementary science education partners program local systemic change initiative supported national science foundation composed four major elements 1 cadre mentor teachers trained provide districtwide teacher professional development 2 recruitment training effort place college students classrooms science partners semesterlong partnerships teachers 3 teacher empowerment effort termed participatory reform 4 inquirybased curriculum kit distribution refurbishment center main goals program provide college science students intensive teaching experience enhance teachers skills inquirybased science instruction describe programs successes challenges focusing primarily impact classroom teachers science partners qualitative analyses data collected participants indicate 1 teachers expressed greater selfconfidence teaching science program spent class time subject 2 college students modified deficitmodel negative assumptions childrens science learning abilities express mature positive views