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Showing 1 to 20 of 66 for “"PCK"”.
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PCK development of beginning secondary mathematics teachers
… regarding their observation of the participants' PCK. Analysis revealed that participants demonstrated little knowledge of curriculum at the beginning of the study. Throughout the study, their knowledge of the curriculum developed differently as they approached teaching in different ways (seen …
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Secondary school science teachers’ Pedagogical Content Knowledge (PCK) in their classroom practice
… has identified pedagogical content knowledge (PCK) as the most important factor impacting student progress (Neumann, Kind & Harms, 2019; Park & Chen, 2012) and supported its recognition in teacher practice (Kind & Chan, 2019). Since the recognition of PCK as something that teachers possess, …
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Improving science teaching through the use of video reflection and a PCK-based teaching framework
… skills. Pedagogical Content Knowledge (PCK) research was used to prepare a conceptual framework of effective teaching skills and knowledge areas which was used in a teacher professional development (PD) initiative. This qualitative study employed a case study methodology with a small …
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Collaborative CoRe design for year 10 electricity and magnetism: Professional development for enhancing practising science teachers' PCK
… science teachers’ pedagogical content knowledge (PCK) for teaching Year 10 (14-15-year olds) Electricity and Magnetism in New Zealand. There were three case study teachers in this study, each of whom were practising science teachers with a limited physics background. These teachers collaborated …
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The relationship between teachers' pedagogical content knowledge about electrostatics and learners' performance
… between teachers' pedagogical content knowledge (PCK) about electrostatics and learners' performance in the topic. Two in-service and two pre-service physical science teachers, together with their learners, agreed to participate in the study. The PCK of the teachers was viewed as two …
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Structural and functional studies of phosphoenolpyruvate carboxykinase
… carboxykinase (E. C. 4.1.1.49; PCK) is an enzyme that catalyses the reversible conversion of oxaloacetate and ATP into phosphoenolpyruvate, ADP and CO2. PCK is made up of about 500 to 600 amino acid residues and is divided into two roughly equal domains. Upon binding of …
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The effect of an intervention on experienced chemistry teachers' pedagogical content knowledge of environmental sustainability
… the components of pedagogical content knowledge (PCK). The current study explored experienced chemistry teachers’ personal PCK about environmental sustainability when teaching about the extraction of metals as a Chemistry topic. This investigation included an inquiry into the effects of an online …
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Investigating Feeding Omega-3 Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids and/or Soy Protein Isolate to Female pck Rats on Polycystic Kidney Disease and Related Complications
… complications of bone loss, and PLD using a pck rat model. Young (age 28 d) female pck rats were randomly assigned (n=12/group) to diets consisting of casein + corn oil (Casein + CO), casein + soybean oil (Casein + SO), SPI + soybean oil (SPI + SO) or SPI + 1:1 soybean/salmon oil (SPI + SB) …
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Exploring coach-mediated reflection : developing an early-career chemistry teacher's pedagogical content knowledge.
… low levels of pedagogical content knowledge (PCK). PCK is the ultimate measure for knowing the content one teaches and the best strategies to transmit the knowledge. Teachers develop PCK through experience grounded in reflection. Yet, teacher preparation programs provide little experience with …
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Exploring what contributes to the knowledge development of secondary physics and physical science teachers in a continuous professional development context
… development of pedagogical content knowledge (PCK) of physics and physical science teachers who participate in a content-specific continuous professional development program. There were five participants in this study. The researcher conducted participant observations and interviews, rated …
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Transforming content knowledge: a case study of an experienced science teacher teaching in a typical South African secondary school$$h[electronic resource]
… Shulman called pedagogical content knowledge or PCK. In the following 25 years many scholars have conceptualised PCK, and only recently, with an international PCK Summit, have attempts been made to consolidate this field. South Africa’s primary and secondary public education system is …
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Exploring teachers' learning: a teacher's experiences integrating scientific modeling in the science classroom
… growth in pedagogical content knowledge (PCK) as she implemented a novel curriculum adapted from the MoDeLS (Modeling Designs for the Learning of Science) project. The purpose of the study was to explore, from the teacher’s point of view, the pedagogical and conceptual changes she …
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Describing and understanding the enacted curriculum of selected Grade 10 Life Science teachers in the Western Cape, South Africa
… analysed using the Pedagogic Content Knowledge (PCK) evidence-reporting table (PCK ERT). Interviews were conducted before the teaching events to allow for content representations (CoRes) to be developed. Overall the teachers lacked planning and the habit of reflection in and of practice. Hence …
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The development of pre-service teachers' pedagogical content knowledge in electromagnetism
… of the pedagogical content knowledge (PCK) of pre-service teachers in the topic of electromagnetism, during a physics methodology module. The study is guided by the following question: How is the development of the PCK of pre-service teachers influenced by the explicit inclusion of …
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Pedagogical Content Knowledge in Early Mathematics: What Teachers Know and How It Associates with Teaching and Learning
… content knowledge, in early mathematics (PCK-EM) and investigate how PCK-EM relates to the quality of their mathematics teaching quality and students' mathematical learning outcomes. A total of 182 teachers working with high need students from Pre-K through Grade 3 in an urban public …
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The relationship between mathematics teachers’ content and pedagogical knowledge and their handling of student contributions: the case of Saudi trainee primary teachers
… (SMK) and pedagogical content knowledge (PCK), on their handling of students’ contributions. To achieve these goals five participants were observed for eight lessons each and interviewed. The data from three out of the five participants formed three case studies of teachers with …
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Supporting Licensed Science Teachers’ Professional Development in Adopting Learner-Centred Pedagogy in Tanzanian Secondary Schools
… in relation to pedagogical content knowledge (PCK) by examining their effectiveness in using learner-centred teaching methods in the classroom. The findings from this first phase of the investigation revealed that the licensed science teachers rarely used learner-centred strategies and their …
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The Value of Voices: Exploring the Influence of a Virtual Learning Community for New Teachers Through a Value Creation Lens
… literacy-specific pedagogical content knowledge (PCK), an area less explored than math and science PCK. Six participants engaged in an eight-session vNTLC designed to foster literacy PCK, self-efficacy, and professional relationships. The research explored three key questions: (1) What types of …
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The relationship between teacher pedagogical content knowledge and student understanding of integer operations
… improving teacher pedagogical content knowledge (PCK) related to operations with integers would improve teacher PCK and if there was a relationship between their level of PCK and the change in the understanding of their students as measured by pre- and posttest of teacher and student knowledge. …
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The Effects of Multimedia Computer Assisted Instruction (CAI) on Teaching Tennis in Physical Education Teacher Education
… via Tennis Serve Pedagogical Content Knowledge (PCK) Assessment Sheet, and finally, an open ended survey was completed to understand students' attitudes toward CAI. There are two independent variables in this study. These are Computer-Assisted Instruction (CAI) and Teacher Instruction (TI). A …
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