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  title info:
    title: Empowering elementary teachers in Texas to prepare their students for the science section of the Texas Assessment of Knowledge and Skills (TAKS) 2003
  name:
    name part: Blackmon, Scott Alexander
    name part: 1980-
    role:
      role term: creator
  name:
    name part: Adams, Clark E.
    role:
      role term: thesis advisor.
  type of resource: text
  genre: bibliography
  origin info:
    place:
      place term: txu
    date issued: 2003
    issuance: monographic
  language:
    language term: eng
  physical description:
    form: electronic
    form: remote
  abstract: The need for an effective means of enhancing the science comprehension of elementary teachers brought about changes in the Texas Assessment of Knowledge and Skills (TAKS) exit exam for 5th grade students. The overall goal of this project was to evaluate the effectiveness of an alternative method of science instruction to train pre-service teachers. Web-based instructional designs are emerging as an alternative medium for disseminating course content in continuing education. A need exists to reach a point where web-based materials can be evaluated in terms of achieving desired teaching and learning outcomes, e.g., course grade, professional development certification, skills development and application of course content. The course offered to pre-service teachers provided the opportunity to build their confidence in teaching science and knowledge of subject matter using a combination of traditional and web-based instructional components. The entire course including lessons, exams, and ancillary materials were included in a WebCt distance education platform at Texas A&M University, for pre-service teachers to access online. During the course of the semester students took six exams which determined their overall grade in the course. Study objectives were measured using students enrolled in WFSC 420 Ecology for Teachers during the Fall 2002 and Spring 2003 semesters. The four required assessments were administered before the first exam and after the fifth exam. Analysis of pre- vs. post-course assessments was conducted using paired t-test analysis of mean scores on two assessments including the Science Teaching Efficacy Beliefs Instrument and traditional versus web-based instruction. Student scores on the TAKS test were compared using raw average scores pre- and post-course. Additionally, each student's final course grade was correlated to the final TAKS score to determine the level of score consistency. WFSC 420 Ecology for Teachers prepared pre-service teacher trainees…
  note: by Scott Alexander Blackmon.
  note: "Major Subject: Wildlife and Fisheries Sciences"
  note: Title from author supplied metadata (automated record created on Oct. 15, 2004.)
  note: Vita.
  note: Abstract.
  note: Electronic resource.
  note: Mode of access: World Wide Web.
  note: System requirements: World Wide Web access and Adobe Acrobat Reader.
  note: M. S. Texas A&M University 2003.
  note: Includes bibliographical references.
  note: Text (Thesis).
  subject:
    topic: Major wildlife and fisheries sciences
  subject:
    topic: Leadership
  subject:
    topic: Adaptive Skill
  subject:
    topic: Practical Skill
  identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/1145
  record info:
    record content source: TXA
    record creation date: 050210
    record change date: 20151101050313.0
    record identifier: in00002019341