Evaluation of the Learning Environments of the UTeach Teacher Development Program for Secondary Science and Mathematics Teachers

The UTeach teacher development program, which prepares secondary science and mathematics teachers in numerous universities across the United States, was evaluated by using a modified learning environment questionnaire in three settings. In addition to validating the questionnaire in multiple learnin...

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Main Author: Distin, Kimberly Anne VanHorn
Format: Thesis
Published: Curtin University 2016
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/57086
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description The UTeach teacher development program, which prepares secondary science and mathematics teachers in numerous universities across the United States, was evaluated by using a modified learning environment questionnaire in three settings. In addition to validating the questionnaire in multiple learning settings with 702 university students, the study revealed that students perceived their learning environments more positively in UTeach and field-experience classes than in STEM content classes.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-570862017-10-04T02:57:46Z Evaluation of the Learning Environments of the UTeach Teacher Development Program for Secondary Science and Mathematics Teachers Distin, Kimberly Anne VanHorn The UTeach teacher development program, which prepares secondary science and mathematics teachers in numerous universities across the United States, was evaluated by using a modified learning environment questionnaire in three settings. In addition to validating the questionnaire in multiple learning settings with 702 university students, the study revealed that students perceived their learning environments more positively in UTeach and field-experience classes than in STEM content classes. 2016 Thesis http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/57086 Curtin University fulltext
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Evaluation of the Learning Environments of the UTeach Teacher Development Program for Secondary Science and Mathematics Teachers
title Evaluation of the Learning Environments of the UTeach Teacher Development Program for Secondary Science and Mathematics Teachers
title_full Evaluation of the Learning Environments of the UTeach Teacher Development Program for Secondary Science and Mathematics Teachers
title_fullStr Evaluation of the Learning Environments of the UTeach Teacher Development Program for Secondary Science and Mathematics Teachers
title_full_unstemmed Evaluation of the Learning Environments of the UTeach Teacher Development Program for Secondary Science and Mathematics Teachers
title_short Evaluation of the Learning Environments of the UTeach Teacher Development Program for Secondary Science and Mathematics Teachers
title_sort evaluation of the learning environments of the uteach teacher development program for secondary science and mathematics teachers
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