“This Article Examines the Teaching of Science and the Particular

question 5

Multiple Choice

“This article examines the teaching of science and the particular difficulties elementary science teachers may have in science classrooms. To do this, we analyzed the practices of a second-year science teacher, Jane Smith, to answer the following questions: a) how does she teach science? b) what concepts of science does she bring to the classroom? c) what is the process of activities in her room?”
-What is the central phenomenon being studied?

• A) Difficulties in elementary classrooms
• B) Science teaching
• C) Novice teachers
• D) Science concepts

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