Wednesday, March 5
5:00-5:20 PM
UTC
Royale Skybox 211

Chemistry Literacy Learning Strategies for Middle School Science Teachers

Brief Paper ID: 21878
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    Sandra Davis
    The University of West Florida
  2. David Davis
    The University of West Florida

Abstract: “Virtually every major issue facing global society today has science and technology at its core” (Perkins-Gough, 2007, p.9). Early research in chemistry literacy concluded that middle school teachers do not have the content knowledge for teaching conceptual chemistry in grades 5-9. This study will examine and attempt to improve chemistry literacy in 3 rural and urban public schools in Northwest Florida. A 50 item pre-assessment will be administered to 100 middle school science teachers in Escambia, Washington, and Leon Counties, Florida. This will be followed by a 4 day training session in chemistry content taught by the researchers. A post-assessment will determine if this implemented training program can serve as a model for future training projects. Valuable information to all schools in Florida for improving standardized test scores will be disseminated by the University of West Florida collaboration of the College of Professional Studies and the College of Arts and Sciences.

Presider: Donna McCaw, Western Illinois University

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