Pre-Service Science Teachers' Scientific Reasoning Competencies: Analysing the Impact of Contributing Factors

Autor/inn/en	Krell, Moritz; Khan, Samia; Vergara, Claudia; Cofré, Hernán; Mathesius, Sabrina; Krüger, Dirk
Titel	Pre-Service Science Teachers' Scientific Reasoning Competencies: Analysing the Impact of Contributing Factors
Quelle	In: Research in Science Education, 53 (2023) 1, S.59-79 (21 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Krell, Moritz) ORCID (Vergara, Claudia) ORCID (Cofré, Hernán) ORCID (Krüger, Dirk)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0157-244X
DOI	10.1007/s11165-022-10045-x
Schlagwörter	Preservice Teachers; Science Teachers; Thinking Skills; Science Education; Competence; Foreign Countries; Regression (Statistics); Germany; Chile; Canada + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Science; Teacher; Teachers; Science teacher; Wissenschaft; Lehrer; Lehrerin; Lehrende; Denkfähigkeit; Naturwissenschaftliche Bildung; Kompetenz; Ausland; Regression; Regressionsanalyse; Deutschland; Kanada
Abstract	Scientific reasoning competencies (SRC) are one part of science teachers' professional competencies. This study examines the contribution of three factors to the development of pre-service science teachers' SRC: the "amount of science education classes," the "amount of science classes" and the pre-service science teachers' "age." The factors "amount of science education classes" and "amount of science classes" have been operationalised in terms of ECTS credit points. N = 438 pre-service science teachers from six universities in Germany, Chile and Canada voluntarily and anonymously responded to an established multiple-choice instrument for assessing SRC, which has been developed by the authors and is available in German, Spanish and English. Multiple linear regression analyses show that the included factors explain a proportion of about 9% of the pre-service science teachers' SRC. The factor "amount of science classes" is the only significant predictor and can be seen as an indicator of learning science content knowledge. These findings support the assumption of science content knowledge being a prerequisite for developing pre-service science teachers' SRC. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01