TY - JOUR
AU - McCollum, Clifford G.
AB - THE PERFOIZhIAK(lE OF PI-lOSPTI:CTI1{E GENERAL PHYSICAL SCIESC'E COURSE CLIFFORD G. McCOLLUhl Iowa State 7'eacilers Collcgt: Cedar .Falls, low;! THE COURSE, Physical Scicn,:::~ f:)r Ele~ll~i~ti~~.~ Gr~1dt:s I, at Iowa State Teachers College, 1s purported to b(: a proiession:~lized 5ub.ii.c.i- nlatter cc,urst for elementary n~;tjors pursuing the Lwu-vcar curriculun!. The subjt>ct-n.,atter areas :11cludi:d arc\ n:;ti-:~n!riny, gfoh;gy, c:fleniist~v. and ~)hyslcs. Topics salt-ctetl f!-.,m the.-r. al,c>n:: includr;: t11e YI:~ u n d stars, thr solar svsteni, ori~in ,!nd struct~~rc. of tlir. c,lrtli. us;,s of at- mospheric pressure, states and classifit :i:i,,:; .if ili;it!f'r. sib~i(.r31 typr? ui chemical changes. ati~mic t:r~er.gy, I;laclllni.:-, Ileal, sv:ir~d. lignl.. 1n;il:- netism, and electricity. Motl~od:: of teaciii:ii!. -:;!erlcc. ;ind ,~<i;i~)ta!l!r!i oi subject-matter to elemc%ntary c1;issroon: e.,pcl-:~~nc:~~-. .:rt? i!:tr.g!,ait'd \?itii thc subjc~ct-nlattei study. Tilt., ~(811rsc 1t:ili ~I~-,I.+:;I~'L: r r~l'(,~,~-:vi LO .is Sclence 18. A total of 352 students ccinipl~>:~.d tric I:LIUI.SF In sc,ction-. lauqiil. 1)y tht. writcr aur:ng the regular sctiool :rc;lr. j'35Ci-L951. Th~s 1s 46. 1 perct?nt Tht !.c-~:!ainric,!. $)f t!ie d:it;l of the total rrumt~er complrtirli: ti?(& c~oul-st~. presented is based cln ;1!1 <,r por.Cit,n.' (it ti::s ij;~i.i!~::il,t:. sr:;'il: iii 35% $1.11 - dents. Tai~lc I shows the cl,~ss~ficatli :: (if Lilt! i'tudcli~..;. It will be notcd that 
TI - The Performance of Prospective Elementary-School Teachers in a General Physical Science Course
JF - The Journal of Educational Research
DO - 10.1080/00220671.1952.10881992
DA - 1952-05-01
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/taylor-francis/the-performance-of-prospective-elementary-school-teachers-in-a-general-jBFlN3fXYO
SP - 695
EP - 704
VL - 45
IS - 9
DP - DeepDyve
ER -