caa a22 4500 445319828 CHVBK 20180317142700.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170323e20111101xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s10972-010-9206-z doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s10972-010-9206-z Observed Implementation of a Science Professional Development Program for K-8 Classrooms [Elektronische Daten] [Becky Sinclair, Gilbert Naizer, Cynthia Ledbetter] The purpose of this study was to assess the impact of a teacher professional development program on the classroom teaching practices of the participants. This particular professional development program included an intensive summer institute, 8monthly follow-up sessions, informal participant-professor mentoring and peer networking. The majority of participants were teachers (grades 4-8) in rural school districts. Qualitative and descriptive measures were used to assess the impact of this program in terms of participants' science content learned, teacher self-efficacy, classroom teaching performance and an informal program survey. The Association for Science Teacher Education, USA, 2010 Teacher professional development nationallicence Self-efficacy nationallicence Content knowledge nationallicence Sinclair Becky Texas A&M University-Commerce, Commerce, TX, USA aut Naizer Gilbert Texas A&M University-Commerce, Commerce, TX, USA aut Ledbetter Cynthia University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, TX, USA aut Journal of Science Teacher Education Springer Netherlands 22/7(2011-11-01), 579-594 1046-560X 22:7<579 2011 22 10972 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10972-010-9206-z text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10972-010-9206-z text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Sinclair Becky Texas A&M University-Commerce, Commerce, TX, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Naizer Gilbert Texas A&M University-Commerce, Commerce, TX, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Ledbetter Cynthia University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, TX, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Journal of Science Teacher Education Springer Netherlands 22/7(2011-11-01), 579-594 1046-560X 22:7<579 2011 22 10972 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer