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Using Personal Science Story Podcasts to Reflect on Language and Connections to Science
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, University of Minnesota Duluth, United States ; , , Kennesaw State University, United States

CITE Journal Volume 17, Number 2, ISSN 1528-5804 Publisher: Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education, Waynesville, NC USA

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This study describes a personal science story podcasting assignment that was developed to help preservice teachers reflect on their use of everyday and academic vocabulary in the context of science, as well as how to communicate effectively with their students. Podcasting assignments were collected from 16 elementary education candidates and nine Master of Arts in Teaching candidates. The kinds of personal science stories they wrote were categorized, along with the extent to which they used the podcasts to demonstrate their understandings of the contexts of their students and the relationship between academic and everyday vocabulary.

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Kreps Frisch, J., Cone, N. & Callahan, B. (2017). Using Personal Science Story Podcasts to Reflect on Language and Connections to Science. Contemporary Issues in Technology and Teacher Education, 17(2), 205-228. Waynesville, NC USA: Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education. Retrieved August 7, 2024 from .

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