Proceedings of the 1996 Annual International Conference of the Association for the Education of Teachers in Science

Edited by:

Peter A. Rubba, The Pennsylvania State University
Patricia F. Keig, California State University -- Fullerton
James A. Rye, West Virginia University
 

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Preface

            In January of 1993 the Association for the Education of Teachers in Science (AETS) held its first separate annual meeting in Charleston, SC. Prior to that time, AETS annual meetings had been a formal part of the program of National Science Teachers Association national meetings. The idea for AETS to publish proceedings of its annual meeting was proposed at the Fall 1994 meeting of the AETS Board of Directors by Pete Rubba, then past-president of AETS. Board support was received in time to compile proceedings for the 1996 AETS Annual Meeting in Seattle, WA. Rubba selected Pat Keig and Jim Rye as co-editors of the Proceedings of the 1996 Annual International Conference of the Association for the Education of Teachers in Science.

            The conference proceedings were intended to serve as the records of AETS annual meetings. Papers presented at and summaries of presentations made at AETS annual meetings would be submitted for inclusion in the proceedings. The proceedings would not to be copyrighted so authors also could submit papers and presentation summaries to journals such as the Journal of Science Teacher Education and Science Education. And, the proceedings would be submitted to the ERIC Clearinghouse for Science, Mathematics and Environmental Education so microfiche and hard copies would be available through ERIC.

            Papers presented at and summaries of presentations made at the 1996 AETS Annual Meeting in Charleston, WV were submitted for inclusion in the 1996 AETS Conference Proceedings at the meeting or by sending copies to the first editor within 30 days following the meeting. The papers and presentation summaries were reviewed by the editors, and a marked copy returned to the author(s) for revision and resubmission in camera ready form.

             In editing the papers and presentation summaries the editors attempted to make suggestions that would enhance their clarity. The editors did not accept for inclusion items that generally would not be considered a "paper" or "presentation summary" (e.g., overheads used in a presentation; handouts such as tables, figures and reference lists without explanatory text), and papers or presentation summaries not prepared in final version using the specified format or not submitted by a specified deadline.

             The Proceedings of the 1996 Annual International Conference of the Association for the Education of Teachers in Science includes a copy of the conference program and 47 papers or presentation summaries from the meeting, ordered by conference session. We are pleased to have had the opportunity to edit the first AETS Annual Meeting Proceedings and hope the proceedings make a contribution to science teacher education.
 

                                                    Peter A. Rubba, The Pennsylvania State University
                                                    Patricia F. Keig, California State University -- Fullerton
                                                    James A. Rye, West Virginia University

Acknowledgment

The editors gratefully acknowledge the assistance of Vicki Brungart, Cathy Hipple and Edie Sodergren in compiling these proceedings, and David Rubba who scanned the final document under the supervision of Bobbi Robison, and Christina Chao who translated it into html and placed in on the Web.

1996 AETS Conference Papers and Summaries of Presentations

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