Action Research & Assessment
lPossible Research Topics:
1) The use of engineering as an integrative discipline
for prospective science teachers;
l2) The role of field trips to promote student
engagement;
3) The value of hands-on research in conveying the scientific enterprise to prospective teachers;
4) The effect of standards-based pedagogy on changing the epistemology of prospective science teachers;
5) The effect of pedagogy in teaching to diverse student populations in upper-level science courses.