Western Washington University
Researchers at Western Washington University are studying the impact of WWU’s elementary science pre-service teacher preparation program. The project will examine the development of pre-service teachers’ beliefs and skills as the result of innovative science content courses and a science methods/practicum sequence, as well as the impacts of a newly-developed training program for mentor teachers. Horizon Research, Inc. serves as the external evaluator for the project, providing formative feedback during the development of the research studies and, in later years, examining the contributions of the work to the field.