As part of the questionnaire, participants were
provided with a list of teaching strategies derived from
those covered in the courses, and those commonly used
in science classrooms. They were asked to indicate on
the list those they had used and the degree of success
that they experienced in using them. Immediately
following ITE, participants reported commonly using
worksheets, formative assessment (assessment of learning during learning) (Bell & Cowie, 1999),
analogies, and teacher-led discussion. Following two
years of practice they reported continuing to use most
of these; however, teacher-led discussion was used less
often and group discussion increased slightly. There
was a marked increase in the use of video and internet
resources, games, use of the Predict Explain Observe
Explain (PEOE) teaching strategy, and field trips.
There was also a slight increase in the use of
investigations, experiments and demonstrations (see
Table 2).
When asked what their common sources of science
activities were, participants reported: YouTube clips,
Internet searches for student activities, recommended
activities in the textbook, recommended activities from
colleagues, and student suggestions.