Developing Chemistry Teacher Preparation Program in the Light of Chemical Thinking and its Effect on Developing Scientific Argumentation Skills and Chemistry Problem Solving among Chemistry Major`s Students at Faculties of Education

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Department of Curriculum, Teaching Methods and Educational Technology, Faculty of Education, Benha University, Egypt

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The present study aimed at developing the chemistry teacher preparation program at faculties of education in the light of chemical thinking and measuring its effect in developing Scientific argumentation skills and chemistry problem solving. to achieve this objective, A list of the standards which should be included in the chemistry courses in the chemistry teacher preparation program at the Faculty of Education. and an analysis instrument for the chemistry courses were developed. As a result, a suggested vision and perspective for developing the chemistry teacher preparation in the light of chemical thinking was prepared and the effectiveness of a suggested unit was measured. The instructor's handbook and the student's book were also prepared. The unit was applied to a sample of forty- six second year students enrolled in the chemistry teacher preparation program, faculty of Education, Benha university. The list of scientific argumentation skills was prepared.  A Scientific argumentation skills test and chemistry problem solving test were prepared and administered after the implementation of the suggested unit. The study findings revealed that there was a statistically significance difference at 0.01 between the mean scores of the pre-application and those of the post-application on scientific argumentation skills test in favor of the latter. In addition, there was a statistically significance difference at 0.01 between the mean scores of the pre-application and those of the post-application on chemistry problem solving test in favor of the latter.  Consequently, the suggested unit was effective in developing scientific argumentation skills and chemistry problem solving skills.

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