South Carolina State University
NOVA Project
The School of Engineering Technology and Sciences and the Department of Physical
Sciences are collaborating with the School of Education and Department of Teacher
Education to enhance pre-service teachers' understanding and teaching of science
with a focus is on the Physical Science course offerings. Our goals are:
- to increase the student's knowledge of scientific concepts;
- increase the student's understanding of the scientific process;
- to improve the way science is taught at the primary and secondary level;
and
- to improve the performance of teacher education majors on the science components
of the PRAXIS II.