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Systematic Support for STEM Pre-Service Teachers

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KEY TERMS AND DEFINITIONS

Authentic Learning: A wide variety of educational and instructional techniques focused on con-
necting what students are taught in school to real-world issues, problems, and applications.
Content Knowledge: knowledge about the actual subject matter that is to be learned or taught.
Professional Development: Form vocational training that allow someone to acquire new knowledge
and skills that relate to his/her profession, job responsibilities, or work environment.
Scaffolding: The support given during the learning process to facilitate learning.
Social Constructivist Theory: A theory that suggests that social interaction plays a fundamental
role in the development of cognition and the construction of knowledge.

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