This textbook provides an introduction to inquiry-oriented secondary science teaching methods.
In addition, this book discusses administrative assistance, communication with parents, appropriate teacher evaluation, and other avenues to promoting and supporting this new teaching paradigm.
Teaching Science by Inquiry in the Secondary School
This second edition retains key features such as inquiry-based activities and case studies throughout, while simultaneously adding new material on the impact of standardized testing on inquiry-based science, and explicit links to science ...
Students often think of science as disconnected pieces of information rather than a narrative that challenges their thinking, requires them to develop evidence-based explanations for the phenomena under investigation, and communicate their ...
New edition of a text for preservice and inservice teachers. Covers background for science teaching; teaching strategies and classroom management; planning for instruction; assessment; and professional development. Annotation copyright by...
For courses in Secondary Science Methods. Science Instruction in the Middle and Secondary Schools: Developing Fundamental Knowledge and Skills for Teaching has been thoroughly revised to provide the initial scaffolding...
0134628780 / 9780134628783 Science Instruction in the Middle and Secondary Schools: Developing Fundamental Knowledge and Skills with Pearson eText, Loose-Leaf Version with Video Analysis Tool -- Access Card Package 8/e Package consists of: ...
This book synthesizes current literature and research on scientific inquiry and the nature of science in K-12 instruction.
... Abraham and Renner 1986; Gerber, Cavallo, and Marek 2001; Renner, Abraham, and Birnie 1988). No other instructional approach has nearly as much research support for its use with students in elementary and middle school.
... students' scientific explanations, 126–128 Models in Earth science inquiry, 36–37, 37 generation of, 2, 3, 6 initial ... 29 National Commission on Excellence in Education, 27 National Research Council, 63 National Science Education ...