All Book Chapters

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State Policies and Regulations for Implementing the NGSS

This chapter, by Stephen L. Pruitt, addresses state policies and regulations that affect the implementation of the Next Generation Science Standards (...

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Helping Prospective Teachers Understand Disciplinary Core Ideas and Crosscutting Concepts in an Elementary Education Methods Course

This chapter, by Norman G. Lederman, Judith S. Lederman, and Selina L. Bartels, reviews the Next Generation Science Standards and then offers examples...

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Building a Foundation for Three-Dimensional Instruction Through Bridging Practices in a Secondary Methods Classroom

This chapter, by Julie A. Luft and Robert Idsardi, shares methods for preparing preservice teachers to uphold the vision of the Next Generation Scien...

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Engaging Prospective Teachers in Learning Disciplinary Core Ideas and Crosscutting Concepts in an Undergraduate Course in Biological Science or Biochemistry

This chapter, by Ann T. S. Taylor and Joseph W. Shane, discusses ideas for embedding aspects of the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) within ...

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Engaging Prospective Teachers in Learning Disciplinary Core Ideas and Crosscutting Concepts in an Undergraduate Course in Chemistry

This chapter, by Sarah B. Boesdorfer, discusses how firsthand experience learning chemistry content, while engaged in science and engineering practice...

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Constructing Arguments Based on Evidence Gathered While Investigating Natural Phenomena in an Undergraduate Course in Earth Science

This chapter, by Michael A. Gibson, discusses an adaptable instruction activity used in undergraduate Earth science courses with preservice teachers t...

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Challenges in Undergraduate Science Teaching for Prospective Teachers

This chapter, by Jay B. Labov, begins with a focus on the ways in which recent K–12 educational initiatives, such as the Next Generation Science Sta...

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Harnessing the Business Community and Other Entities to Support the Vision of the NGSS

This chapter is by Chih-Che Tai, Ryan Nivens, Laura Robertson, Karin Keith, Anant Godbole, and Jack Rhoton....

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Can It Reflect Light?

The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about reflection. The probe is designed to find out if students recognize that all...

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Making Sound

The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about sound. The probe is designed to reveal whether students recognize that sound...

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Ice Cubes in a Bag

The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about conservation of matter (or mass). The probe is designed to reveal whether st...

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Is It Melting?

The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about the physical process of melting. The probe is designed to find out if studen...

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Is It Made of Molecules?

The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about molecules. The probe is designed to uncover whether students recognize that ...

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Talking About Gravity

The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about gravity. The probe is designed to determine whether students recognize that ...

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Objects and Temperature

The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about temperature. The probe is designed to find out whether students recognize th...