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Inquiry-Based Science Instruction for Students with Disabilities
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Students with disabilities often are struggling readers who cannot successfully access and use print information. As a result, they usually experience difficulties with traditional science instruction, which typically…
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The Link Between Science, Inquiry, and Language Literacy
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There is currently a strong effort to combine science and literacy, because a growing body of research stresses the importance of language in learning science. Discussion, argumentation, discourse of all kinds, group…
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The Link Between Science, Inquiry, and Language Literacy
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There is currently a strong effort to combine science and literacy, because a growing body of research stresses the importance of language in learning science. Discussion, argumentation, discourse of all kinds, group…
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How to Select Programs for Your Inquiry Classroom
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Besides teachers and students, the most consistent presence in school science is the instructional materials. BSCS, in collaboration with the K-12 Alliance of WestEd, developed a process and set of tools to help teams…
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Inferences, Inquiry, and Insight: Meaningful “Miss-takes”
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The Nature of Science (NOS) includes making scientific inferences based on available empirical evidence (observation) and logical arguments (e.g., prediction based on pattern recognition). Making and learning from “miss…
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Integrating Content and Scientific Inquiry in Your Lessons
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Although no single lesson-planning approach will work every time for every student in every situation, researchers continue to conclude that one particular approach outperforms any other when it comes to effectively…
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Student Inquiry at the Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy
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This chapter features the Student Inquiry Program at the Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy (IMSA)—an internationally recognized, pioneering educational institution created by the State to develop talent and…
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Inquiry at the Ocean Research College Academy (ORCA)
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The Ocean Research College Academy (ORCA) is a full-time, dual credit, early college program designed exclusively for Washington State Running Start (juniors and seniors in high school) students. Students in ORCA are…
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Enhancing the Inquiry Experience: Authentic Research in the Classroom
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Inquiry in science classrooms involves the ability to pose a question, explore phenomena relating to the question, acquire new understandings, communicate new ideas, and relate or compare ideas with what other…
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Inquiry: A Challenge for Changing the Teaching of Science in Connecticut
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A catalyst for inquiry gaining its rightful place of importance in Connecticut public education was the State Board of Education’s 2004 adoption of the Core Science Curriculum Framework (CSDE 2004). The framework…
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Developing a Relationship With Science Through Authentic Inquiry
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In this chapter, the authors first describe the theoretical framework they have developed for understanding and developing their work as teachers. They start by articulating their own understanding of teaching and…
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Converting Your Lab from Verification to Inquiry
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This chapter offers insight into how to create laboratories that provide students with research experiences within the constraints of time, resources, and course formats that most faculty face. It provides a research-…
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Scaffolding Fourth-graders’ Inquiry about Erosion
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This sequence of lessons has students observing erosion and creating ideas about factors that affect erosion. Then, as a class, students first explore the impact of vegetation on erosion. Then, groups of students more…
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Immersive Learning Through Experiential Inquiry of a Virtual Epidemic
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Reflections on Fostering Teacher Inquiries Into Science Learning and Teaching
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Emily van Zee is an associate professor of science education at Oregon State University and co-organizer of Teacher Researcher Day at National Science Teachers Association (NSTA) national conferences. She has been a…
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