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Curriculum Reform, Professional Development, and Powerful Learning
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The authors consider the important relationship between standards-based curriculum implementation and professional development. They begin by looking at the key recommendations about student learning and then discuss…
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Scientific Inquiry, Student Learning, and the Science Curriculum
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What we know about student learning establishes links between scientific inquiry and the science curriculum. In this chapter, the author discusses scientific inquiry and the current learning research. He then proposes…
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Essay: Creating Culturally Responsive Learning Communities
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The population of the United States is more ethnically and racially diverse than ever, a fact particularly evident among young and school-age children. This presents today’s elementary schools—including teachers,…
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What Science Do Students Want to Learn
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A major innovation in PISA 2006 was that many of the science units contained one or two questions designed to assess students' attitudes toward science—in particular, students’ interest in learning about specific…
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How to Use Collaborative Learning in Your Classroom
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Educators have been conducting research about the relative effects of cooperative, competitive, and individual learning for several decades. The research shows that collaborative learning experiences tend to promote…
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How to Use Assessments to Improve Student Learning
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The ability of students to “do” biology and to understand biology concepts is essential. Developing biology lessons and assessing for an understanding of biology skills and concepts go hand-in-hand. Well-designed…
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The Numbers Game: Learning to Play the Numbers Game
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This chapter focuses on how our senses can deceive us by investigating the question, “Which line is longer?” Everyone was deceived! Scientists invent new instruments and are often very creative. For example, one way to…
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Science Learning in the Early Years (Sample Chapter)
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At first glance, you can see the value of Science Learning in the Early Years because it provides you with both 40-plus classroom activities and an understanding of how to use them with young students. The book shows…
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Engaging Teachers in Research on Science Learning and Teaching
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Professional Development Standard C of the National Science Education Standards recommends that professional development activities for teachers "provide opportunities to learn and use the skills of research to generate…
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What Can You Learn From Fossils?
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At one point or another, it seems like all students are interested in paleontology. Wonderful extinct animals like dinosaurs excite the imagination like almost nothing else. Once you have the students' interest, you…
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Technology-Enriched Learning Environments in University Chemistry
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Science and technology courses in higher education have traditionally been composed of three elements—lecture, recitation, and evaluation—and have been conducted in lecture-based, teacher-centered settings. In recent…
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Science, Technology, and the Learning Disabled: A Review of the Literature
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The lack of research studies that examine the use of technology as a tool to support the learning of science among the learning disabled is an important limitation of research in science teaching. This chapter focuses…
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Making Choices About Teaching and Learning in Science
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What exactly do we mean by civic engagement? Does it imply a way of thinking about knowledge in a democratic society? Or does it require personal action in a civic context? For the readers of this handbook, what…
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Using Research on Teaching to Improve Student Learning
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This chapter describes general procedures for research on college and university science teaching, examples and benefits of several very different research models that can be used, examples of published studies, and…
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Experiential Learning in a Large Introductory Biology Course
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This chapter describes and discusses effective approaches to teaching a large, two-semester introductory college biology course at Syracuse University. The course offers many unusual and creative experiences that…
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