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Edited by: Deborah Hanuscin and Meredith Park Rogers
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Details
| Type of Product: | NSTA Press Book (also see downloadable PDF version of this book) |
| Publication Date: | 2/15/2013 |
| Pages: | 129 |
| Stock Number: | PB334X |
| ISBN: | 978-1-936959-42-6 |
| Grade Level: | Elementary School, Middle School |
| Read Inside: | Read a sample chapter: Assessing and Addressing Student Science Ideas |
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Description
“This book provides research-based justification for the types of inquiry-based science practices we want K–6 teachers to be doing. It answers the questions ‘Why does science need to be in an elementary classroom?’ and ‘What are the most effective approaches to teaching science in an elementary classroom?’ ”
—Editors Deborah Hanuscin and Meredith Park Rogers
Here’s a time-saving way to learn what research tells you about teaching elementary science and applying the findings both inside and outside your classroom. It’s a collection of 27 “Perspectives” columns from Science and Children, NSTA’s award-winning elementary-level journal. The book is organized in six science-specific sections, including general teaching goals, strategies to facilitate learning, student thinking and misconceptions, and your own professional development. The columns are written to make it easy to grasp the material and then use what research tells you about issues of specific interest to K–6 science instruction.
Each column
• starts with a classroom vignette highlighting a particular challenge—from using analogies to blending science and reading instruction to effective ways to ask questions;
• provides a synthesis of key research findings, organized as a series of questions; and
• concludes with specific advice you can use right away.
This useful compendium is ideal for K–6 teachers as well as science supervisors and preservice elementary science methods professors who want more students to benefit from what research tells us.
Additional Info
| Intended User Role: | Curriculum Supervisor, Elementary-Level Educator, Middle-Level Educator, Teacher |
| Educational Issues: | Assessment of students, Classroom management, Curriculum, Instructional materials, Teacher preparation, Teaching strategies |
Contents
Dedication
Foreword
General Teaching Goals
1. Helping Students Understand
the Nature of Science
Deborah L. Hanuscin and Eun J. Lee
2. Learning to Observe and Infer
Deborah L. Hanuscin and
Meredith Park Rogers
3. Explaining Science
Mark J. Gagnon and Sandra K. Abell
4. Defending Inquiry
Chris Ohana
Strategies to Facilitate
Learning in Science
5. Examining the Learning Cycle
Patrick L. Brown and Sandra K. Abell
6. Using Analogies in
Elementary Science
S. Rená Smith and Sandra K. Abell
7. Making Time for Science Talk
Mark J. Gagnon and Sandra K. Abell
8. Project-Based Science
Patrick L. Brown and Sandra K. Abell
Teaching Science and Other
Disciplines Together
9. Connecting With Other
Disciplines
Meredith Park Rogers
and Sandra K. Abell
10. Science and Mathematics: A
Natural Connection
Meredith Park Rogers,
Mark J. Volkmann, and Sandra K. Abell
11. Reading and Science
Sandra K. Abell
12. The Synergy of Science and
Reading
Tracy L. Coskie
13. Children’s Literature and the
Science Classroom
Sandra K. Abell
14. On Writing in Science
Sandra K. Abell
Student Thinking and
Misconceptions
15. Assessing and Addressing
Student Science Ideas
S. Rená Smith and Sandra K. Abell
16. Assessing for Science Learning
Michele H. Lee and Sandra K. Abell
17. Thinking About
Thinking in Science Class
Sandra K. Abell
18. The Myth of Catering to
Learning Styles
Joanne K. Olson
19. A (Mis)Understanding of
Astronomical Proportions?
Michele H. Lee and Deborah L. Hanuscin
Society and Science
Learning
20. Cultural Diversity in
the Science Classroom
Patrick L. Brown and Sandra K. Abell
21. ELLs and the Language of
School Science
Mark J. Gagnon and Sandra K. Abell
22. Finding a Place for
Girls in Science
Binaben H. Vanmali and
Sandra K. Abell
23. Societal Issues in Science
Patrick L. Brown and Sandra K. Abell
Developing as a Teacher
24. Making the Most of
Professional Development
Sandra K. Abell and Michele H. Lee
25. The Art (and Science) of
Asking Questions
Meredith Park Rogers
and Sandra K. Abell
26. Action Research: Inquiring Into
Science Teaching and Learning
Sandra K. Abell
27. Mentoring New Teachers
Deborah L. Hanuscin and Michele H. Lee
Index
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