Contents
Foreword
Treating Professional Development Programs as a Science
Robert E. Yager
Introduction
Brenda S. Wojnowski and Susan B. Koba
About the Editors
Chapter 1 Less and More Emphases and Supporting Research for Professional Development
Susan B. Koba and Brenda S. Wojnowski
Chapter 2 Environmental Economics Program
Matthew A. Johnson and Charles G. Tansey
Chapter 3 Professional Development and Authentic Science Education:
Monitoring Local Populations of Reptiles and Amphibians
Catherine E. Matthews and Terry M. Tomasek
Chapter 4 MyOnlineFair: Stem 21st-Century Educational Transformation
Carmela R. Minaya and Nathan D. Robinson
Chapter 5 “Doing Science” in Middle Grades: Instructional Coaching and
Modeling of a Learning Cycle Approach to Promote Scientific Practices
Pradeep M. Dass, Lori Wilbanks, John Goforth, Luanne Graham and Jill Francis
Chapter 6 A Professional Development Model for High School Science Teachers
Focusing on Guided Inquiry Labs
Anil C. Banerjee
Chapter 7 Reorienting Professional Development for Improving Inquiry-Based
Science Teaching in Elementary Classrooms
Rose M. Pringle, Michelle L. Klosterman, and Lynda Fender Hayes
Chapter 8 The Road to Scientific Literacy: How Target Inquiry Is Improving
Instruction and Student Achievement in High School Chemistry
Ellen J. Yezierski and Deborah G. Herrington
Chapter 9 Rethinking the Continuing Education of Science Teachers: An Example
of Transformative, Curriculum-Based Professional Development
Joseph A. Taylor, Janet Carlson, and Kim Bess
Chapter 10 Ramps and Pathways Early Physical Science Program:
Preparing Educators as Science Mentors
Shelly Counsell, Jill Uhlenberg, and Betty Zan
Chapter 11 Michigan Teacher Excellence Program (MiTEP): Using Lesson Study
for Professional Development
Carol A. Engelmann, Kdmon Hungwe, and Mark F. Klawiter
Chapter 12 Building Professional Learning Communities
Brenda G. Weiser
Chapter 13 Quality Elementary Science Teaching: A Professional Development
QUEST
Deborah Hanuscin, Delinda van Garderen, Deepika Menon,
Jeni Davis, Eun Lee, and S. Renà Smith
Chapter 14 Professional Development Based on Conceptual Change:
The Wyoming TRIAD Process
Joseph I. Stepans, Barbara Woodworth Saigo, and Joan Gaston
Chapter 15 Community of Excellence in Mathematics and Science:
The School as the Locus of Change to Impact Teaching and Learning
Susan B. Koba and Carol Taylor Mitchell
Chapter 16 Reader’s Guide: Suggestions for Use of This Book in Professional
Learning Communities and Other Collaborative Settings
Brenda S. Wojnowski and Susan B. Koba
Endword
Robert E. Yager
Contributors
Index