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In Praise of Questions: Elevating the Role of Questions for Inquiry in Secondary School Science
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If scientific inquiry is to be part of the focus in secondary school science, teachers must develop learning situations in which question posing is essential and they must help students learn how to pose scientifically…
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Educational Technology in the Science Classroom
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Each year billions of dollars are invested in establishing an effective infrastructure for employing information technology in schools. Almost all classrooms have been wired for internet access, computers have been…
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Essentially, technology use in the science classroom is most effective when it encourages deeper student engagement with science content, when it is used to support rather than replace what we know about effective…
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Digital Images and Video for Teaching Science
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New technologies have revolutionized our ability to see and learn scientific phenomena. Reasonably priced digital still and video cameras have recently become popular additions to many classrooms, and teachers use them…
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Using Computer Simulations to Enhance Science Teaching and Learning
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Technological advances have increasingly brought instructional digital technologies into the science classroom. Teachers may have greater access to Internet-connected classroom computers, wireless laptop carts, computer…
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Probeware Tools for Science Investigations
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Probeware is the general term used for probes and software that can be used with microprocessors (computer, calculator, palm device, etc.) to make scientific measurements. The characteristics of rapid data collection,…
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Extending Inquiry With Geotechnologies in the Science Classroom
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Geotechnologies are tools that allow your students to learn the skills of collecting and analyzing data and creating representations of data with an emphasis on spatial relationships. These processes are critical in…
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Acquiring Online Data for Scientific Analysis
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As you seek to provide more opportunities for your students to engage in scientific inquiry, you may find data collection to be time consuming and expensive. The internet, which provides immediate access to numerous…
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Web-Based Science Inquiry Projects
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Web-based inquiry (WBI) learning activities support students as active learners. In these activities, students do not wait for a teacher or someone else to provide an answer. They conduct investigations with meaningful…
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Online Assessments and Hearing Students Think About Science
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This chapter examines online assessments and explores how they might be useful in your science classroom. Although there is a wealth of computer-based assessment tools (such as homework and exam generated programs that…
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Virtual schooling offers students the opportunity to enroll in a science course not taught at their home school or school district, interact with expert instructors in a particular field, and gain access to subject…
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A Teacher's Perspective: Science Talks
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What are science talks? And what are the benefits of including them in the science curriculum? Mary Rizzuto, a science curriculum instructional specialist at the Needham Science Center in Needham, Massachusetts, shares…
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Essay: Creating a Foundation Through Student Conversation
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This essay discusses a pedagogical practice called Science talks. Science talks allow students to use their diverse language practices and life experience to understand scientific phenomena and allow teachers to see new…
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What is culture? How does it figure into learning and teaching? What can educators do to make their classrooms sites of deep learning for all children? This essay examines the concept of culture, exploring how this…
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Case Study: Using Students' Cultural Resources in Teaching
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Teachers often want to incorporate their students’ cultural resources into the curriculum but do not know how. This case study describes what teachers participating in the Funds of Knowledge for Teaching Project, based…
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