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More Emphasis on Scientific Explanation: Developing Conceptual Understanding and Science Literacy
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This chapter describes a process for engaging middle school students in writing scientific explanations in the context of project-based science. In four Detroit classrooms, teachers enacted strategies for explanation…
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Traveling the Inquiry Continuum: Learning Through Teacher Action Research
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This chapter addresses the More Emphasis on Teaching and the Content and Inquiry Standards from the National Science Education Standards (NSES). Using the knowledge gained through the Community of Excellence in…
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Modeling: Naturally Selecting an Effective Teaching Method
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This chapter examines middle school level curriculum for evolution which incorporates many aspects of the More Emphasis conditions from the National Science Education Standards (NSES). Taking into account that in order…
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It's the "Little Things" That Can Change the Way You Teach
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The "Little Things" project is a unique curriculum on the soil ecology of microbes that offers students an opportunity to engage in real science research, develop an understanding of the biochemistry of soil microbes…
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Sing and Dance Your Way to Science Success
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The research in this chapter was conducted at Independence High School in Charlotte, North Carolina to determine whether creating a different kind of classroom learning environment could help at-risk students achieve…
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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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Teacher Action Research on Interactive Lectures: Engaging All Students in Verbal Give-and-Take
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Amherst Regional High School is a public school located within a five-college community in western Massachusetts. Most of the work outlined in this chapter springs from a course on Collaborative action research (Car).…
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Stop Talking, Start Listening: Turning Didactic Science Teaching on Its Head
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In this chapter, the authors hope to illustrate science instruction that focuses on real-world problems and features the science teacher performing a variety of research-based strategies during any given teaching…
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The Sky's the Limit: A More Emphasis Approach to the Study of Meteorology
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This chapter features curriculum for the senior Meteorology elective at the Marymount School of New York—an all-female, independent school in New York City. The curriculum is aligned with the National Science Education…
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The author—a teacher at Rockwall High School in Texas—covers specific standards in this chapter which includes selecting and adapting curriculum, as well as guiding students in active and extended scientific inquiry.…
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Successes and Continuing Challenges: Meeting the NSES Visions for Improving Science in High Schools
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The 15 programs described in this book illustrate where we are with respect to realizing the vision of the 1996 National Science Education Standards (NSES)—eight years after their publication and acceptance as needed…
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Technology and Cooperative Learning: The IIT Model for Teaching Authentic Chemistry Curriculum
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Computer technology emerged as a viable tool for classroom instruction. This chapter reflects upon a case study of a high school chemistry classroom where the computer was used in a unique way to deliver and direct…
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Inquiring Minds Want to Know All About Detergent Enzymes
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This enzyme unit demonstrates how students can learn using inquiry and questioning techniques. By providing students the opportunity to share ideas, evaluate problem statements, develop hypotheses, design experiments,…
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Teaching Ecology by Evolving and Revolving
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This chapter features an ecology course started by Harry Hitchcock at Clinton High School (CHS) in Clinton, Tennessee, in response to a need for more elective courses in science. This ecology class is a hands-on course…
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The program highlighted in this chapter—the Biomedical Engineering Challenge-Based Curriculum—features science curricula that meet numerous More Emphasis standards through the use of challenged-based “Legacy Cycle”…
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