Creating Scientists: Teaching and Assessing Science Practice for the NGSS

ISBN-13: 9781138237988 / Angielski / Miękka / 2017 / 184 str.

Moore, Christopher

Opis

This practical new book provides a clear framework for helping students develop scientific thinking so they are not just memorizing content but are becoming engaged in the real work scientists do.

 

Spis treści

Contents
About the Author
Acknowledgements
Introduction: How do you create scientists?
Part I: Teaching and assessing science practice
Chapter 1: What is science practice?
Chapter 2: How do you teach science practice?
Chapter 3: How do you assess science practice?
Part II: Science practice in the classroom
Chapter 4: Conducting investigations and transforming your classroom
Chapter 5: Interpreting results and teaching abstract concepts
Chapter 6: Communicating science and building communities of practice
Part III: Putting it all together
Chapter 7: Capstones to learning and going beyond the NGSS

O autorze

Christopher Moore is the Dr. George F. Haddix Community Chair in Physical Science and associate professor of physics education at the University of Nebraska Omaha.