Teaching Science for Understanding: A Human Constructivist View - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0123886961 ISBN 13: 9780123886965

Publisher: Academic Press, 2011

Synopsis

Science education has undergone a revolution in recent years, shifting its emphasis from breadth and memorization to depth and understanding. Teaching Science for Understanding begins with an overview of the changes in science education. It then presents a review of each major instructional strategy, information about how it is best used, and the effectiveness of the strategies for understanding and retention of information. The book presents the main strategies used to achieve this depth of understanding, including the use of computer simulations, small laboratories, and journal writing, and it discusses how to use each strategy at the elementary, secondary, and college level.

About this edition

• Publisher: Academic Press
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 0123886961
• ISBN 13: 9780123886965
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 384
• Editor: Novak Joseph D.