9780309089500: How Students Learn: Science in the Classroom (National Research Council)
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ISBN 10: 0309089506 ISBN 13: 9780309089500
Publisher: National Academies Press, 2005

Synopsis

How Students Learn: Science in the Classroom builds on the discoveries detailed in the best-selling How People Learn. Now these findings are presented in a way that teachers can use immediately, to revitalize their work in the classroom for even greater effectiveness.

Organized for utility, the book explores how the principles of learning can be applied in science at three levels: elementary, middle, and high school. Leading educators explain in detail how they developed successful curricula and teaching approaches, presenting strategies that serve as models for curriculum development and classroom instruction. Their recounting of personal teaching experiences lends strength and warmth to this volume.

This book discusses how to build straightforward science experiments into true understanding of scientific principles. It also features illustrated suggestions for classroom activities.

Table of Contents
  • Front Matter
  • 1 Introduction
  • Part III SCIENCE: 9 Scientific Inquiry and How People Learn
  • 10 Teaching to Promote the Development of Scientific Knowledge and Reasoning About Light at the Elementary School Level
  • 11 Guided Inquiry in the Science Classroom
  • 12 Developing Understanding Through Model-Based Inquiry
  • A FINAL SYNTHESIS: REVISITING THE THREE LEARNING PRINCIPLES: 13 Pulling Threads
  • Biographical Sketches of Committee Members and Contributors
  • Index

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About the Author

M. Suzanne Donovan and John D. Bransford, editors, Committee on How People Learn: A Targeted Report for Teachers, National Research Council

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Publisher
National Academies Press
Publication date
2005
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0309089506
ISBN 13 
9780309089500
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
264
Editor
Bransford John D., Donovan M. Suzanne

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