Teaching Children Science: A Project-Based Approach

Krajcik, Joseph S.;Berger, Carl;Czerniak, Charlene M.

ISBN 10: 0070360073 / ISBN 13: 9780070360075

Published by McGraw-Hill College, Blacklick, Ohio, U.S.A., 1998

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Very lightly used clean copy, softcover in excellent condition, no marks or writing, binding tight, spine perfect, covers bright and glossy.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Teaching Children Science: A Project-Based Approach
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill College, Blacklick, Ohio, U.S.A.
• Publication Date: 1998
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0070360073
• ISBN 13: 9780070360075
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: Fine

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Synopsis

This brand-new elementary science methods text uses an innovative applied approach and is authored by three leaders in the field. The text takes a constructivist approach and practices this approach by engaging students in reflective thought and investigations.

Project-based science engages young learners in exploring authentic, important, and meaningful questions of real concern to students. Through a dynamic process of investigation and collaboration and using the same processes and technologies that real scientists use, students work in teams to formulate questions, make predictions, design investigations, collect and analyze data, make products and share ideas. Students learn fundamental science concepts and principles that they apply to their daily lives. Project-based science helps all students regardless of culture, race, or gender engage in science learning.

The book is packed with numerous examples so that the reader can easily understand points that are made throughout the book. Each chapter has activity boxes with experiments that exemplify the project-based approach. The book provides useful tips, charts, diagrams, and tables that illustrate how to get children doing investigations. The text's dynamic teaching methods match all of today's major science education reports including The National Science Education Standards, Project 2061: Science for All Americans, and Benchmarks for Science Literacy.

From the Publisher

This brand-new elementary science methods text uses an innovative applied approach and is authored by three leaders in the field.
Science instruction is organized around authentic problems of real concern to students and require students working in teams to formulate questions that drive the project and to investigate the problem using the same processes and technologies that real scientists use.
Students ask questions, make predictions, design investigations, collect and analyze data, make products, and share ideas; in doing so they learn fundamental science concepts and principles that they apply to their daily lives.
The text's dynamic teaching methods match all of today's major science education reports including The National Science Education Standards, Project 2061: Science for All Americans, and Benchmarks for Science Literacy.
The book is packed with numerous examples so that the reader can easily understand points that are made throughout the book. Each chapter has activity boxes with experiments that exemplify the project-based approach. The book provides useful tips, charts, diagrams, and tables that illustrate how to get children doing investigations.