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Becoming a Better Science Teacher : 8 Steps to High Quality Instruction and Student Achievement.
The author provides teacher-friendly tools, insights, sample lessons, and strategies for delivering quality, standards-based science curriculum and instruction that ensures student achievement.
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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SAGE Publications,
1900.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover
- Contents
- Foreword
- Preface
- Professional Development for Learning and Change
- Uses for becoming a Better Science Teacher
- Overview of Chapters
- Using an I.D.E.A. Approach to Metacognition
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Changing Perspectives and New Approaches
- About the Author
- Part I
- Creating a Vision for Successful Science
- Chapter 1
- On the Shoulders of Giants
- Defining the Goal: Scientific Literacy
- Understanding Science and How Scientists Work
- Scientific Discoveries
- Scientists as Problem Solvers
- The Scientific EnterpriseChapter 2
- Defining High Quality Science Teaching
- Examining Beliefs and Practices
- Defining High Quality Curriculum and Instruction: What Research Says
- Indicators of High Quality Teaching
- Pedagogical Content Knowledge for Success
- A Framework for Instructional Materials
- Action Plans
- PART II
- Giant Steps to High Quality Teaching
- Chapter 3
- The Role of Science Standards
- Understanding Standards
- Identifying and Unpacking Power Standards
- Concepts, Skills, and Dispositions in a Science Framework
- Concepts and PrinciplesStandards Inform Instruction
- A Planning Guide for Instruction
- Interdisciplinary Units
- Designing an Interdisciplinary Unit
- Process Skills and Dispositions
- Chapter 4
- Creating a Context for Meaningful Learning
- An Introduction to Context
- Context as a Function of Interest and Awareness of Purpose
- Context and Intellectual Diversity
- Context Embracing Brain-Based Learning
- Emotional Intelligence and Learning
- Context and Cultural Diversity
- Science in Multicultural Contexts
- Chapter 5
- Methods, Strategies, and Best Practices for High Quality InstructionThe Role of Methods in Unit Development
- Teacher�s Role in Inquiry
- Direct Instruction Versus Inquiry-Based Instruction
- High Quality Lesson Planning
- Strategies for Student Engagement
- Strategies to Enhance Inquiry
- Creative Engagement, Involvement, and Assessment
- Varying Strategies for Diverse Learners
- Best Practices in Science Education
- Chapter 6
- Tools for Thinking and Meaning
- Questions
- Graphic Organizers
- Science, Technology, and Society
- NotebooksChapter 7
- Assessments to Guide Instruction
- Assessments as Tools for Learning
- Designing Assessments
- Task and Performance Assessments
- Summative Performance Assessments
- Chapter 8
- Safe, Supportive, and Challenging Environments for Learning
- Considerations for Learning Environments
- Classroom Safety
- Resources
- Internet Resources
- Classroom Management
- Management in Informal Settings
- Creative Classrooms
- Chapter 9
- Eight Steps to High Quality Instruction and Student Achievement