Atlas Of Science Literacy

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Engineering
ISBN : 0871686686

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Atlas of Science Literacy by Anonim Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Aaas Project 2061
Page : 165 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Science
ISBN : 0871686686

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Atlas of Science Literacy by Anonim Pdf

An oversized book with ambitious goals: That's the Atlas of Science Literacy. Asking -- then answering -- such vital questions as: -- What should students learn? -- When should they learn it -- and in what order? -- How does each strand of knowledge connect to other vital threads? This new educational tool from AAAS's Project 2061 graphically depicts connections among the learning goals established in Benchmarks for Science Literacy and Science for All Americans. The Atlas is a collection of 50 linked maps that show exactly how students from kindergarten through 12th grade can expand their understanding and skills toward specific science-literacy goals. But the maps don't just show the sequence of Benchmark ideas that lead to a goal. They also show the connections across different areas of mathematics, technology, and (of course) science -- including gravity, evolution and natural selection, the structure of matter, and the flow of matter and energy in ecosystems. This groundbreaking book is every school's road map to helping children learn science systematically. Using the Atlas of Science Literacy as your guide, trace the prerequisites for learning in each grade, make the connections to support science content, and show the way to the next steps to learning for your students.

Author : National Science Teachers Association
Publisher : NSTA Press
Page : 152 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Education
ISBN : 9780873551892

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Dig In! by National Science Teachers Association Pdf

Presents lessons, stories, and activities designed to teach students about soil formation, soil science, and soil conservation.

Author : Page Keeley
Publisher : Corwin Press
Page : 321 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2005-02-23
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781412908924

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Science Curriculum Topic Study by Page Keeley Pdf

′Without question, this book will be of great value to the profession of science teaching. Given today′s educational landscape of standards and high-stakes testing, curriculum topic study is an essential piece of the puzzle′ - Cary Sneider, Vice President for Educator Programs, Museum of Science, Boston Discover the "missing link" between science standards, teacher practice, and improved student achievement! Becoming an accomplished science teacher not only requires a thorough understanding of science content, but also a familiarity with science standards and research on student learning. However, a comprehensive strategy for translating standards and research into instructional, practice has been lacking since the advent of standards-based education reform. Science Curriculum Topic Study provides a systematic professional development strategy that links science standards and research to curriculum, instruction, and assessment. Developed by author Page Keeley of the Maine Mathematics and Science Alliance, the Curriculum Topic Study (CTS) process can help teachers align curriculum, instruction, and assessment with specific, research-based ideas and skills. The CTS process will help teachers: - Improve their understanding of science content - Clarify a hierarchy of content and skills in a learning goal from state or local standards - Define formative and summative assessment goals and strategies - Learn to recognize and address learning difficulties - Increase opportunities for students of all backgrounds to achieve science literacy - Design or utilize instructional materials effectively Containing 147 separate curriculum topic study guides arranged in eleven categories that represent the major domains of science, this book provides the tools to both positively impact student learning and develop the knowledge and skills that distinguish expert science teachers from novices.

Author : American Association for the Advancement of Science
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 313 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2001-03-22
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780199727476

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Designs for Science Literacy by American Association for the Advancement of Science Pdf

The call for science curriculum reform has been made over and over again for much of the twentieth century. Arguments have been made that the content of the curriculum is not appropriate for meeting the individual and social needs of people living in the modern world; that the curriculum has become overstuffed with topics and does not serve students especially well; and above all, that the curriculum does not generate the student learning it is expected to produce. The latest volume in a continuing series of publications from the AAAS designed to reform science education, Designs for Science Literacy presupposes that curriculum reform must be considerably more extensive and fundamental than the tinkering with individual courses and subjects that has been going on for decades. Designs deals with the critical issues involved in assembling sound instructional materials into a new, coherent K-12 whole. The book pays special attention to the need to link science-oriented studies to the arts and humanities, and also proposes how to align the curriculum with an established set of learning goals while preserving the American tradition of local responsibility for the curriculum itself. If fundamental curriculum reform is ever to occur, a new process for creating alternatives will have to be developed. Designs for Science Literacy provides the groundwork for such a process.

Author : National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Board on Science Education,Committee on Science Literacy and Public Perception of Science
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 167 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2016-10-14
Category : Education
ISBN : 9780309447591

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Science Literacy by National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Board on Science Education,Committee on Science Literacy and Public Perception of Science Pdf

Science is a way of knowing about the world. At once a process, a product, and an institution, science enables people to both engage in the construction of new knowledge as well as use information to achieve desired ends. Access to scienceâ€"whether using knowledge or creating itâ€"necessitates some level of familiarity with the enterprise and practice of science: we refer to this as science literacy. Science literacy is desirable not only for individuals, but also for the health and well- being of communities and society. More than just basic knowledge of science facts, contemporary definitions of science literacy have expanded to include understandings of scientific processes and practices, familiarity with how science and scientists work, a capacity to weigh and evaluate the products of science, and an ability to engage in civic decisions about the value of science. Although science literacy has traditionally been seen as the responsibility of individuals, individuals are nested within communities that are nested within societiesâ€"and, as a result, individual science literacy is limited or enhanced by the circumstances of that nesting. Science Literacy studies the role of science literacy in public support of science. This report synthesizes the available research literature on science literacy, makes recommendations on the need to improve the understanding of science and scientific research in the United States, and considers the relationship between scientific literacy and support for and use of science and research.

Author : Kathryn Kelsey,Ashley Steel
Publisher : NSTA Press
Page : 257 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2009-06-09
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781935155577

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The Truth about Science by Kathryn Kelsey,Ashley Steel Pdf

Author : Page Keeley
Publisher : Corwin Press
Page : 321 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2005-02-23
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781452208022

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Science Curriculum Topic Study by Page Keeley Pdf

This indispensable staff development resource provides a systematic professional development strategy linking science standards and research to curriculum, instruction, and assessment.

Author : American Association for the Advancement of Science
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 448 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 1994-01-06
Category : Education
ISBN : 9780199840076

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Benchmarks for Science Literacy by American Association for the Advancement of Science Pdf

Published to glowing praise in 1990, Science for All Americans defined the science-literate American--describing the knowledge, skills, and attitudes all students should retain from their learning experience--and offered a series of recommendations for reforming our system of education in science, mathematics, and technology. Benchmarks for Science Literacy takes this one step further. Created in close consultation with a cross-section of American teachers, administrators, and scientists, Benchmarks elaborates on the recommendations to provide guidelines for what all students should know and be able to do in science, mathematics, and technology by the end of grades 2, 5, 8, and 12. These grade levels offer reasonable checkpoints for student progress toward science literacy, but do not suggest a rigid formula for teaching. Benchmarks is not a proposed curriculum, nor is it a plan for one: it is a tool educators can use as they design curricula that fit their student's needs and meet the goals first outlined in Science for All Americans. Far from pressing for a single educational program, Project 2061 advocates a reform strategy that will lead to more curriculum diversity than is common today. IBenchmarks emerged from the work of six diverse school-district teams who were asked to rethink the K-12 curriculum and outline alternative ways of achieving science literacy for all students. These teams based their work on published research and the continuing advice of prominent educators, as well as their own teaching experience. Focusing on the understanding and interconnection of key concepts rather than rote memorization of terms and isolated facts, Benchmarks advocates building a lasting understanding of science and related fields. In a culture increasingly pervaded by science, mathematics, and technology, science literacy require habits of mind that will enable citizens to understand the world around them, make some sense of new technologies as they emerge and grow, and deal sensibly with problems that involve evidence, numbers, patterns, logical arguments, and technology--as well as the relationship of these disciplines to the arts, humanities, and vocational sciences--making science literacy relevant to all students, regardless of their career paths. If Americans are to participate in a world shaped by modern science and mathematics, a world where technological know-how will offer the keys to economic and political stability in the twenty-first century, education in these areas must become one of the nation's highest priorities. Together with Science for All Americans, Benchmarks for Science Literacy offers a bold new agenda for the future of science education in this country, one that is certain to prepare our children for life in the twenty-first century.

Author : Ted Willard
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2020
Category : Science
ISBN : 1938946081

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The NSTA Atlas of the Three Dimensions by Ted Willard Pdf

"The NSTA Atlas of the Three Dimensions put together by Ted Willard will give teachers some perspective of ways to put the Next Generation Science Standards and other state standards together in a way that can improve student learning. Individual maps and the Atlas overall are a powerful resources to aid educators in the work that they do. In general, the maps help educators understand the meaning of individual elements, which is essential for a host of educational activities. The maps are also particularly helpful for planning curricular sequences. In addition to connections made by Ted, teachers will be able to see how concepts develop over the course of K-12. Seeing the progression set out along side the connections will give teachers a new perspective and approach to the NGSS and 3-D instruction in general"--

Author : William F. McComas
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 12 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2013-12-30
Category : Education
ISBN : 9789462094970

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The Language of Science Education by William F. McComas Pdf

The Language of Science Education: An Expanded Glossary of Key Terms and Concepts in Science Teaching and Learning is written expressly for science education professionals and students of science education to provide the foundation for a shared vocabulary of the field of science teaching and learning. Science education is a part of education studies but has developed a unique vocabulary that is occasionally at odds with the ways some terms are commonly used both in the field of education and in general conversation. Therefore, understanding the specific way that terms are used within science education is vital for those who wish to understand the existing literature or make contributions to it. The Language of Science Education provides definitions for 100 unique terms, but when considering the related terms that are also defined as they relate to the targeted words, almost 150 words are represented in the book. For instance, “laboratory instruction” is accompanied by definitions for openness, wet lab, dry lab, virtual lab and cookbook lab. Each key term is defined both with a short entry designed to provide immediate access following by a more extensive discussion, with extensive references and examples where appropriate. Experienced readers will recognize the majority of terms included, but the developing discipline of science education demands the consideration of new words. For example, the term blended science is offered as a better descriptor for interdisciplinary science and make a distinction between project-based and problem-based instruction. Even a definition for science education is included. The Language of Science Education is designed as a reference book but many readers may find it useful and enlightening to read it as if it were a series of very short stories.

Author : Susan Mundry,Page Keeley,Carolyn Landel
Publisher : Corwin Press
Page : 321 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2009-11-24
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781412978170

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A Leader's Guide to Science Curriculum Topic Study by Susan Mundry,Page Keeley,Carolyn Landel Pdf

The Curriculum Topic Study (CTS) process, funded by the US National Science Foundation, helps teachers improve their practice by linking standards and research to content, curriculum, instruction, and assessment. Key to the core book Science Curriculum Topic Study, this resource helps science professional development leaders and teacher educators understand the CTS approach and how to design, lead, and apply CTS in a variety of settings that support teachers as learners. The authors provide everything needed to facililtate the CTS process, including: a solid foundation in the CTS framework; multiple designs for half-day and full-day workshops, professional learning communities, and one-on-one instructional coaching; facilitation, group processing, and materials management strategies; and a CD-ROM with handouts, PowerPoint slides, and templates. By bringing CTS into schools and other professional development settings, science leaders can enhance their teachers' knowlege of content, improve teaching practices, and have a positive impact on student learning.

Author : Jack Rhoton,Patricia Bowers
Publisher : NSTA Press
Page : 198 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Education
ISBN : 9780873551854

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Professional Development by Jack Rhoton,Patricia Bowers Pdf

There?s got to be more to professional development than in-service workshops. This thoughtful book paves the way to change. It shows the circumstances under which professional development has the most impact on student learning, reviews programs that work, and offers practical ideas about how professional development can sustain science education reform.

Author : Barbara Houtz
Publisher : Teacher Created Materials
Page : 174 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2008-05-15
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781425893064

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Teaching Science Today by Barbara Houtz Pdf

A research-based guide offers best practices based on proven methodology and provides educational strategies enhanced by interactive elements.

Author : Keri-Anne Croce,Jonah Firestone
Publisher : IAP
Page : 165 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2020-02-01
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781641139830

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Developing Science Literacy in the 21st Century by Keri-Anne Croce,Jonah Firestone Pdf

The development of science literacy has the potential to have an enormous impact on real world outcomes. Specifically, developing science literacy may persuade individuals to act. We hope that this book will influence scientists, science journalists, sociologists, anthropologists, communication specialists, political leaders, media outlets, educational institutions, and individual science content consumers. The chapters in this book describe a definition of science literacy that draws on the emotional, cognitive, and social. The authors strive to help prepare individuals to read, write, and speak science in a continuously evolving information landscape. In order to meet these objectives, the chapters examine both qualitative and quantitative research. It is within these frameworks that we can begin to address science literacy in the 21st century.