%0 Book %A National Research Council %T Pesticide Resistance: Strategies and Tactics for Management %@ 978-0-309-03627-6 %D 1986 %U https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/619/pesticide-resistance-strategies-and-tactics-for-management %> https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/619/pesticide-resistance-strategies-and-tactics-for-management %I The National Academies Press %C Washington, DC %G English %K Agriculture %P 484 %X Based on a symposium sponsored by the Board on Agriculture, this comprehensive book explores the problem of pesticide resistance; suggests new approaches to monitor, control, or prevent resistance; and identifies the changes in public policy necessary to protect crops and human health from the ravages of pests. The volume synthesizes the most recent information from a wide range of disciplines, including entomology, genetics, plant pathology, biochemistry, economics, and public policy. It also suggests research avenues that would indicate how to counter future problems. A glossary provides the reader with additional guidance. %0 Book %A Transportation Research Board %A National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine %T Developing Guidelines for Evaluating, Selecting, and Implementing Suburban Transit Services %D 2006 %U https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/23251/developing-guidelines-for-evaluating-selecting-and-implementing-suburban-transit-services %> https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/23251/developing-guidelines-for-evaluating-selecting-and-implementing-suburban-transit-services %I The National Academies Press %C Washington, DC %G English %K Transportation and Infrastructure %P 0 %X TRB's Transit Cooperative Research Program (TCRP) Web-Only Document: 34 Guidebook for Evaluating, Selecting, and Implementing Suburban Transit Services examines the status of suburban transit from operational and land-use perspectives and describes the development of guidelines for evaluating, selecting, and implementing those services. The guidelines were published as TCRP Report 116: Guidebook for Evaluating, Selecting, and Implementing Suburban Transit Services. %0 Book %A National Research Council %E Schweitzer, Glenn E. %E Parker, Frank L. %E Robbins, Kelly %T Cleaning Up Sites Contaminated with Radioactive Materials: International Workshop Proceedings %@ 978-0-309-12761-5 %D 2009 %U https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/12505/cleaning-up-sites-contaminated-with-radioactive-materials-international-workshop-proceedings %> https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/12505/cleaning-up-sites-contaminated-with-radioactive-materials-international-workshop-proceedings %I The National Academies Press %C Washington, DC %G English %K Environment and Environmental Studies %P 234 %X This publication features papers presented at the Workshop on Cleaning Up Sites Contaminated with Radioactive Materials, held in Moscow in June 2007. This activity was organized by the National Academies in cooperation with the Russian Academy of Sciences and with funding provided by the Russell Family Foundation. The workshop was designed to promote exchanges of information on specific contaminated sites in Russia and elsewhere and to stimulate greater attention to the severity of the problems and the urgent need to clean up sites of concern to the local and international communities. %0 Book %A National Research Council %T National Science Education Standards %@ 978-0-309-05326-6 %D 1996 %U https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/4962/national-science-education-standards %> https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/4962/national-science-education-standards %I The National Academies Press %C Washington, DC %G English %K Education %P 272 %X Americans agree that our students urgently need better science education. But what should they be expected to know and be able to do? Can the same expectations be applied across our diverse society? These and other fundamental issues are addressed in National Science Education Standards—a landmark development effort that reflects the contributions of thousands of teachers, scientists, science educators, and other experts across the country. The National Science Education Standards offer a coherent vision of what it means to be scientifically literate, describing what all students regardless of background or circumstance should understand and be able to do at different grade levels in various science categories. The standards address: The exemplary practice of science teaching that provides students with experiences that enable them to achieve scientific literacy. Criteria for assessing and analyzing students' attainments in science and the learning opportunities that school science programs afford. The nature and design of the school and district science program. The support and resources needed for students to learn science. These standards reflect the principles that learning science is an inquiry-based process, that science in schools should reflect the intellectual traditions of contemporary science, and that all Americans have a role in improving science education. This document will be invaluable to education policymakers, school system administrators, teacher educators, individual teachers, and concerned parents. %0 Book %A National Research Council %T People and Pixels: Linking Remote Sensing and Social Science %@ 978-0-309-06408-8 %D 1998 %U https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/5963/people-and-pixels-linking-remote-sensing-and-social-science %> https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/5963/people-and-pixels-linking-remote-sensing-and-social-science %I The National Academies Press %C Washington, DC %G English %K Earth Sciences %P 256 %X Space-based sensors are giving us an ever-closer and more comprehensive look at the earth's surface; they also have the potential to tell us about human activity. This volume examines the possibilities for using remote sensing technology to improve understanding of social processes and human-environment interactions. Examples include deforestation and regrowth in Brazil, population-environment interactions in Thailand, ancient and modern rural development in Guatemala, and urbanization in the United States, as well as early warnings of famine and disease outbreaks. The book also provides information on current sources of remotely sensed data and metadata and discusses what is involved in establishing effective collaborative efforts between scientists working with remote sensing technology and those working on social and environmental issues. %0 Book %A Transportation Research Board %A National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine %T Enhancing Internal Trip Capture Estimation for Mixed-Use Developments %D 2011 %U https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/14489/enhancing-internal-trip-capture-estimation-for-mixed-use-developments %> https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/14489/enhancing-internal-trip-capture-estimation-for-mixed-use-developments %I The National Academies Press %C Washington, DC %G English %K Transportation and Infrastructure %P 154 %X TRB’s National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) Report 684: Enhancing Internal Trip Capture Estimation for Mixed-Use Developments explores an improved methodology to estimate how many internal trips will be generated in mixed-use developments—trips for which both the origin and destination are within the development.The methodology estimates morning and afternoon peak–period trips to and from six specific land use categories: office, retail, restaurant, residential, cinema, and hotel. The research team analyzed existing data from prior surveys and collected new data at three mixed-use development sites. The resulting methodology is incorporated into a spreadsheet model, which is available online for download. %0 Book %A Transportation Research Board %A National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine %T Traveler Response to Transportation System Changes Handbook, Third Edition: Chapter 19, Employer and Institutional TDM Strategies %D 2010 %U https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/14393/traveler-response-to-transportation-system-changes-handbook-third-edition-chapter-19-employer-and-institutional-tdm-strategies %> https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/14393/traveler-response-to-transportation-system-changes-handbook-third-edition-chapter-19-employer-and-institutional-tdm-strategies %I The National Academies Press %C Washington, DC %G English %K Transportation and Infrastructure %P 173 %X TRB's Transit Cooperative Research Program (TCRP) Report 95: Traveler Response to Transportation System Changes, Chapter 19 - Employer and Institutional TDM Strategies pair-uses wise comparisons to explore the relative importance of particular categories of TDM strategies, such as support versus incentives, as well as the particular strategies themselves, such as transit subsidy versus a high-occupancy vehicle parking discount. TDM (transportation demand management or travel demand management) is a process that can encompass a variety of measures intended to influence travel choices. TDM is used to manage heavy traffic demand and parking requirements, and to enhance the effectiveness of transit services. This report is part of TCRP's Traveler Response to Transportation System Changes Handbook series. The overarching objective of the Traveler Response to Transportation System Changes Handbook is to equip members of the transportation profession with a comprehensive, readily accessible, interpretive documentation of results and experience obtained across the United States and elsewhere from (1) different types of transportation system changes and policy actions and (2) alternative land use and site development design approaches. The Handbook, organized for simultaneous print and electronic chapter-by-chapter publication, treats each chapter essentially as a stand-alone document. Each chapter includes text and self-contained references and sources on that topic. The Handbook user should, however, be conversant with the background and guidance provided in TCRP Report 95: Chapter 1, Introduction. Upon completion of the Report 95 series, the final Chapter 1 publication will include a CD-ROM of all 19 chapters. %0 Book %A Transportation Research Board %A National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine %T Tribal Transportation Programs %D 2007 %U https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/23177/tribal-transportation-programs %> https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/23177/tribal-transportation-programs %I The National Academies Press %C Washington, DC %G English %P 132 %X TRB's National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) Synthesis 366: Tribal Transportation Programs explores innovations and model practices among tribal transportation programs. The report also examines the history, and legal and administrative evolution, of tribal transportation programs within the larger context of issues of tribal sovereignty and relationships with federal, state, and local governments, and local and regional planning agencies. %0 Book %A Transportation Research Board %A National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine %T Research on Women's Issues in Transportation - Volume 2: Technical Papers %D 2005 %U https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/23299/research-on-womens-issues-in-transportation-volume-2-technical-papers %> https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/23299/research-on-womens-issues-in-transportation-volume-2-technical-papers %I The National Academies Press %C Washington, DC %G English %K Transportation and Infrastructure %P 210 %X TRB’s Conference Proceedings 35: Research on Women’s Issues in Transportation – Volume 2: Technical Papers contains peer-reviewed breakout and poster papers and several abstracts of papers presented at the November 18–20, 2004, conference in Chicago, Illinois. The conference was designed to identify and explore additional research and data needed to inform transportation policy decisions that address women’s mobility, safety, and security needs and to encourage research by young researchers. Volume 1, which will be released this winter, will include the conference summary, the four peer-reviewed overview papers presented by the topic leaders, and a list of conference participants. %0 Book %A National Research Council %E Iannotta, Joah G. %E Ross, Jane L. %T Equality of Opportunity and the Importance of Place: Summary of a Workshop %@ 978-0-309-08467-3 %D 2002 %U https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/10413/equality-of-opportunity-and-the-importance-of-place-summary-of %> https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/10413/equality-of-opportunity-and-the-importance-of-place-summary-of %I The National Academies Press %C Washington, DC %G English %K Behavioral and Social Sciences %P 83 %X The National Research Council (NRC) recently conducted several projects concerning urban poverty, racial disparities, and opportunities to change metropolitan areas in ways that have positive effects on residents' well-being. In reports such as Governance and Opportunity in Metropolitan America (1999), place, space, and neighborhood have become important lenses through which to understand the factors affecting opportunity and well-being. After the publication of Governance and Opportunity, the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation (ASPE) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services became interested in what insights research focused on place might offer in terms of improving the conditions of vulnerable families-a population about whom ASPE is particularly concerned. Because of its interest in the topic, ASPE provided generous support to the NRC to hold a workshop on the importance of place and to produce a report based on the findings of the workshop. This report, Equality of Opportunity and the Importance of Place, is the culmination of the NRC's work on behalf of ASPE. %0 Book %A National Academy of Engineering %A National Academy of Engineering %T Frontiers of Engineering: Reports on Leading-Edge Engineering from the 2006 Symposium %@ 978-0-309-10339-8 %D 2007 %U https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/11827/frontiers-of-engineering-reports-on-leading-edge-engineering-from-the %> https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/11827/frontiers-of-engineering-reports-on-leading-edge-engineering-from-the %I The National Academies Press %C Washington, DC %G English %K Computers and Information Technology %K Engineering and Technology %P 202 %X This volume includes 15 papers from the National Academy of Engineering's 2006 U.S. Frontiers of Engineering (USFOE) Symposium held in September 2006. USFOE meetings bring together 100 outstanding engineers (ages 30 to 45) to exchange information about leading-edge technologies in a range of engineering fields. The 2006 symposium covered four topic areas: intelligent software systems and machines, the nano/bio interface, engineering personal mobility for the 21st century, and supply chain management. A paper by dinner speaker Dr. W. Dale Compton, Lillian M. Gilbreth Distinguished Professor of Industrial Engineering, Emeritus, is also included. The papers describe leading-edge research on commercializing auditory neuroscience, future developments in bionanotechnology, sustainable urban transportation, and managing disruptions to supply chains, among other topics. Appendixes include information about contributors, the symposium program, and a list of meeting participants. This is the twelfth volume in the USFOE series. %0 Book %A Transportation Research Board %A National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine %E Payne, Michael K. %E Smith, Rita A. %E Lagos, Deborah Murphy %E Freytag, Jack %E Culverson, Mark %E Lesicka, Jean %E Leana, James %E Smith, Robert R. %E Woodworth, A. Vernon %E Valerio, Robert %T Guidelines for Airport Sound Insulation Programs %D 2013 %U https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/22519/guidelines-for-airport-sound-insulation-programs %> https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/22519/guidelines-for-airport-sound-insulation-programs %I The National Academies Press %C Washington, DC %G English %K Transportation and Infrastructure %P 312 %X TRB’s Airport Cooperative Research Program (ACRP) Report 89: Guidelines for Airport Sound Insulation Programs provides updated guidelines for sound insulation of residential and other noise-sensitive buildings. The report is designed to help airports and others develop and effectively manage aircraft noise insulation projects.In February 2014 TRB released ACRP Report 105: Guidelines for Ensuring Longevity of Airport Sound Insulation Programs, which complements ACRP Report 89. %0 Book %A National Research Council %T Lost Crops of Africa: Volume I: Grains %@ 978-0-309-04990-0 %D 1996 %U https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/2305/lost-crops-of-africa-volume-i-grains %> https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/2305/lost-crops-of-africa-volume-i-grains %I The National Academies Press %C Washington, DC %G English %K Agriculture %K Biology and Life Sciences %P 408 %X Scenes of starvation have drawn the world's attention to Africa's agricultural and environmental crisis. Some observers question whether this continent can ever hope to feed its growing population. Yet there is an overlooked food resource in sub-Saharan Africa that has vast potential: native food plants. When experts were asked to nominate African food plants for inclusion in a new book, a list of 30 species grew quickly to hundreds. All in all, Africa has more than 2,000 native grains and fruits—"lost" species due for rediscovery and exploitation. This volume focuses on native cereals, including: African rice, reserved until recently as a luxury food for religious rituals. Finger millet, neglected internationally although it is a staple for millions. Fonio (acha), probably the oldest African cereal and sometimes called "hungry rice." Pearl millet, a widely used grain that still holds great untapped potential. Sorghum, with prospects for making the twenty-first century the "century of sorghum." Tef, in many ways ideal but only now enjoying budding commercial production. Other cultivated and wild grains. This readable and engaging book dispels myths, often based on Western bias, about the nutritional value, flavor, and yield of these African grains. Designed as a tool for economic development, the volume is organized with increasing levels of detail to meet the needs of both lay and professional readers. The authors present the available information on where and how each grain is grown, harvested, and processed, and they list its benefits and limitations as a food source. The authors describe "next steps" for increasing the use of each grain, outline research needs, and address issues in building commercial production. Sidebars cover such interesting points as the potential use of gene mapping and other "high-tech" agricultural techniques on these grains. This fact-filled volume will be of great interest to agricultural experts, entrepreneurs, researchers, and individuals concerned about restoring food production, environmental health, and economic opportunity in sub-Saharan Africa. Selection, Newbridge Garden Book Club %0 Book %E Tierney, Kathleen J. %E Lindell, Michael K. %E Perry, Ronald W. %T Facing the Unexpected: Disaster Preparedness and Response in the United States %@ 978-0-309-18689-6 %D 2001 %U https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/9834/facing-the-unexpected-disaster-preparedness-and-response-in-the-united %> https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/9834/facing-the-unexpected-disaster-preparedness-and-response-in-the-united %I The National Academies Press %C Washington, DC %G English %K Explore Science %K Conflict and Security Issues %P 320 %X Facing the Unexpected presents the wealth of information derived from disasters around the world over the past 25 years. The authors explore how these findings can improve disaster programs, identify remaining research needs, and discuss disaster within the broader context of sustainable development. How do different people think about disaster? Are we more likely to panic or to respond with altruism? Why are 110 people killed in a Valujet crash considered disaster victims while the 50,000 killed annually in traffic accidents in the U.S. are not? At the crossroads of social, cultural, and economic factors, this book examines these and other compelling questions. The authors review the influences that shape the U.S. governmental system for disaster planning and response, the effectiveness of local emergency agencies, and the level of professionalism in the field. They also compare technological versus natural disaster and examine the impact of technology on disaster programs. %0 Book %A National Research Council %T Drought Management and Its Impact on Public Water Systems: Report on a Colloquium Sponsored by the Water Science and Technology Board %@ 978-0-309-07837-5 %D 1986 %U https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/907/drought-management-and-its-impact-on-public-water-systems-report %> https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/907/drought-management-and-its-impact-on-public-water-systems-report %I The National Academies Press %C Washington, DC %G English %K Earth Sciences %P 136 %X Based on a colloquium sponsored by the Water Science and Technology Board, this book addresses the need for research toward the problems of water management during drought episodes. It covers such topics as the causes and occurrence of drought, drought management options, acceptable risks for public systems, and legal and institutional aspects of drought management. %0 Book %A Transportation Research Board %A National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine %T Quantifying the Benefits of Context Sensitive Solutions %D 2009 %U https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/23012/quantifying-the-benefits-of-context-sensitive-solutions %> https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/23012/quantifying-the-benefits-of-context-sensitive-solutions %I The National Academies Press %C Washington, DC %G English %K Transportation and Infrastructure %P 156 %X TRB’s National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) Report 642: Quantifying the Benefits of Context Sensitive Solutions explores guidelines for quantifying the benefits of applying the principles of Context Sensitive Solutions to transportation projects.Appendices A through E for NCHRP Report 642 are available online. Appendix A: Literature Review Summaries Appendix B: Team Member and Stakeholder Surveys Appendix C: Rationale for Principle-Benefit Association Appendix D: Documentation of Case Studies Appendix E: Case Study Scores %0 Book %A National Research Council %T Alcohol and Public Policy: Beyond the Shadow of Prohibition %@ 978-0-309-03149-3 %D 1981 %U https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/114/alcohol-and-public-policy-beyond-the-shadow-of-prohibition %> https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/114/alcohol-and-public-policy-beyond-the-shadow-of-prohibition %I The National Academies Press %C Washington, DC %G English %K Behavioral and Social Sciences %P 463 %0 Book %A National Research Council %E Edmonston, Barry %E Schultze, Charles %T Modernizing the U.S. Census %@ 978-0-309-05182-8 %D 1995 %U https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/4805/modernizing-the-us-census %> https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/4805/modernizing-the-us-census %I The National Academies Press %C Washington, DC %G English %K Behavioral and Social Sciences %P 480 %X The U.S. census, conducted every 10 years since 1790, faces dramatic new challenges as the country begins its third century. Critics of the 1990 census cited problems of increasingly high costs, continued racial differences in counting the population, and declining public confidence. This volume provides a major review of the traditional U.S. census. Starting from the most basic questions of how data are used and whether they are needed, the volume examines the data that future censuses should provide. It evaluates several radical proposals that have been made for changing the census, as well as other proposals for redesigning the year 2000 census. The book also considers in detail the much-criticized long form, the role of race and ethnic data, and the need for and ways to obtain small-area data between censuses. %0 Book %A Transportation Research Board %A National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine %E Cherrington, Linda K. %E Brooks, Jonathan %E Cardenas, James %E Elgart, Zachary %E Galicia, Luis David %E Hansen, Todd %E Miller, Kristi %E Walk, Michael J. %E Ryus, Paul %E Semler, Conor %E Coffel, Kathryn %T Decision-Making Toolbox to Plan and Manage Park-and-Ride Facilities for Public Transportation: Research Report and Transit Agency Case Studies %D 2017 %U https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/24820/decision-making-toolbox-to-plan-and-manage-park-and-ride-facilities-for-public-transportation-research-report-and-transit-agency-case-studies %> https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/24820/decision-making-toolbox-to-plan-and-manage-park-and-ride-facilities-for-public-transportation-research-report-and-transit-agency-case-studies %I The National Academies Press %C Washington, DC %G English %K Transportation and Infrastructure %P 513 %X TRB's Transit Cooperative Research Program (TCRP) Web-Only Document 69: Decision-Making Toolbox to Plan and Manage Park-and-Ride Facilities for Public Transportation: Research Report and Transit Agency Case Studies supplements TCRP Research Report 192: Decision-Making Toolbox to Plan and Manage Park-and-Ride Facilities for Public Transportation: Guidebook on Planning and Managing Park-and-Ride. TCRP Web-Only Document 69 presents information gathered in the development of the guidebook, summarizes the technical research, and presents the in-depth park-and-ride case studies. %0 Book %A Transportation Research Board %A National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine %T Transit-Oriented Development in the United States: Experiences, Challenges, and Prospects %D 2004 %U https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/23360/transit-oriented-development-in-the-united-states-experiences-challenges-and-prospects %> https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/23360/transit-oriented-development-in-the-united-states-experiences-challenges-and-prospects %I The National Academies Press %C Washington, DC %G English %K Transportation and Infrastructure %P 524 %X TRB's Transit Cooperative Research Program (TCRP) Report 102: Transit-Oriented Development in the United States--Experiences, Challenges, and Prospects examines the state of the practice and the benefits of transit-oriented development and joint development throughout the United States. %0 Book %A National Research Council %T Urban Stormwater Management in the United States %@ 978-0-309-12539-0 %D 2009 %U https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/12465/urban-stormwater-management-in-the-united-states %> https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/12465/urban-stormwater-management-in-the-united-states %I The National Academies Press %C Washington, DC %G English %K Environment and Environmental Studies %P 610 %X The rapid conversion of land to urban and suburban areas has profoundly altered how water flows during and following storm events, putting higher volumes of water and more pollutants into the nation's rivers, lakes, and estuaries. These changes have degraded water quality and habitat in virtually every urban stream system. The Clean Water Act regulatory framework for addressing sewage and industrial wastes is not well suited to the more difficult problem of stormwater discharges. This book calls for an entirely new permitting structure that would put authority and accountability for stormwater discharges at the municipal level. A number of additional actions, such as conserving natural areas, reducing hard surface cover (e.g., roads and parking lots), and retrofitting urban areas with features that hold and treat stormwater, are recommended. %0 Book %A National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine %E DeVoe, Jennifer E. %E Geller, Amy %E Negussie, Yamrot %T Vibrant and Healthy Kids: Aligning Science, Practice, and Policy to Advance Health Equity %@ 978-0-309-49338-3 %D 2019 %U https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/25466/vibrant-and-healthy-kids-aligning-science-practice-and-policy-to %> https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/25466/vibrant-and-healthy-kids-aligning-science-practice-and-policy-to %I The National Academies Press %C Washington, DC %G English %K Health and Medicine %P 620 %X Children are the foundation of the United States, and supporting them is a key component of building a successful future. However, millions of children face health inequities that compromise their development, well-being, and long-term outcomes, despite substantial scientific evidence about how those adversities contribute to poor health. Advancements in neurobiological and socio-behavioral science show that critical biological systems develop in the prenatal through early childhood periods, and neurobiological development is extremely responsive to environmental influences during these stages. Consequently, social, economic, cultural, and environmental factors significantly affect a child's health ecosystem and ability to thrive throughout adulthood. Vibrant and Healthy Kids: Aligning Science, Practice, and Policy to Advance Health Equity builds upon and updates research from Communities in Action: Pathways to Health Equity (2017) and From Neurons to Neighborhoods: The Science of Early Childhood Development (2000). This report provides a brief overview of stressors that affect childhood development and health, a framework for applying current brain and development science to the real world, a roadmap for implementing tailored interventions, and recommendations about improving systems to better align with our understanding of the significant impact of health equity. %0 Book %A National Research Council %T Inquiry and the National Science Education Standards: A Guide for Teaching and Learning %@ 978-0-309-06476-7 %D 2000 %U https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/9596/inquiry-and-the-national-science-education-standards-a-guide-for %> https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/9596/inquiry-and-the-national-science-education-standards-a-guide-for %I The National Academies Press %C Washington, DC %G English %K Education %P 222 %X Humans, especially children, are naturally curious. Yet, people often balk at the thought of learning science—the "eyes glazed over" syndrome. Teachers may find teaching science a major challenge in an era when science ranges from the hardly imaginable quark to the distant, blazing quasar. Inquiry and the National Science Education Standards is the book that educators have been waiting for—a practical guide to teaching inquiry and teaching through inquiry, as recommended by the National Science Education Standards. This will be an important resource for educators who must help school boards, parents, and teachers understand "why we can't teach the way we used to." "Inquiry" refers to the diverse ways in which scientists study the natural world and in which students grasp science knowledge and the methods by which that knowledge is produced. This book explains and illustrates how inquiry helps students learn science content, master how to do science, and understand the nature of science. This book explores the dimensions of teaching and learning science as inquiry for K-12 students across a range of science topics. Detailed examples help clarify when teachers should use the inquiry-based approach and how much structure, guidance, and coaching they should provide. The book dispels myths that may have discouraged educators from the inquiry-based approach and illuminates the subtle interplay between concepts, processes, and science as it is experienced in the classroom. Inquiry and the National Science Education Standards shows how to bring the standards to life, with features such as classroom vignettes exploring different kinds of inquiries for elementary, middle, and high school and Frequently Asked Questions for teachers, responding to common concerns such as obtaining teaching supplies. Turning to assessment, the committee discusses why assessment is important, looks at existing schemes and formats, and addresses how to involve students in assessing their own learning achievements. In addition, this book discusses administrative assistance, communication with parents, appropriate teacher evaluation, and other avenues to promoting and supporting this new teaching paradigm.