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6. Books on Teaching Science
Pages 134-147

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From page 134...
... Champagne, and others. Assessment in Elementary School Science Education.
From page 136...
... The articles suggest ways of collecting, caring for, and investigating plants and small animals in the elementary school classroom. The plants and animals featured are easily obtainable.
From page 137...
... This light-hearted but useful book stresses methods for creative teaching to improve the quality of science education for children. Creative Wellspringsfor Science Teaching presents three approaches to teaching science morphological, process, and ideation-generation and outlines classroom activities that enhance each approach.
From page 138...
... Elementary School Science for the '9Os, a collaborative book from the National Center for Improving Science Education, outlines ways for educators to ensure that good science learning is an important part of all children's educational experience. Synthesized from research and reports, the book offers a series of 13 recommendations for educators and administrators.
From page 139...
... Pace: $27.95 (ISBN 1-55542-624-7) The Future of Science in Elementary Schools results from a collaborative effort of the National Center for Improving Science Education and a panel of experts convened to study the improvement of preservice science education for elementary school teachers.
From page 140...
... Pnce: $26.60 (ISBN 0-02-319383-2) Guided Discovery Activitiesfor Elementary School Science contains simple hands-on science activities to develop children's creative problemsolving skills, awareness of the marvels of the universe, and appreciation for how science and scientists work.
From page 141...
... It first reviews the importance of elementary science education and then introduces a broad cluster of teaching skills through step-by-step descriptions and the use of real-life examples. The chapters and exercises should enable teachers to decide what science is basic, useful, and learnable for children; recognize and understand how children learn; use closed-ended and open-ended teaching activities; locate and use a variety of resources; arrange and manage learning centers; and organize and assess science teaching.
From page 142...
... students. Also presented are specific methods for preparing LEP students to read science materials, hands-on activities that are particularly effective for teaching science concepts to LEP students, and 3 detailed examples of science lessons that teach both science content and English.
From page 143...
... 62 pp. Pnce: $3.25 The goal of Mathematics and Sconce: Critical Filters is to provide information helpful for creating equity-based elementary school science instruction.
From page 144...
... 132 pp. Price: $14.40 Science and Technology Education for the Elementary Years Is a policy statement on science education in elementary schools synthesized by a study panel from findings, recommendations, and perspectives of studies and reports.
From page 145...
... Part I discusses the importance of elementary science education and introduces a broad cluster of teaching skills through step-by-step descriptions and the use of real-life examples. The chapters help teachers decide what science is fundamental, useful, and learnable for children; recognize and understand how children learn; use closedended and open-ended teaching activities; locate and use a variety of resources; arrange and manage learning centers; and organize and assess science teaching.
From page 146...
... Pnce: $54.00 (ISBN 0-205-13650-8) Teaching Children Science, a book for preservice and in-service teachers, offers a broad review of elementary school science and ways of teaching it.
From page 147...
... Representing the views of authors, editors, reviewers, and specialists in children's literature and science, the papers consider a variety of topics: what role science books should play in the lives of children, how children learn science, when science books should be introduced, who decides what children should know, why some topics are prevalent in science books, how science authors approach their work, and what is entailed In selecting and editing science books. The editors note that the volume offers few definitive answers and promotes no conclusive account of ways to write, evaluate, or use juvenile science literature.


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