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PART 1. INTRODUCTION TO THE GUIDE
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... The central focus of Resourcesfor Teaching Miclclle School Science is to provide guidance in identifying and evaluating middle school science curriculum materials and resources. The volume addresses this objective in the following ways: - It identifies a broad spectrum of middle school science curriculum materials, published from about 1987 to 199S, that are pedagogically and scientifically sound and that are in alignment with the National Science Education Standards.
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... While the materials and resources listed here can be used to improve an existing program or to design a complete curriculum, it should be emphasized that the guide is · ~ nor a recipe tor a middle school science program. Neither the National Science Education Standards nor this guide was designed to prescribe a curriculum.
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... The first Lists and Resource Guides," five contain annotations to cur- · Chapter 9, "Periodicals." riculum materials, arranged by scientific discipline or field. These six chapters are Part 3, "Reference Materi als," includes three chapters Chapter I, "Physical Science," Chapter 2, "Life Science," Chapter 3, "Environmental Science," Chapter 4, "Earth and Space Science," Chapter 5, "Multidisciplinary and Applied Science," Chapter 6, "Sources of Information on Educational Software and Multimedia Programs." Chapter 7 focuses on reference materials that offer guidance in learning theory and pedagogical techniques specificaBy for the middle school teacher.
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... Title, name, and subject indexes are included, as well as special indexes that focus on particular aspects of the curriculum materials for example, on the core and supplementary materials according to the content standards they address. Go indexes help readers locate materials at a specific grade level in a specific area of science.
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