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PART 4. ANCILLARY RESOURCES
Pages 304-309

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From page 306...
... This part of the guide provides a quick reference source that answers these initial questions. Teachers can become acquainted with the kinds of resources and programs available throughout the country as well as in their own local areas by leafing through this part of
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... Chapter 10 opens with a section caned the "Complete Regional Listing." This section n O identifies by name, city, and state about 550 facilities in the United States and several in Canada. The institutions whose names appear in boldface type anoroximatelv 300 are ~¢ ~ _ ,, featured in the second section of the chapter the "Select Annotated Listing." This annotated listing focuses on facilities that are making a particularly significant effort to help teachers teach science more effectively.
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... are formal programs such as the National Science Foundation's Teacher Enhancement Program and Comprehensive Partner ships for Mathematics and Science Achievement Program. The second category of resources "Publications/ materials"- includes, for example, periodicals, curriculum units and guidelines, catalogs, and audiovisual and computerbasec3 materials.
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... Readers are encouraged to use what is offered here and to seek out additional sources suitable to meeting their needs for professional development and for assistance in the classroom.
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