Science as active inquiry : a teacher's guide to the development of effective science teaching /

"A practical guidebook to enable teachers to address their concerns about teaching science as active inquiry, in addition to providing them with the tools and techniques for developing a science program that models how real scientists work"--

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Main Authors: Wassermann, Selma (Author)
Group Author: Ivany, J. W. George, 1938-; Wassermann, Selma.
Published: Rowman & Littlefield,
Publisher Address: Lanham, Maryland :
Publication Dates: [2022]
Literature type: Book
Language: English
Edition: 3rd edition.
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Summary: "A practical guidebook to enable teachers to address their concerns about teaching science as active inquiry, in addition to providing them with the tools and techniques for developing a science program that models how real scientists work"--
Item Description: First edition: 1988. Second edition: 1996.
Carrier Form: xiv, 303 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (pages 295-297) and index.
ISBN: 9781475864854
147586485X
9781475864861
1475864868
Index Number: LB1585
CLC: G623.6
Call Number: G623.6/W322/3rd ed.
Contents: SECTION I: PERSPECTIVES -- 1 Perspectives on science and sciencing -- 2 Perspectives on children -- 3 Perspectives on play -- 4 Perspectives on teaching-for-thinking in sicence -- 5 Perspectives from the classroom: the play-debrief-replay instructional model -- SECTION II: ORGANIZING THE CLASSROOM FOR SCIENCE AS ACTIVE INQUIRY -- 6 Preparing students for sciencing -- 7 Gathering the materials -- 8 Making room for sciencing -- 9 Guidelines and ground rules -- 10 Debriefing: interactions that promote thoughtful inquiry -- 11 Thinking and decision-making in science -- SECTION III: FIFTY-EIGHT SCIENCING ACTIVITIES -- 12 Introduction to the activities -- 13 Category A: wet, wetter, wettest: activities 1-11 -- 14 Category B: No fuss, no muss, no sticky stuff: activities 12-48 -- 15 Category C: who's afraid of spiders? Activities 49-58 -- SECTION IV: JOURNEY INTO THE UNKNOWN -- 16 Evaluating student growth -- 17 Journey into the unknown.