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Teaching science for understanding : a human constructivist view /

Science education has undergone a revolution in recent years, shifting its emphasis from breadth and memorization to depth and understanding. Teaching Science for Understanding begins with an overview of the changes in science education. It then presents a review of each major instructional strategy...

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Corporate Authors: Elsevier Science & Technology
Group Author: Mintzes, Joel J; Wandersee, James H; Novak, Joseph Donald
Published: Academic Press,
Publisher Address: San Diego, CA :
Publication Dates: 1998.
Literature type: eBook
Language: English
Series: Educational psychology series
Subjects:
Science > Study and teaching
Constructivism Education
Sciences > E tude et enseignement
Constructivisme E ducation
SCIENCE > Study & Teaching
Begrip
Leerstrategiee n
Onderwijsmethoden
Computersimulaties
Verhaltenswissenschaften
Wo rterbuch
Electronic books
Online Access: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/book/9780124983601
Summary: Science education has undergone a revolution in recent years, shifting its emphasis from breadth and memorization to depth and understanding. Teaching Science for Understanding begins with an overview of the changes in science education. It then presents a review of each major instructional strategy, information about how it is best used, and the effectiveness of the strategies for understanding and retention of information. The book presents the main strategies used to achieve this depth of understanding, including the use of computer simulations, small laboratories, and journal writing, an
Carrier Form: 1 online resource (360 pages).
ISBN: 9780124983601
012498360X
0585492255
9780585492254
Index Number: LB1585
CLC: N4
Contents: Theoretical and Empirical Foundations of Human Constructivism: -- J.D. Novak, The Pursuit of a Dream: Education Can Be Improved. -- J.J. Mintzes and J.H. Wandersee, Reform and Innovation in Science Teaching: A Human Constructivist View. -- J.J. Mintzes and J.H. Wandersee, Research in Science Teaching and Learning: A Human Constructivist View. -- Theory-Driven Intervention Strategies: -- J.E. Trowbridge and J.H. Wandersee, Theory-Driven Graphic Organizers. -- R.F. Gunstone and I.J. Mitchell, Metacognition and Conceptual Change. -- J. Nussbaum, History and Philosophy of Science and the Prepara
Pursuit of a dream /
Reform and innovation in science teaching ;
Research in science teaching and learning /
Theory-driven graphic organizers /
Metacognition and conceptual change /
History and philosophy of science and the preparation for constructivist teaching /
Case for analogies in teaching science for understanding /
Computer as a powerful tool for understanding science /

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