Learning Science : The Value of Crafting Engagement in Science Environments
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| Title: | Learning Science : The Value of Crafting Engagement in Science Environments |
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| Description: | An innovative, internationally developed system to help advance science learning and instruction for high school students This book tells the story of a $3.6 million research project funded by the National Science Foundation aimed at increasing scientific literacy and addressing global concerns of declining science engagement. Studying dozens of classrooms across the United States and Finland, this international team combines large-scale studies with intensive interviews from teachers and students to examine how to transform science education. Written for teachers, parents, policymakers, and researchers, this book offers solutions for matching science learning and instruction with newly recommended twenty-first-century standards. |
| Authors: | Barbara Schneider, Joseph Krajcik, Jari Lavonen |
| Resource Type: | eBook. |
| Subjects: | Project method in teaching--Case studies, Science--Study and teaching (Secondary)--Case studies, Science--Study and teaching (Secondary)--United States, Science--Study and teaching (Secondary)--Finland |
| Categories: | EDUCATION / Teaching / Subjects / Science & Technology, PSYCHOLOGY / Developmental / Child, SCIENCE / Study & Teaching |
| Database: | eBook Collection (EBSCOhost) |
| Abstract: | An innovative, internationally developed system to help advance science learning and instruction for high school students This book tells the story of a $3.6 million research project funded by the National Science Foundation aimed at increasing scientific literacy and addressing global concerns of declining science engagement. Studying dozens of classrooms across the United States and Finland, this international team combines large-scale studies with intensive interviews from teachers and students to examine how to transform science education. Written for teachers, parents, policymakers, and researchers, this book offers solutions for matching science learning and instruction with newly recommended twenty-first-century standards. |
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| ISBN: | 9780300227383 9780300252736 |
