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MacConnell, Kristen; Caillier, Stacey – Phi Delta Kappan, 2016
At High Tech Elementary Chula Vista in California, teachers are using improvement science, a method for solving a problem of practice with disciplined inquiry, to help students make their thinking visible. The teachers wanted to increase students' use of how and why language to articulate their thinking; to that end, they have been using short…
Descriptors: Elementary School Science, Science Course Improvement Projects, Thinking Skills, Faculty Development
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Hueppauff, Sonia – Teaching Science, 2016
This article describes key facets of the Cognitive Acceleration through Science Education (CASE), a curriculum that emerged in the United Kingdom, enabling teachers to accelerate the process of cognitive development so that more students could attain the higher-order thinking skills (formal operational thinking) required (Lecky, 2012). CASE, also…
Descriptors: Thinking Skills, Science Education, Science Instruction, Science Process Skills