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Elliott, Leslie Atkins; Jaxon, Kim; Salter, Irene – Teachers College Press, 2016
Offering expertise in the teaching of writing (Kim Jaxon) and the teaching of science (Leslie Atkins Elliott and Irene Salter), this book will help instructors create classrooms in which students use writing to learn and think scientifically. The authors provide concrete approaches for engaging students in practices that mirror the work that…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Technical Writing, Writing Instruction, Science Curriculum
Randall, David; Welser, Christopher – National Association of Scholars, 2018
A reproducibility crisis afflicts a wide range of scientific and social-scientific disciplines, from epidemiology to social psychology. Improper research techniques, lack of accountability, disciplinary and political groupthink, and a scientific culture biased toward producing positive results together have produced a critical state of affairs.…
Descriptors: Scientific Methodology, Replication (Evaluation), Scientific Research, Guidelines
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Llevot-Calvet, Núria, Ed. – IntechOpen, 2018
In a plural, complex, and diverse society, the school faces many challenges. Teachers must prepare their students for future professions, unthinkable nowadays, and the digital competences of teachers and students are one of the axes of an advanced school. This book presents a set of works rigorously elaborated by authors of different disciplines,…
Descriptors: Information Technology, Electronic Learning, Educational Quality, Technology Integration
Pellegrino, James W., Ed.; Wilson, Mark R., Ed.; Koenig, Judith A., Ed.; Beatty, Alexandra S., Ed. – National Academies Press, 2014
Assessments, understood as tools for tracking what and how well students have learned, play a critical role in the classroom. "Developing Assessments for the Next Generation Science Standards" develops an approach to science assessment to meet the vision of science education for the future as it has been elaborated in "A Framework…
Descriptors: Test Construction, Student Evaluation, Science Education, Academic Standards
Saleh, Issa M., Ed.; Khine, Myint Swe, Ed. – IAP - Information Age Publishing, Inc., 2011
The research into how students' attitudes affect their learning of science related subjects has been one of the core areas of interest by science educators. The development in science education records various attempts in measuring attitudes and determining the correlations between behavior, achievements, career aspirations, gender identity and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Indigenous Populations, Student Attitudes, Scientific Attitudes
Glasgow, Neal A.; Cheyne, Michele; Yerrick, Randy K. – Corwin, 2010
The experience and science expertise of these award-winning authors makes this easy-to-use guide a teacher's treasure trove. This latest edition to the popular What Successful Teachers Do series describes 75 research-based strategies and outlines best practices for inquiry-oriented science. Each strategy includes a brief description of the…
Descriptors: Self Efficacy, Scientific Methodology, Formative Evaluation, Cooperative Learning
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics, 2006
Making connections becomes increasingly important as students proceed through middle school and high school. This book shows ways of embedding connective processes in instruction in grades 9-12. Problems invite mathematical modeling, unify diverse content, call for different representations, and encourage students to look back at their work to…
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Book Reviews, Textbook Content, Mathematics Activities