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Direct linkMacConnell, 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
Peer reviewedHueppauff, 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
Dullard, Heath; Oliver, Mary – Teaching Science, 2012
"I can feel it making my brain bigger": from a Year 8 student at Pinjarra Senior High School (SHS) halfway through the two-year Thinking Science Program. Pinjarra was a pilot school for the program in 2009/10 and a growing number of schools in Western Australia (WA) are implementing this program in Years Seven to Nine as part of the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Foreign Countries, Science Curriculum, Science Programs
Subramaniam, Karthigeyan – Clearing House: A Journal of Educational Strategies, Issues and Ideas, 2012
This article examines the merits of WebQuests in facilitating students' in-depth understanding of science concepts using the four principles of learning gathered from the National Research Council reports "How People Learn: Brain, Mind, Experience, and School" (1999) and the "How Students Learn: Science in the Classroom" (2005) as an analytic…
Descriptors: Scientific Principles, Courseware, Classroom Techniques, Scientific Concepts
Roman, Harry T. – Technology and Engineering Teacher, 2011
In this article, the author suggests a classroom challenge that will engage students in designing a house on the hill. He suggests teachers ask a local builder to come to the school to discuss the kinds of concerns that must be dealt with when building homes in cold environments. The use of dioramas and cardboard scale models would be very useful…
Descriptors: Building Design, Creative Thinking, Thinking Skills, Science Process Skills
Delcham, Hendrick; Sezer, Renan – Education, 2010
Statistics is used in almost every facet of our daily lives: crime reports, election results, environmental/climate change, advances in business, financial planning, and progress in multifarious research. Although understanding statistics is essential for efficient functioning in the modern world (Cerrito 1996), students often do not grasp…
Descriptors: Statistics, Thinking Skills, Introductory Courses, Mathematical Concepts
