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Thompson, Jessica; Braaten, Melissa; Windschitl, Mark; Sjoberg, Bethany; Jones, Margaret; Martinez, Kristi – Science Teacher, 2009
This article presents a model of collaborative inquiry for groups of science teachers who want to systematically improve their practice through analyses of student work. The five-phase APEX[superscript ST] (Advancing High-Leverage Practices by Examining Student Thinking) model is appropriate for students of all achievement levels. It focuses on…
Descriptors: Science Teachers, Science Education, Inquiry, Communities of Practice
Halversen, Catherine; Tran, Lynn Uyen – New Educator, 2010
Communicating Ocean Sciences to Informal Audiences (COSIA) is a college course that creates and develops partnerships between science educators in informal science education institutions, such as museums, science centers and aquariums, and ocean scientists in colleges and universities. For the course, a scientist and educator team-teach…
Descriptors: Majors (Students), Communication Strategies, Museums, Marine Biology
Elster, Doris – Journal of Biological Education, 2009
Biology in Context ("bik") is a project that aims to improve biology teaching in lower secondary schools in Germany. Based on a theoretical framework derived from the National Educational Standards, four competence areas should be fostered in biology education: subject knowledge; inquiry acquisition; subject-related communication; and…
Descriptors: Formative Evaluation, Interviews, Biology, Foreign Countries
O'Hair, Mary John; Reitzug, Ulrich C. – International Electronic Journal for Leadership in Learning, 2006
One-third of all U.S. school children attend school in rural settings. Rural schools are much poorer than urban America, with most of the poorest counties in the United States located in rural areas. Equity is a concern not only in terms of race, class, gender, disability, and sexual orientation, but also in terms of being geographically located…
Descriptors: Teacher Effectiveness, Social Justice, Social Isolation, Rural Areas