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Direct linkBrown, Patrick L.; Friedrichsen, Patricia M. – Science Activities: Classroom Projects and Curriculum Ideas, 2011
One proven strategy to help students make sense of abstract concepts is to sequence instruction so students have exploratory opportunities to investigate science before being introduced to new science explanations (Abraham and Renner 1986; Renner, Abraham, and Birnie 1988). To help physical science teachers make sense of how to effectively…
Descriptors: Methods Courses, Teacher Education, Physical Sciences, Science Teachers
Hutchison, Charles B.; Padgett, Bobby L., II – Science Activities: Classroom Projects and Curriculum Ideas, 2007
Effective teaching is the art of getting information to the students' memory in an organized manner to facilitate later retrieval. Thanks to advances in cognitive science, one can talk of the science of teaching. A metaphor that captures the work of effective teachers is "teachers as knowledge engineers," which connotes that effective teachers…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Memory, Figurative Language, Teacher Effectiveness
