Science Learning and Instruction

✍ Scribed by Linn, Marcia C. Linn, Bat-Sheva Eylon

• Publisher: Taylor and Francis
• Year: 2009
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 360
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Science Learning and Instruction describes advances in understanding the nature of science learning and their implications for the design of science instruction. The authors show how design patterns, design principles, and professional development opportunities coalesce to create and sustain effective instruction in each primary scientific domain: earth science, life science, and physical science. Calling for more in depth and less fleeting coverage of science topics in order to accomplish knowledge integration, the book highlights the importance of designing the instructional materials, the examples that are introduced in each scientific domain, and the professional development that accompanies these materials. It argues that unless all these efforts are made simultaneously, educators cannot hope to improve science learning outcomes. The book also addresses how many policies, including curriculum, standards, guidelines, and standardized tests, work against the goal of integrative understanding, and discusses opportunities to rethink science education policies based on research findings from instruction that emphasizes such understanding.

✦ Table of Contents

TITLE......Page 4
COPYRIGHT......Page 5
CONTENTS......Page 8
PREFACE......Page 10
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS......Page 16
1 INTRODUCTION AND OVERVIEW......Page 22
2 TYPICAL INSTRUCTIONAL PATTERNS......Page 51
3 TRANSFORMING SCIENCE INSTRUCTION WITH TECHNOLOGY: A Thermodynamics Case Study......Page 79
4 PARTICULATE STRUCTURE OF MATTER: A Case Study......Page 105
5 KNOWLEDGE INTEGRATION PRINCIPLES AND PATTERNS......Page 123
6 LECTURES AND TECHNOLOGY......Page 146
7 EXPERIMENTATION AND KNOWLEDGE INTEGRATION......Page 169
8 MAKING VISUALIZATIONS VALUABLE......Page 207
9 COLLABORATION FOR KNOWLEDGE INTEGRATION......Page 239
10 PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT FOR KNOWLEDGE INTEGRATION......Page 269
11 THE CASE FOR KNOWLEDGE INTEGRATION......Page 301
REFERENCES......Page 321
INDEX......Page 356