Teaching Problem Solving And Thinking Skills Through Science

Author : Belle Wallace
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1136606955
Total Pages : 165 pages
Book Rating : 4.53/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Teaching Problem-Solving and Thinking Skills through Science written by Belle Wallace and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-02-01 with total page 165 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This highly practical resource book presents ways in which teachers can help to develop children's problem-solving and thinking skills through a range of exciting science topics. The book contains classroom-based activities which have been trialled and evaluated by teachers and children, and helpfully shows how the skills developed through rigorous scientific investigations can be used across all areas of the curriculum. The scientific curriculum requirements are extended with exciting and inspiring problem-solving activities that use scientific skills, for example: fair-testing pattern-seeking surveying classifying and identifying investigations over time designing testing and adapting an artefact open-ended exploration The book contains learning objectives for each activity, step by step guidelines for carrying out each problem-solving activity, basic equipment that's needed, examples of learner's work and guidelines for assessment. This book is a must-buy for all early years and primary school teachers keen to encourage an inclusive but differentiated approach to the development of problem-solving and thinking skills in their pupils.

Author : Barbara F. Backer
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 36 pages
Book Rating : 4.63/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Problem Solving Safari written by Barbara F. Backer and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Provides easy steps for encouraging children ages 3 to 5 to begin problem solving on their own.

Author : Angela K Stone-MacDonald, PH D
Publisher : Brookes Publishing Company
ISBN 13 : 9781681257495
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.91/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Engaging Young Engineers written by Angela K Stone-MacDonald, PH D and published by Brookes Publishing Company. This book was released on 2024 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Ronald Narode
Publisher : NEA Professional Library
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 52 pages
Book Rating : 4.70/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Teaching Thinking Skills written by Ronald Narode and published by NEA Professional Library. This book was released on 1987 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This document addresses some of the factors involved in teaching critical thinking skills in the science classroom. It contains sections that deal with: (1) pair problem solving--creating a Socratic learning environment (emphasizes the role of the teacher); (2) writing to learn science (the thought-process protocol); (3) integrating science process skills into the regular curriculum; (4) thinking skills in content area instruction; (5) activity-based elementary science instruction; (6) improving students visual-spatial abilities; (7) using heuristics (including concept mapping and the Vee diagram); (8) the role of student misconceptions in teaching critical thinking; (9) multiple representations as an important instrucational tool; (10) the laboratory as a place where students can make discoveries; (11) the learning cycle of the Science Curriculum Improvement Study (SCIS) which includes exploration, innovation, and discovery; and (12) classroom management issues. A bibliography is also included. (TW)

Author : Anton E. Lawson
Publisher : Wadsworth Publishing
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 628 pages
Book Rating : 4.49/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Science Teaching and the Development of Thinking written by Anton E. Lawson and published by Wadsworth Publishing. This book was released on 1995 with total page 628 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: To provide future science teachers with the methods and tools to present science, this text integrates new methods and theories with more traditional existing programs to meet the needs of almost every instructor. It encourages personal development of critical-thinking skills in students as well as professional development for the future teacher by encouraging establishment of curriculum guidelines. The text also stresses an active learning environment by utilizing learning cycles and in-depth science investigation activities.

Author : Diane F. Halpern
Publisher : Psychology Press
ISBN 13 : 9780805810530
Total Pages : 172 pages
Book Rating : 4.36/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Enhancing Thinking Skills in the Sciences and Mathematics written by Diane F. Halpern and published by Psychology Press. This book was released on 1992 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In recent years national and international reports have been issued that speak of the sad state of the educational system in the United States and the desperate need for reform in teaching science and mathematics. Cognitive psychologists and mathematics and science educators have responded to this need by designing instructional programs that are more compatible with our knowledge of how people acquire, use, and retain knowledge. Many of the guiding principles that underlie these programs are presented in this volume such as teaching comprehension of scientific text through a problem-solving approach: problem planning and representation, selection of relevant information, and simultaneous monitoring of both the specifics of the problem and the mental processes being used to solve it.

Author : Ronald D. Anderson
Publisher : Prentice Hall
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 394 pages
Book Rating : 4.52/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Developing Children's Thinking Through Science written by Ronald D. Anderson and published by Prentice Hall. This book was released on 1970 with total page 394 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Dennis Holley
Publisher : Critical Thinking Books & Software
ISBN 13 : 9780894556791
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.97/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Sciencewise written by Dennis Holley and published by Critical Thinking Books & Software. This book was released on 1999 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This science activity book, for grades 8-12, can be used to teach students the thinking skills they will need to undertake scientific exploration on their own. The skills they develop will improve their science abilities and enhance their overall academic performance. This book is divided into two sections: (1) "Dynamo Demos", teacher-led demonstration and discussion activities that teach students scientific process skills; and (2) "Creative Challenges" in which students use a combination of solution-generation and trial-and-error to design and develop their own experiments to solve a specific problem. (WRM)

Author : National Research Council
Publisher : National Academies Press
ISBN 13 : 0309254140
Total Pages : 282 pages
Book Rating : 4.44/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Discipline-Based Education Research written by National Research Council and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2012-08-27 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The National Science Foundation funded a synthesis study on the status, contributions, and future direction of discipline-based education research (DBER) in physics, biological sciences, geosciences, and chemistry. DBER combines knowledge of teaching and learning with deep knowledge of discipline-specific science content. It describes the discipline-specific difficulties learners face and the specialized intellectual and instructional resources that can facilitate student understanding. Discipline-Based Education Research is based on a 30-month study built on two workshops held in 2008 to explore evidence on promising practices in undergraduate science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education. This book asks questions that are essential to advancing DBER and broadening its impact on undergraduate science teaching and learning. The book provides empirical research on undergraduate teaching and learning in the sciences, explores the extent to which this research currently influences undergraduate instruction, and identifies the intellectual and material resources required to further develop DBER. Discipline-Based Education Research provides guidance for future DBER research. In addition, the findings and recommendations of this report may invite, if not assist, post-secondary institutions to increase interest and research activity in DBER and improve its quality and usefulness across all natural science disciples, as well as guide instruction and assessment across natural science courses to improve student learning. The book brings greater focus to issues of student attrition in the natural sciences that are related to the quality of instruction. Discipline-Based Education Research will be of interest to educators, policy makers, researchers, scholars, decision makers in universities, government agencies, curriculum developers, research sponsors, and education advocacy groups.

Author : Wim H. Gijselaers
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 9401585458
Total Pages : 504 pages
Book Rating : 4.53/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Educational Innovation in Economics and Business Administration: written by Wim H. Gijselaers and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2013-03-09 with total page 504 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: During the last few years economics and business education have emerged as one of the largest fields of study in higher education. At the same time, the pressing concern for improving the quality of higher education has led to a definite need for more knowledge about effective instruction and innovation in economics and business education. The book brings together many examples of reform in economics and business education. Special attention is paid to the problem-based learning approach, which over the past ten years, has developed as a very important innovation in higher education. The book contains contributions from a variety of institutions on the necessity of curriculum reform, the choice of instructional methods, assessment and testing, and management of change. It is of interest for teachers in higher education, educational psychologists, and any person interested in educational innovation in economics and business administration.