Writing And Learning In The Science Classroom

Author : Carolyn S. Wallace
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 9781402020179
Total Pages : 168 pages
Book Rating : 4.71/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Writing and Learning in the Science Classroom written by Carolyn S. Wallace and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2004-05-19 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume is of interest to science educators, graduate students, and classroom teachers. The book will also be an important addition to any scholarly library focusing on science education, science literacy, and writing. This book is unique in that it synthesizes the research of the three leading researchers in the field of writing to learn science: Carolyn S. Wallace, Brian Hand, and Vaughan Prain. It includes a comprehensive review of salient literature in the field, detailed reports of the authors' own research studies, and current and future issues on writing in science. The book is the first to definitely answer the question, "Does writing improve science learning?". Further, it provides evidence for some of the mechanisms through which learning occurs. It combines both theory and practice in a unique way. Although primarily a tool for research, classroom teachers will also find many practical suggestions for using writing in the science classroom.

Author : Betsy Fulwiler
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780325089348
Total Pages : 192 pages
Book Rating : 4.45/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Writing in Science in Action written by Betsy Fulwiler and published by . This book was released on 2016-07-29 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Kids love hands-on science. Yet too few grow up to be scientists. Kids need to be reading, writing and thinking about science as well as doing it. Writing in Science in Action propels us full throttle into both hands-on and "minds on" science. Rupp Fulwiler show us how to help kids wrap their minds around science, do science and have a blast in the process. If we really want to prepare kids for an increasingly unpredictable future, we need teachers to read this book and share the practices with the budding young scientists in their rooms." -Stephanie Harvey, author of The Comprehension Toolkit Writing in Science in Action, the highly anticipated follow-up resource to Betsy Rupp Fulwiler's landmark book Writing in Science (Heinemann 2007), offers all new field-tested materials, including 10 video episodes that show teachers as they implement her approach in real classrooms with real children. The Writing in Science in Action online resources brings the content to life by providing clear and explicit models of students talking and writing, and teachers providing the scaffolding, modeling, and conferring needed to support those students.You'll see teachers working in diverse settings with a range of learners, including ELLs, students with special needs, and reluctant writers. You'll also see groups of teachers assessing student notebooks and planning instruction based on their assessments. Focusing on science topics that are accessible and familiar, Fulwiler uses carefully interconnected video episodes, student work, and detailed classroom vignettes to take the reader into the complexity of individual classrooms and the practices of skilled teachers. Seeing her approach in action is a powerful teaching tool, and the online resources, used in combination with the practical text, takes Writing in Science to a whole new level. Seeing really is believing. Writing in Science in Action provides clear guidance and structures for classroom practice, with: * specific strategies that can be immediately used in any classroom * step by step instruction on how to use each strategy * ideas for planning, modeling, scaffolding, and assessment * samples of over 100 student notebook entries with commentaries * techniques for working with ELLs, emergent writers, and struggling students.

Author : Carolyn S. Wallace
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 140202018X
Total Pages : 168 pages
Book Rating : 4.86/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Writing and Learning in the Science Classroom written by Carolyn S. Wallace and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2004-03-31 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume is of interest to science educators, graduate students, and classroom teachers. The book will also be an important addition to any scholarly library focusing on science education, science literacy, and writing. This book is unique in that it synthesizes the research of the three leading researchers in the field of writing to learn science: Carolyn S. Wallace, Brian Hand, and Vaughan Prain. It includes a comprehensive review of salient literature in the field, detailed reports of the authors' own research studies, and current and future issues on writing in science. The book is the first to definitely answer the question, "Does writing improve science learning?". Further, it provides evidence for some of the mechanisms through which learning occurs. It combines both theory and practice in a unique way. Although primarily a tool for research, classroom teachers will also find many practical suggestions for using writing in the science classroom.

Author : Leslie Atkins Elliott
Publisher : Teachers College Press
ISBN 13 : 0807775142
Total Pages : 164 pages
Book Rating : 4.41/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Composing Science written by Leslie Atkins Elliott and published by Teachers College Press. This book was released on 2016 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Offering expertise in the teaching of writing (Kim Jaxon) and the teaching of science (Leslie Atkins Elliott and Irene Salter), this book will help instructors create classrooms in which students use writing to learn and think scientifically. The authors provide concrete approaches for engaging students in practices that mirror the work that writing plays in the development and dissemination of scientific ideas, as opposed to replicating the polished academic writing of research scientists. Addressing a range of genres that can help students deepen their scientific reasoning and inquiry, this text includes activities, guidelines, resources, and assessment suggestions. Composing Science is a valuable resource for university-level science faculty, science methods course instructors in teacher preparation programs, and secondary science teachers who have been asked to address the Common Core ELA Standards. Book Features: Provides models for integrating writing into science courses and lesson plans. Focuses on the work that science writing does, both in the development and dissemination of ideas. Addresses the Next Generation Science Standards and the Common Core ELA Standards. Includes samples of student work, classroom transcripts, and photographs that capture the visual elements of science writing. “The pedagogy described in Composing Science doesn’t only recapture the sense of the uncertainty of discovery, it also articulates and examines the social and collaborative writing practices that science uses to produce knowledge and reduce uncertainty. Without question, teachers of science will find this book inspirational and useful, college teachers for sure, but also teachers up and down the curriculum.” —Tom Fox, director, Site Development, National Writing Project “This book will be invaluable, not only for the genuinely new and wonderful ideas for teaching, but also and maybe more for the rich examples from the authors’ classes. Through the lens of writing we see students doing science—and it is truly science—in surprising and delightful ways.” —David Hammer, professor, Tufts University

Author : Kathleen Chamberlain
Publisher : Corwin Press
ISBN 13 : 1452212163
Total Pages : 137 pages
Book Rating : 4.66/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Reading, Writing, and Inquiry in the Science Classroom, Grades 6-12 written by Kathleen Chamberlain and published by Corwin Press. This book was released on 2008-09-26 with total page 137 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This resource covers reading and writing practices, science standards, and sample lessons to help educators successfully integrate literacy and science instruction in any classroom.

Author : Kathleen Kopp
Publisher : Maupin House Publishing, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 1936700492
Total Pages : 122 pages
Book Rating : 4.93/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Strategies for Writing in the Social Studies Classroom written by Kathleen Kopp and published by Maupin House Publishing, Inc.. This book was released on 2013 with total page 122 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Strategies for Writing in the Social Studies Classroom, award-winning author and veteran educator Kathleen Kopp offers simple and practical writing strategies that any social studies teacher can integrate into every phase of the learning process. Writing is a valuable learning tool that can quite effectively--and easily--help students learn and understand social studies content. Teaching it, however, can be challenging for content-area teachers now under pressure from the Common Core Standards' refocused attention on reading and writing. With step-by-step directions, rubrics, student examples, templates, technology tips, and ideas for differentiation, Kopp goes beyond journals or reports to show how social studies teachers can use writing to develop critical-thinking skills, improve understanding of social studies concepts, assess students' progress, and hone skills in content-area writing. Her writing strategies support the Common Core Standards and, because the focus is on applying writing skills--and not teaching writing as an end in itself--social studies teachers can easily incorporate these strategies in any unit of study. This comprehensive resource makes it easy to incorporate writing in your social studies class today--and every day!

Author : Kelly Morgan
Publisher : NSTA Press
ISBN 13 : 1936137534
Total Pages : 78 pages
Book Rating : 4.34/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Mastery Learning in the Science Classroom written by Kelly Morgan and published by NSTA Press. This book was released on 2011 with total page 78 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In these pages, Kelly Morgan presents a compelling case for implementing a mastery learning science classroom and then shows us how to do it. Using research-based student performance data, Morgan compiles impressive statistics that support her assertion, OC Mastery learning results in improved student learning and motivation.OCO Showing challenges as well as benefits, this text covers a step-by-step implementation from the traditional classroom to a mastery classroom."

Author : John T. Bruer
Publisher : MIT Press
ISBN 13 : 9780262521963
Total Pages : 342 pages
Book Rating : 4.62/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Schools for Thought written by John T. Bruer and published by MIT Press. This book was released on 1994 with total page 342 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Schools for Thought provides a straightforward, general introduction to cognitive research and illustrates its importance for educational change. If we want to improve educational opportunities and outcomes for all children, we must start applying what we know about mental functioning--how children think, learn, and remember in our schools. We must apply cognitive science in the classroom. Schools for Thought provides a straightforward, general introduction to cognitive research and illustrates its importance for educational change. Using classroom examples, Bruer shows how applying cognitive research can dramatically improve students' transitions from lower-level rote skills to advanced proficiency in reading, writing, mathematics, and science. Cognitive research, he points out, is also beginning to suggest how we might better motivate students, design more effective tools for assessing them, and improve the training of teachers. He concludes with a chapter on how effective school reform demands that we expand our understanding of teaching and learning and that we think about education in new ways. Debates and discussions about the reform of American education suffer from a lack of appreciation of the complexity of learning and from a lack of understanding about the knowledge base that is available for the improvement of educational practice. Politicians, business leaders, and even many school superintendents, principals, and teachers think that educational problems can be solved by changing school management structures or by creating a market in educational services. Bruer argues that improvement depends instead on changing student-teacher interactions. It is these changes, guided by cognitive research, that will create more effective classroom environments. A Bradford Book

Author : Kathleen Kopp
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781937412029
Total Pages : 112 pages
Book Rating : 4.24/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Strategies for Writing in the Science Classroom written by Kathleen Kopp and published by . This book was released on 2014-05-14 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Writing is a valuable learning tool that can quite effectively and easily help students learn and understand science content. Teaching it, however, can be challenging for content-area teachers now under pressure from the Common Core Standards refocused attention on reading and writing. With step-by-step directions, rubrics, student examples, templates, technology tips, and ideas for differentiation, Kopp goes beyond journals or reports to show how science teachers can use writing to develop critical-thinking skills, improve understanding of scientific concepts, and assess students progress. Her writing strategies support the Common Core Standards and, because the focus is on applying writing skills and not teaching writing as an end in itself science teachers can easily incorporate these strategies in any unit of study. This comprehensive resource makes it easy to incorporate writing in your science class today and every day!"

Author : Daniel L. Argentar
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781949539028
Total Pages : 200 pages
Book Rating : 4.24/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Reading and Writing Strategies for the Secondary Science Classroom in a PLC at Work written by Daniel L. Argentar and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: