Exemplary Science in Grades 5-8

by Yager, Robert E.

• ISBN13: 9780873552622
• ISBN10: 0873552628
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2005-09-30
• Publisher: Natl Science Teachers Assn

Table of Contents

Introduction: Implementing the Changes in Middle School Programs Envisioned in the National Science Education Standards: Where Are We Nine Years Later?	vii
Robert E. Yager
Acknowledgments	xiii
Teaching Science With Student Thinking in Mind	1	(12)
Jacqueline Grennon Brooks
Do You See What I See? The Relationship Between a Professional Development Model and Student Achievement	13	(32)
Charlene M. Czerniak
Svetlana Beltyukova
Janet Struble
Jodi J. Haney
Andrew T. Lumpe
Teaching Science With Pictures	45	(14)
Barbara Kay Foots
Finding Out What... and How They Know	59	(10)
Margaret Foss
Mary Reescano
Karl Spencer
Teach Them to Fish	69	(16)
Hector Ibarra
Creating a Classroom Culture of Scientific Practices	85	(14)
Joseph S. Krajcik
Ann M. Novak
Chris Gleason
Jay Mahoney
More Emphasis on Scientific Explanation: Developing Conceptual Understanding and Science Literacy	99	(16)
Joseph S. Krajcik
Elizabeth Birr Moje
LeeAnn M. Sutherland
Alycia Meri-weather
Sheryl Rucker
Paula Sarratt
Yulonda Hines-Hale
Traveling the Inquiry Continuum: Learning Through Teacher Action Research	115	(16)
Alyssia Martinez-Wilkinson
Modeling: Naturally Selecting an Effective Teaching Method	131	(10)
Karen Mesmer
Unlocking the National Science Education Standards with IMaST	141	(12)
Marilyn K. Morey
Richard E. Satchwell
Franzie L. Loepp
Tracy Hornyak
Jim Pilla
Achieving a Vision of Inquiry: Rigorous, Engaging Curriculum and Instruction	153	(10)
Barbara Nagle
Manisha Hariani
Marcelle Siegel
Adapting the JASON Project: Real Science. Real Time. Real Learning	163	(10)
Warren Phillips
``Re-Inventing'' Science Instruction: Inquiry-Based Instruction in a Fifth/Sixth-Grade Classroom	173	(8)
Melissa Rooney
Deborah L. Hanuscin
What Do We Get to Do Today? The Middle School Full Option Science System Program	181	(14)
Terry Shaw
ARIES: Science as Discovery... and Discovery as Science!	195	(14)
R. Bruce Ward
Janice Catledge
Kathy Price
Successes and Continuing Challenges: Meeting the NSES Visions for Improving Science in Middle Schools	209	(7)
Robert E. Yager
Appendix 1 Less Emphasis/More Emphasis Recommendations From the National Science Education Standards	216	(9)
Appendix 2 Contributors List	225	(4)
Index	229