Eight Essentials of Inquiry-Based Science, K-8 [Paperback]

This guide provides clear and simple explanations for engaging students in meaningful and hands-on, minds-on ways of understanding science.

This guide provides clear and simple explanations for engaging students in meaningful and hands-on, minds-on ways of understanding science.

Eight Essentials of Inquiry -Based Science offers a crisp rationale and approach to the teaching of science that is meaningful, authentic, and exciting for students. Hammerman brings the complexities of science pedagogy and research to life and presents important ideas about teaching and learning in a manner that is easy to digest and apply. This is a timely book for it provides an answer to the many demands placed on teachers and students. A user-friendly resource book full of useful tips for tapping into students' natural inquisitiveness. Includes sample activities, probing discussion questions, and graphic organizer templates for recording data and tracking student assessment. Foreword - Robert E. Yager
Preface: Improving Student Achievement Through Professional Development
Rationale for Professional Development in Science
Themes and Threads
The Goals of Eight Essentials
Using Eight Essentials of Inquiry-Based Science in Study Groups and Professional Development Initiatives
An I.D.E.A. Approach
The Eight Essentials of Inquiry-Based Science
Introduction: Inquiry-Based Science and the Inquiry Classroom
Defining Inquiry-Based Science
Inquiry as a Process for Learning
Teaching Thinking Through Inquiry
Teaching Scientific Habits of Mind Through Inquiry
Guiding and Facilitating Learning Through Inquiry
Implications for the Classroom
Using Eight Essentials as Criteria for Assessing Curriculum & Informing Instruction
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