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.
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.
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:
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)
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.
Download or read book Applying Cognitive Science to Education written by Frederick Reif and published by MIT Press. This book was released on 2008 with total page 491 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An accessible introduction to some of the cognitive issues important for thinking and learning in scientific or other complex domains (such as mathematics, physics, chemistry, engineering, or expository writing), with practical educational applications and implementation methods. Many students find it difficult to learn the kind of knowledge and thinking required by college or high school courses in mathematics, science, or other complex domains. Thus they often emerge with significant misconceptions, fragmented knowledge, and inadequate problem-solving skills. Most instructors or textbook authors approach their teaching efforts with a good knowledge of their field of expertise but little awareness of the underlying thought processes and kinds of knowledge required for learning in scientific domains. In this book, Frederick Reif presents an accessible coherent introduction to some of the cognitive issues important for thinking and learning in scientific or other complex domains (such as mathematics, science, physics, chemistry, biology, engineering, or expository writing). Reif, whose experience teaching physics at the University of California led him to explore the relevance of cognitive science to education, examines with some care the kinds of knowledge and thought processes needed for good performance; discusses the difficulties faced by students trying to deal with unfamiliar scientific domains; describes some explicit teaching methods that can help students learn the requisite knowledge and thinking skills; and indicates how such methods can be implemented by instructors or textbook authors. Writing from a practically applied rather than predominantly theoretical perspective, Reif shows how findings from recent research in cognitive science can be applied to education. He discusses cognitive issues related to the kind of knowledge and thinking skills that are needed for science or mathematics courses in high school or colleges and that are essential prerequisites for more advanced intellectual performance. In particular, he argues that a better understanding of the underlying cognitive mechanisms should help to achieve a more scientific approach to science education.
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:
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.
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)
Download or read book Thinking Skills written by John Butterworth and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2013-04-18 with total page 353 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Thinking Skills, second edition, is the only endorsed book offering complete coverage of the Cambridge International AS and A Level syllabus.
Download or read book Engaging Young Engineers written by Angela Stone-MacDonald and published by . This book was released on 2015-06-30 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This title provides instruction on how to teach problem solving and critical thinking to young children (birth to 5) using engineering, science, and routines as a framework. The engineering process is an ideal framework for designing learning experiences that support science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) learning and cognitive development for young children. Young children problem-solve in their daily play, and teachers and caregivers can promote the development of problem solving and critical thinking skills through intentional activities that support young children's brain development and prepare them for kindergarten. Key activities are outlined for each age group, with information on how each activity teaches young children to be curious, persistent, flexible, reflective, and collaborative. This title also provides specific guidance for supporting problem solving and science learning in inclusive classrooms using the universal design for learning (UDL) model, and it helps teachers to prepare children to work towards the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) for kindergarten math and the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) for kindergarten science. This title can serve as a supplemental text for early childhood curriculum or instructional methods courses"--
Download or read book Science for Critical Thinkers written by Trudy Phillips and published by . This book was released on 2016-09-09 with total page 450 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: FULL COLOR VERSION. A BLACK AND WHITE VERSION IS ALSO AVAILABLE FOR PURCHASE."Science for Critical Thinkers" is a comprehensive approach to developing student's critical thinking skills in science. Written by two science educators with over 30 years combined teaching experience in middle and high school instruction, the book promises to educate and develop young minds ages 10-13, to think as scientists do. This 450-pages, full color science resource is a complete curriculum for private and homeschools alike. It contains four years of science study conveniently packaged into one book; the Nature of Science, Physical Science, Life Science and Earth and Space Science. An exceptional value for discerning parents. Students utilize the text from late elementary school straight through middle school. Each unit is composed of labs kids can do at home, enrichment activities, critical thinking activities, a science art project, an engineering project, an oral skill building activity, writing activities, observation activities, online activities, practice questions with an answer key, problem solving questions and more than enough content to start properly developing scientific thinking. The book also contains a science pre-test to assess student's prior knowledge before beginning the curriculum; a comprehensive glossary, a calculations section; instructions on how to use the book, instructions for answering questions scientifically; and graph paper for graphing activities. Content is presented in a ready-to-use and easy-to-understand format. From the onset of the course students start applying the scientific method in the design of their own controlled experiment. They use a science journal for recording observations, data, and completing their laboratory exercises. 18 inquiry and science process skills are presented to master. These include classifying, collecting data, hypothesizing, identifying and controlling variables, and more. Students develop a discipline of scientific thinking as they participate in activities outlined in each unit. They will take what they routinely learn with the curriculum and use it to apply science reasoning to the real life situations they encounter. The world becomes their classroom as students begin to question, investigate, explore and make discoveries on their own initiative. Online and library research is encouraged as students begin to think about science in more enlightened and intuitive ways. Pushing a cart in the supermarket will have them thinking about Newton's laws of motion. When they see their cuts and bruises healing nicely, they will think about the process of mitosis. Learning about science from a critical thinking perspective helps kids to improve their problem solving abilities and allow them to think systematically and logically when dealing with issues of a practical and intellectual nature. The text provides excellent preparation for a systematic study of science later in the high school years.
Download or read book Developing Critical Thinking Through Science written by June Main and published by Critical Thinking Books & Software. This book was released on 1991 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contains standards-based activities for the physical sciences that help students learn the scientific method and develop analysis skills that can be applied to science and other subjects.
Download or read book Succeeding with Inquiry in Science and Math Classrooms written by Jeff C. Marshall and published by ASCD. This book was released on 2013 with total page 171 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Thinking critically. Communicating effectively. Collaborating productively. Students need to develop proficiencies while mastering the practices, concepts, and ideas associated with mathematics and science. Successful students must be able to work with large data sets, design experiments, and apply what they're learning to solve real-world problems. Research shows that inquiry-based instruction boosts students' critical thinking skills and promotes the kind of creative problem solving that turns the classroom into an energized learning environment. No matter what your experience with inquiry-based instruction, Succeeding with Inquiry in Science and Math Classrooms will help hone your ability to plan and implement high-quality lessons that engage students and improve learning"--Provided by publisher.
Download or read book The Science of Problem Solving written by Mike Watts and published by Weidenfeld & Nicolson. This book was released on 1991 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Problem solving is a topical teaching method employed in science education. This book looks at individual and group learning in science education. Teaching strategies are fully illustrated with descriptions of projects, role play and coursework. The book stresses the importance of classroom tasks.
Download or read book Collaboration Communications and Critical Thinking written by Dennis Adams and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2019-05-10 with total page 189 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book makes a case for a STEM-based approach across the curriculum by highlighting the potential impacts of rapid societal change, newly emerging information technologies, and the increasing demand for a new generation of skillful and well-rounded citizens and workers. The book discusses how thinking skills, collaborative learning, communications-related information technologies, science and math, language and literacy, and arts education can be used as mutually reinforcing instruments in preparing young learners. The role of the family, teachers, and school administration in creating an environment where young students can stand a chance is also articulated. Above all, the book reiterates the value of pedagogically attuned teachers who are sensitive to the diversity of backgrounds and capabilities of students. They will oversee and guide the transformation of young learners who will be trained to trust their creativity, humanity, and critical thinking skills in navigating the 21st century world.
Download or read book Breakthroughs in Science written by Nancy F. Knapp and published by McGraw-Hill Education. This book was released on 2001-02-09 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Breakthroughs helps students master the essentials of math and problem-solving, sharpens critical-thinking skills for social studies, science, and reading, and develops effective writing skills.
