| | Bacobooks Combined Shipping - Buy More, Save More!!! Check out my store For more Great Deals!!! | | | | Descriptions: | Pictures: | Comments: We ship fast, usually within 24 hours!! ISBN : 1412924979 Title : Teaching Science in Elementary and Middle School: A Cognitive and Cultural Approach Authors : Dr. Cory A. Buxton/Dr. Eugene F. Provenzo Binding : Paperback Publisher : Sage Publications, Inc Publication Date : 2007-02-26 Pages : 424 Dimension : 9 x 7.2 x 0.9 inches List Price (MSRP) : 82.95 Edition : Condition : Like New Seller SKU: HU-409J-21 Synopsis: (for information only and is not part of the discription)
Grounded in a social and historical context, this unique book encourages readers to think like scientists…
Teaching Science in Elementary and Middle School: A Cognitive and Cultural Approach offers pre-service and in-service elementary and middle school teachers of science practical strategies for the classroom as well as a better understanding of the role of science in our day-to-day lives and culture.
Key Features - Prepares teachers with 100 key experiments that teach core, standards-based science concepts within a methods instruction model
- Provides an introduction to the historical, social, cultural, and linguistic construction of science in American culture-in particular, how it functions as a human endeavor
- Emphasizes the idea that science is connected to the world around us through reflection case studies
- Stresses the development of the basic principles underlying scientific methods of thought and inquiry
- Integrates standards in other content areas through “Theory Into Practice� boxes.
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- Instructor’s Resources CD: Available by contacting SAGE, this CD offers PowerPoint® lecture slides, a teaching guide for the science standards-based lesson plan project, video clips of select experiments, Theory Into Practice resources, Reflections on Science assignments, Web resources, and a test bank.
- Student Resource CD: Bound into the back of the text, this CD provides students with video clips to illustrate select experiments from the text, as well as other key science concepts. A guide accompanies the video clips to assist student learning.
- Web-Based Student Study Site, http://www.sagepub.com/buxtonstudy: This site provides a variety of additional resources that will enhance students’ understanding of the book content and take their learning one step further.
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