Designing coherent science education : implications for curriculum, instruction, and policy / edited by Yael Kali, Marcia C. Linn, and Jo Ellen Roseman ; foreword by Robert Tinker.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Kali, Yael.

Linn, Marcia C.

Roseman, Jo Ellen.

Series:

TEC series

Technology, education-connections, the tec series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Science--Study and teaching--United States.

Science.

Science--Study and teaching.

Science--Computer network resources.

United States.

Computer-assisted instruction--United States.

Computer-assisted instruction.

Curriculum planning--United States.

Curriculum planning.

Physical Description:

xxi, 250 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

New York : Teachers College, Columbia University, [2008]

Summary:

Too often in today's science classes, students learn isolated facts but are unprepared to apply scientific thinking outside of checking off answers on standardized tests. Designing Coherent Science Education demonstrates how effective instruction, supported by research-based curriculum materials and technologies, prepares learners to use scientific principles to make sense of the world around them. Arising from the National Science Foundation-funded Delineating and Evaluating Coherent Instructional Designs for Education (DECIDE) project, this volume brings together experts in curriculum development, technology-assisted learning, diversity, teacher education, and assessment to consider strategies that will help students achieve a more integrated understanding of science.

Contents:

Part I Framing the Argument

1 Learning How to Do Science Education: Four Waves of Reform / Roy D. Pea, Allan Collins 3

2 Characterizing Curriculum Coherence / Jo Ellen Roseman, Marcia C. Linn, Mary Koppal 13

Part II Perspectives on Integrated Understanding and Coherence

3 Designing Learning Environments to Support Students' Integrated Understanding / Joseph S. Krajcik, James D. Slotta, Katherine L. McNeill, Brian J. Reiser 39

4 Designing Science Instruction for Diverse Learners / Erika D. Tate, Douglas B. Clark, James J. Gallagher, David McLaughlin 65

5 Supporting Teachers in Productive Adaptation / Elizabeth A. Davis, Keisha Varma 94

6 Building Leadership for Scaling Science Curriculum Reform / Jane Bowyer, Libby Gerard, Ronald W. Marx 123

7 Assessing Integrated Understanding of Science / George E. DeBoer, Hee-Sun Lee, Freda Husic 153

Part III Synthesis and Policy Implications

8 Synthesizing Design Knowledge / Yael Kali, David Fortus, Tamar Ronen-Fuhrmann 185

9 Policies to Promote Coherence / Marcia C. Linn, Yael Kali, Elizabeth A. Davis, Paul Horwitz 201.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 211-234) and indexes.

ISBN:

0807749133

9780807749135

OCLC:

217262938