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WISE science : web-based inquiry in the classroom / James D. Slotta, Marcia C. Linn ; foreword by Carol D. Lee.
Van Pelt Library LB1585.7 .S57 2009
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Slotta, James D.
- Series:
- TEC series
- Technology, education--connections
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Science--Computer-assisted instruction.
- Science.
- Science--Study and teaching (Elementary).
- Science--Study and teaching (Secondary).
- Web-based instruction.
- Physical Description:
- xiv, 202 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Teachers College Press, [2009]
- Summary:
- This book shares the lessons learned by a large community of educational researchers and science teachers as they designed, developed, and investigated a new technology-enhanced learning environment known as WISE: The Web-Based Inquiry Science Environment. WISE offers a collection of free, customizable curriculum projects on topics central to the science standards as well as guidance for teachers on how these Internet-based projects can be used to improve learning and instruction in their science classrooms (grades 6-12). Hundreds of teachers and over 100,000 students have learned from WISE projects taught in English, Norwegian, Dutch, German, Hebrew, Chinese, and Korean. Highlights of WISE include:
- A wealth of findings about the WISE curriculum and assessments from 10 years of research funded by the U.S. National Science Foundation.
- A collection of classroom-tested, inquiry-based curriculum projects that are available to every classroom via the Internet, free of charge.
- An accumulation of successful practices, patterns, and principles to guide classroom teachers and curriculum designers.
- Effective models of professional development and school partnerships that support teachers in integrating inquiry-based methods in their own curriculum.
- Key strategies and recommendations for policymakers.
- Contents:
- Teaching and learning science in the 21st century
- WISE: the web-based inquiry science environment
- The knowledge integration approach
- Instructional patterns for knowledge integration
- Designing WISE curriculum: a partnership approach
- What do students learn from WISE?
- Teaching with WISE
- WISE professional development
- Toward the classroom of the future.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 191-194) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780807749494
- 0807749494
- 9780807749500
- 0807749508
- OCLC:
- 301550952
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