Selecting instructional materials : a guide for K-12 science / Committee on Developing the Capacity to Select Effective Instructional Materials, Center for Science, Mathematics, and Engineering Education, National Research Council ; Maxine Singer and Jan Tuomi, editors.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Center for Science, Mathematics, and Engineering Education. Committee on Developing the Capacity to Select Effective Instructional Materials.

Contributor:

Singer, Maxine.

Tuomi, Jan.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Science--Study and teaching--United States--Aids and devices.

Science.

Science--Study and teaching--Aids and devices--Purchasing--United States.

Physical Description:

xi, 121 p. : ill.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : National Academy Press, c1999.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The National Science Education Standards set broad content goals for teaching grades K-12. For science teaching programs to achieve these goals-indeed, for science teaching to be most effective-teachers and students need textbooks, lab kits, videos, and other materials that are clear, accurate, and help students achieve the goals set by the standards. Selecting Instructional Materials provides a rigorously field-tested procedure to help education decisionmakers evaluate and choose materials for the science classroom. The recommended procedure is unique, adaptable to local needs, and realistic given the time and money limitations typical to school districts. This volume includes a guide outlining the entire process for school district facilitators, and provides review instruments for each step. It critically reviews the current selection process for science teaching materials-in the 20 states where the state board of education sets forth a recommended list and in the 30 states where materials are selected entirely by local decisionmakers. Selecting Instructional Materials explores how purchasing decisions are influenced by parent attitudes, political considerations, and the marketing skills of those who produce and sell science teaching materials. It will be indispensable to state and local education decisionmakers, science program administrators and teachers, and science education advocates.

Contents:

Front Matter

Preface

Acknowledgments

Contents

Section I Developing the Capacity for Selecting Effective Instructional Materials

1 The Relationship of Instructional Materials to Achieving K-12 Science Standards

2 A Review of National Efforts to Evaluate Instructional Materials

3 The Development of a Guide for Evaluating Instructional Materials

Section II Recommended Processes and Tools

4 Guide to Selecting Instructional Materials

5 Resources for Training

Contact Information

References

Index.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. 113-116) and index.

ISBN:

9780309172875

030917287X

9780309519342

0309519349

9780585192437

058519243X

OCLC:

923257788