Overview

Complete your review of where science education in the U.S. is heading with this wide-ranging look at secondary-level science curriculum, instruction, and assessment. Through lively examples of classroom practice, interviews with award-winning science teachers and science education experts, and a thorough review of the research, discover how science classes are going beyond lectures, textbooks, rote memorization, and lab demonstrations to focus on

• Educating students for a deeper conceptual understanding of science
  
• Engaging students in scientific inquiry in the classroom
  
• Addressing problems with achievement, equity, and resources in science
  
• Using backward design to bring greater coherence to science curriculum
  
• Helping teachers reexamine and improve their practice

(ASCD book, 2007) 7" x 9", 144 pages.

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