Title:
Teaching high school science through inquiry : a case study approach
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Publication Information:
Thousand Oaks : Corwin Press ; [Arlington, Va.], 2005
ISBN:
9780761939382
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Summary
Summary
This is the secondary school l version of Llewellyn′s strong Corwin debut Inquire Within: Implementing Inquiry-Based Science Standards (2000). This book focuses on raising a teacher′s capacity to teach science through an inquiry-based process, implementing inquiry as stated by the national standards.
Table of Contents
| Preface |
| A Call for Instructional Reform |
| Who Should Read This Book? |
| Contents |
| Acknowledgments |
| About the Author |
| 1 Constructing an Understanding of Scientific Inquiry |
| A Culture of Inquiry |
| What Science Educators Say About Inquiry |
| What the National Science Education Standards Says About Inquiry |
| What the American Association for the Advancement of Science Says About Inquiry |
| Ten Questions About Inquiry-Based Learning |
| Looking Beyond |
| 2 Learning About Inquiry Through Case Studies |
| Scientific Inquiry: A Case Study Approach |
| A Case Study: Inquiring About Isopods |
| Resources for Isopods |
| Questions for Reflection |
| The Inquiry Cycle |
| Brainstorming |
| A Definition of Inquiry |
| 3 Developing a Philosophy for Inquiry |
| What Is Constructivism? |
| Traditional Versus Constructivist Classrooms |
| Historical Perspectives of Constructivism |
| Constructivism Today |
| Metacognition |
| How Adolescents Learn |
| The 5E Learning Cycle |
| Challenges to Creating to Constructivist Classroom Culture |
| 4 Comparing Traditional and Inquiry-Based Science Classrooms |
| A Traditional Classroom |
| The Environment of an Inquiry-Based Classroom |
| Students in an Inquiry-Based Classroom |
| Teachers in an Inquiry-Based Classroom |
| Becoming an Inquiry-Based Teacher |
| 5 Integrating Inquiry-Based Activities |
| Promoting Student Inquiries |
| Invitation to Inquiry |
| Demonstrations |
| Laboratory Experiences and Activities |
| Teacher-Initiated Inquiries |
| Student-Initiated Inquiries |
| Guiding Students Into Inquiry |
| Extended Inquiries: A Case Study in Bottle Ecosystem |
| An Interview With Jay Costanza |
| Questions for Reflection |
| 6 Modifying a Lab Activity Into an Inquiry Investigation |
| The Role of the Laboratory in Science |
| New Approaches to Traditional Labs |
| The Hydrate Lab |
| 7 Managing the Inquiry-Based Classroom |
| Challenges to Inquiry-Based Teaching |
| Making Time for Inquiry |
| Just Tell Me the Answer |
| Questioning Techniques |
| 8 Assessing Inquiry |
| The Concern About Assessments |
| Curriculum Assessments |
| Designing Assessments |
| Authentic Assessments |
| 9 Teaching Biology Through Inquiry |
| Investigating Yeast |
| An Interview With Dr. Dina Markowitz and Jana Penders |
| Questions for Reflection |
| 10 Teaching Earth Science Through Inquiry |
| Toilet Paper Timeline |
| An Interview With Dr. Tom O'Brien |
| Questions for Reflection |
| 11 Teaching Chemistry Through Inquiry |
| The Peanut Lab |
| An Interview With Teresa Gerchman |
| Questions for Reflection |
| 12 Teaching Physics Through Inquiry |
| Measuring Centripetal Force |
| An Interview With George Wolfe |
| Questions for Reflection |
| 13 Reflecting on a Teaching Career |
| The Story of Mr. Baker |
| Resource A: Inquiry Resources for High School Science Teachers |
| Print Resources on Inquiry |
| Print Resources on Inquiry Investigations |
| Print Resources on Constructivism |
| Print Resources on Science Standards and Science Literacy |
| Print Resources on Demonstrations and Discrepant Events |
| Print Resources on Assessment |
| Print Resources on General Science Areas |
| Multimedia Resources on Inquiry |
| Online Resources on Inquiry |
| Professional Organizations |
| References |
| Index |
