Model Based Learning and Instruction in Science (Models and Modeling in Science Education, 2) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1402064934 ISBN 13: 9781402064937

Publisher: Springer, 2007

Synopsis

Anyone involved in science education will find that this text can enhance their pedagogical practice. It describes new, model-based teaching methods that integrate social and cognitive perspectives for science instruction. It presents research that describes how these new methods are applied in a diverse group of settings, including middle school biology, high school physics, and college chemistry classrooms. They offer practical tips for teaching the toughest of key concepts.

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From the Back Cover:

This book describes new, model based teaching methods for science instruction. It presents research that describes these new methods in a very diverse group of settings: middle school biology, high school physics, and college chemistry classrooms. Mental models in these areas such as understanding the structure of the lungs or cells, molecular structures and reaction mechanisms in chemistry, or causes of current flow in electricity are notoriously difficult for many students to learn. Yet these lie at the core of conceptual understanding in these areas. The studies focus on a variety of teaching strategies such as discrepant questioning, analogies, animations, model competition, and hands on activities. Five different levels of organization for teaching strategies are described, from those operating over months (design of the sequence of units in a curriculum) to those operating over minutes ( teaching tactics for guiding discussion minute by minute).

About this edition

• Publisher: Springer
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 1402064934
• ISBN 13: 9781402064937
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 288
• Editor: Clement John, Rea-Ramirez Mary Anne