Predict, Observe, Explain: Activities Enhancing Scientific Understanding - Softcover

John Haysom; Michael Bowen

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1935155237 ISBN 13: 9781935155232

Publisher: Natl Science Teachers Assn, 2010

Synopsis

The POE strategy allows students to reflect on their experiences with and understanding of a subject before making a prediction about the outcome of an experiment and discussing the prediction with classmates. Following up this discussion with observations and then scientific explanations of the outcome gives students a more in-depth understanding of the subject at hand. Furthermore, the authors POE strategy helps teachers gain insight into students thinking throughout the learning process. Practicing the POE strategy also serves preservice teachers who need to develop strong pedagogy as they attempt to engage students in science learning and understanding. The 15 chapters cover topics such as force and motion, pressure, light, floating and sinking, and solutions. Lessons include worksheets, scientific explanations of the concepts being studied, summaries of student responses during the field tests, synopses of research findings, and lists of necessary materials. In Predict, Observe, Explain, Haysom and Bowen make it easy for novice and experienced teachers alike to incorporate a teaching method that helps students understand and even enjoy science and learning.

About this title

About the Author

John Haysom and Michael Bowen provide middle and high school science teachers with more than 100 student activities to prove scientific concepts. The powerful Predict, Observe, Explain (POE) strategy, field-tested by hundreds of teachers, is designed to foster student inquiry and challenge existing conceptions that students bring to the classroom.

Edition details

• Publisher: Natl Science Teachers Assn
• Publication date: 2010
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1935155237
• ISBN 13: 9781935155232
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 320