Redefining Scientific Thinking for Higher Education - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Redefining Scientific Thinking for Higher Education write by Mari Murtonen. This book was released on 2019-09-21. Redefining Scientific Thinking for Higher Education available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This book examines the learning and development process of students’ scientific thinking skills. Universities should prepare students to be able to make judgements in their working lives based on scientific evidence. However, an understanding of how these thinking skills can be developed is limited. This book introduces a new broad theory of scientific thinking for higher education; in doing so, redefining higher-order thinking abilities as scientific thinking skills. This includes critical thinking and understanding the basics of science, epistemic maturity, research and evidence-based reasoning skills and contextual understanding. The editors and contributors discuss how this concept can be redefined, as well as the challenges educators and students may face when attempting to teach and learn these skills. This edited collection will be of interest to students and scholars of student scientific skills and higher-order thinking abilities.
Students' Scientific Thinking in Higher Education
Students' Scientific Thinking in Higher Education - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Students' Scientific Thinking in Higher Education write by Hannele Seppälä. This book was released on 2013. Students' Scientific Thinking in Higher Education available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
Teaching Science Thinking
Teaching Science Thinking - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Teaching Science Thinking write by Christopher Moore. This book was released on 2018-11-08. Teaching Science Thinking available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Teach your students how to think like scientists. This book shows you practical ways to incorporate science thinking in your classroom using simple "Thinking Tasks" that you can insert into any lesson. What is science thinking and how can you possibly teach and assess it? How is science thinking incorporated into the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) and how can it be weaved into your curriculum? This book answers these questions. This practical book provides a clear, research-verified framework for helping students develop scientific thinking as required by the NGSS. Your students will not be memorizing content but will become engaged in the real work scientists do, using critical thinking patterns such as: Recognizing patterns, Inventing new hypotheses based on observations, Separating causes from correlations, Determining relevant variables and isolating them, Testing hypotheses, and Thinking about their own thinking and the relative value of evidence. The book includes a variety of sample classroom activities and rubrics, as well as frameworks for creating your own tools. Designed for the busy teacher, this book also shows you quick and simple ways to add deep science thinking to existing lessons.
The Language of Science Education
The Language of Science Education - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Language of Science Education write by William F. McComas. This book was released on 2013-12-30. The Language of Science Education available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The Language of Science Education: An Expanded Glossary of Key Terms and Concepts in Science Teaching and Learning is written expressly for science education professionals and students of science education to provide the foundation for a shared vocabulary of the field of science teaching and learning. Science education is a part of education studies but has developed a unique vocabulary that is occasionally at odds with the ways some terms are commonly used both in the field of education and in general conversation. Therefore, understanding the specific way that terms are used within science education is vital for those who wish to understand the existing literature or make contributions to it. The Language of Science Education provides definitions for 100 unique terms, but when considering the related terms that are also defined as they relate to the targeted words, almost 150 words are represented in the book. For instance, “laboratory instruction” is accompanied by definitions for openness, wet lab, dry lab, virtual lab and cookbook lab. Each key term is defined both with a short entry designed to provide immediate access following by a more extensive discussion, with extensive references and examples where appropriate. Experienced readers will recognize the majority of terms included, but the developing discipline of science education demands the consideration of new words. For example, the term blended science is offered as a better descriptor for interdisciplinary science and make a distinction between project-based and problem-based instruction. Even a definition for science education is included. The Language of Science Education is designed as a reference book but many readers may find it useful and enlightening to read it as if it were a series of very short stories.
Student Thinking and Learning in Science
Student Thinking and Learning in Science - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Student Thinking and Learning in Science write by Keith S. Taber. This book was released on 2014-04-11. Student Thinking and Learning in Science available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This readable and informative survey of key ideas about students’ thinking in science builds a bridge between theory and practice by offering clear accounts from research, and showing how they relate to actual examples of students talking about widely taught science topics. Focused on secondary students and drawing on perspectives found in the international research literature, the goal is not to offer a comprehensive account of the vast literature, but rather to provide an overview of the current state of the field suitable for those who need an understanding of core thinking about learners’ ideas in science, including science education students in teacher preparation and higher degree programs, and classroom teachers, especially those working with middle school, high school, or college level students. Such understanding can inform and enrich science teaching in ways which are more satisfying for teachers, less confusing and frustrating for learners, and so ultimately can lead to both greater scientific literacy and more positive attitudes to science.
