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Volume 9 |
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Designing Units & Courses |
For the think pieces in this chapter you should learn to use information retrieval methods, and become familiar with the major journals in the field of science education (see below). Select a problem from the ones listed below (or identify one related to the content of this chapter) and locate some key literature to help you develop a two-page think piece.
To find the key literature you should search the Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC) database online. Start the search by identifying the topic of your search. Analyze the topic by listing the keywords in the topic. Then refer to the "official list of descriptors" which can be found in ERIC thesaurus (See ther sample descriptors for science teaching). Going through this process will help you prepare for the search.
• How do Skinner's and Piaget's ideas on learning compare?• What is the learning?
• What motivational strategies help students learn science concepts?
• What is conceptual-change teaching?
• In ways do student learning styles influence learning?
• What is the difference between right brain and left brain learning? What are the implications of these differences for science teaching?
• What are some metacognitive learning strategies? In what ways can these strategies be helpful to students in a science class?
Science Teaching Journals
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The Biology Teacher Journal of Chemical Education Journal of College Science Teaching Journal of Earth Science Teaching |
Journal of Research in Science Teaching The Physics Teacher School Science and Mathematics Science and Children (elementary) |
Science Education Science Teacher (high school) Science Scope (middle) |
(Note: These are the main categories in the science teaching section of the ERIC thesaurus. There are hundreds of other descriptors in the thesaurus that you can use to narrow your search. Use these descriptors to develop your own problems for writing a think piece.
SCIENCE
ACTIVITIES SCIENCE AND
SOCIETY SCIENCE
CAREERS SCIENCE
CLUBS SCIENCE COURSE
IMPROVEMENT PROEJCTS SCIENCE
CURRICULUM SCIENCE
DEPARTMENTS SCIENCE
EDUCATION SCIENCE EDUCATION
HISTORY SCIENCE
EQUIPMENT SCIENCE
EXPERIMENTS SCIENE
FACILITIES SCIENCE
FAIRS SCIENCE
HISTORY SCIENCE
INSTRUCTION SCIENCE
INTERESTS SCIENCE
LABORATORIES SCIENCE
MATERIALS SCIENCE
PROGRAMS SCIENCE
PROJECTS SCIENCE
SUPERVISION SCIENCE
TEACHERS SCIENCE TEACHING
CENTERS SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY
AND SOCIETY SCIENCE
TESTS SCIENCE
UNITS SCIENTIFIC AND
TECHNICAL INFORMATION SCIENTIFIC
ATTITUDES SCIENTIFIC
CONCEPTS SCIENTIFIC
ENTERPRISE SCIENTIFIC
LITERACY SCIENTIFIC
OBSERVATION