1st Edition

Creating Scientists Teaching and Assessing Science Practice for the NGSS

By Christopher Moore Copyright 2018
196 Pages 33 B/W Illustrations
by Eye On Education

196 Pages 33 B/W Illustrations
by Eye On Education

196 Pages 33 B/W Illustrations
by Eye On Education

Learn how to shift from teaching science content to teaching a more hands-on, inquiry-based approach, as required by the new Next Generation Science Standards. This practical book provides a clear, research verified framework for building lessons that teach scientific process and practice abilities, such as gathering and making sense of data, constructing explanations, designing experiments, and... Read more

Contents
About the Author
Acknowledgements
Introduction: How do you create scientists?
Part I: Teaching and assessing science practice
Chapter 1: What is science practice?
Chapter 2: How do you teach science practice?
Chapter 3: How do you assess science practice?
Part II: Science practice in the classroom
Chapter 4: Conducting investigations and transforming your classroom
Chapter 5: Interpreting results and teaching abstract concepts
Chapter 6: Communicating science and building communities of practice
Part III: Putting it all together
Chapter 7: Capstones to learning and going beyond the NGSS

Biography

Christopher Moore is the Dr. George F. Haddix Community Chair in Physical Science and associate professor of physics education at the University of Nebraska Omaha.