Includes bibliographical references (pages 291-296) and index.
Contents:
A vision of ambitious science teaching -- Core practice set #1 -- Planning for engagement with big science ideas -- Productive discourse, part 1 -- Talk as a tool for learning -- Productive discourse, part 2 -- Encouraging more students to participate in talk -- Core practice set #2 -- Eliciting students' ideas -- Modeling, part 1 -- Making thinking visible through models -- Modeling, part 2 -- Allowing students to show what they know -- Core practice set #3 -- Supporting ongoing changes in thinking: introducing new ideas -- Core practice set #3 -- Supporting ongoing changes in thinking: activity and sense making -- Core practice set #3 -- Supporting ongoing changes in thinking: collective thinking -- Scientific argument -- Making and justifying claims in a science community -- Core practice set #4 -- Drawing together evidence-based explanations -- Organizing with colleagues to improve teaching -- Can we be ambitious every day?.
Summary:
The book is addressed to classroom science teachers, both beginning and experienced. It is a guide to using four core practices to improve instruction using Ambitious Science Teaching methods.-- Provided by publisher.
This resource is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by State Library of Iowa.