Inquire Within
Inquire Within

Author: Douglas Llewellyn

Publisher: Corwin Press

Published: 2007-05-24

Total Pages: 313

ISBN-13: 1452293643

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Offering case studies, ready-to-use lessons, and teacher-friendly materials, this updated edition shows educators how to implement inquiry in the science classroom, incorporate technology, and work with ELLs and special education students.

Teachers' Implementation of Inquiry in Elementary Science Education
Teachers' Implementation of Inquiry in Elementary Science Education

Author: Maria E. De Freece Lawrence

Publisher:

Published: 2003

Total Pages: 546

ISBN-13:

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"This research was an exploratory study of elementary school science education as implemented by five exemplary teachers in grades one through five, situated in four school districts of a Rhode Island Local Systemic Change initiative. This study sought to characterize the presence of inquiry-based teaching consistent with the tenets of constructivism and scientific inquiry as expressed in the book Inquiry and the National Science Foundation Standards: A Guide for Teaching and Learning (National Research Council, 2000) Qualitative methods were used to conduct the field study ... The findings from the research describe the nature of science inquiry achieved by the five exemplary teachers in their implementation of hands-on, kit-based elementary school science curricula."--Abstract.

Inquire Within
Inquire Within

Author: Douglas Llewellyn

Publisher: Corwin Press

Published: 2013-12-02

Total Pages: 392

ISBN-13: 1452299285

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Your definitive guide to inquiry- and argument-based science—updated for today’s standards! Doug Llewellyn’s two big aims with this new edition of Inquire Within? To help you engage students in activities and explorations that draw on their big questions, then build students’ capacity to defend their claims. Always striking a balance between the “why” and the “how,” new features include how to Teach argumentation, a key requirement of both the Common Core and NGSS Adapt your existing science curricula and benefit from the book’s many lesson plans Improve students’ language learning and communication skills through inquiry-based instruction Develop your own inquiry-based mindset

Project Science Inquiry
Project Science Inquiry

Author: Dawn Renee Wilcox

Publisher:

Published: 2008

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13:

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This dissertation examined elementary teachers' beliefs and perceptions of effective science instruction and documents how these teachers interpret and implement a model for Inquiry-Based (I-B) science in their classrooms. The study chronicles a group of teachers working in a large public school division and documents how these teachers interpret and implement reform-based science methods after participating in a professional development course on I-B science methods administered by the researcher. I-B science teaching and its implementation is discussed as an example of one potential method to address the current call for national education reform to meet the increasing needs of all students to achieve scientific literacy and the role of teachers in that effort. The conviction in science reform efforts is that all students are able to learn science and consequently must be given the crucial opportunities in the right environment that permits optimal science learning in our nation's schools. Following this group of teachers as they attempted to deliver I-B science teaching revealed challenges elementary science teachers face and the professional supports necessary for them to effectively meet science standards.