Use of Gowin's Vee and Concept Mapping Strategies to Teach Students Responsibility for Learning in High School Biological Sciences
Author: 'Laine Iona Gurley
Publisher:
Published: 1982
Total Pages: 690
ISBN-13:
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Handbook of Academic Learning
Author: Gary D. Phye
Publisher: Elsevier
Published: 1997-01-08
Total Pages: 633
ISBN-13: 0080532934
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe Handbook of Academic Learning provides a comprehensive resource for educational and cognitive psychologists, as well as educators themselves, on the mechanisms and processes of academic learning. Beginning with general themes that cross subject and age level, the book discusses what motivates students to learn and how knowledge can be made personal for better learning and remembering. Individual chapters identify proven effective teaching methods for the specific domains of math, reading, writing, science, and critical problem solving, how students learn within those domains, and how learning can be accurately assessed for given domains and age levels. The Handbook takes a constructivist perspective to academic learning, emphasizing the construction of personal knowledge of an academic nature. Constructivism within the context of learning theory is viewed as involving an active learner that constructs an academic knowledge base through the development of cognitive strategies and metacognition. The book discusses the development of basic literacy skills that provide the foundation for higher order thinking and problem solving. Constructivism recognizes the social dimension of classroom learning and emphasizes the motivational elements of self-regulation and volition as essential learner characteristics. Written by authors who have first-hand experience with both theory development and the development of authentic classroom instructional techniques, the Handbook empowers educators to develop, implement, and field-test authentic instructional practices at their school site. The book provides a review of the literature, theory, research, and skill techniques for effective teaching and learning. - Identifies effective teaching with specific techniques - Covers elementary school through high school - Discusses teaching methods for all main subject areas: reading, writing, math, science, and critical thinking - Identifies how students learn to learn - Reviews theory, research, techniques, and assessment - Contains field tested examples for the educational professional at the school site - Provides a resource for staff development
Use of VEE Maps and Concept Maps in the Learning of Form Five Mathematics in Samoa College, Western Samoa
Author: Karoline Afamasaga Fuata'i
Publisher:
Published: 1985
Total Pages: 524
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKLearning, Creating, and Using Knowledge
Author: Joseph D. Novak
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2010-02-02
Total Pages: 334
ISBN-13: 1135184461
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis fully revised and updated edition of Learning, Creating, and Using Knowledge recognizes that the future of economic well being in today's knowledge and information society rests upon the effectiveness of schools and corporations to empower their people to be more effective learners and knowledge creators. Novak’s pioneering theory of education presented in the first edition remains viable and useful. This new edition updates his theory for meaningful learning and autonomous knowledge building along with tools to make it operational ─ that is, concept maps, created with the use of CMapTools and the V diagram. The theory is easy to put into practice, since it includes resources to facilitate the process, especially concept maps, now optimised by CMapTools software. CMapTools software is highly intuitive and easy to use. People who have until now been reluctant to use the new technologies in their professional lives are will find this book particularly helpful. Learning, Creating, and Using Knowledge is essential reading for educators at all levels and corporate managers who seek to enhance worker productivity.
Science Educator's Guide to Laboratory Assessment
Author: Rodney L. Doran
Publisher: NSTA Press
Published: 2002
Total Pages: 288
ISBN-13: 0873552105
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFocus on frequent, accurate feedback with this newly expanded guide to understanding assessment. Field-tested and classroom ready, it's designed to help you reinforce productive learning habits while gauging your lessons' effectiveness. The book opens with an up-to-date discussion of assessment theory, research, and uses. Then comes a wealth of sample assessment activities (nearly 50 in all, including 15 new ones) in biology, chemistry, physics, and Earth science. You'll like the activities' flexibility. Some are short tasks that zero in on a few specific process skills; others are investigations involving a variety of skills you can cover in one or two class periods; and still others are extended, in-depth investigations that take several weeks to complete. Keyed to the U.S. National Science Education Standards, the activities include reproducible task sheets and scoring rubrics. All are ideal for helping your students reflect on their own learning during science labs.
Concept Mapping, an Educational Tool, and Its Use in a College Level Mathematics Skills Course
Author: Leah Mitchell Minemier
Publisher:
Published: 1983
Total Pages: 268
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAssessing Science Understanding
Author: Joel J. Mintzes
Publisher: Academic Press
Published: 2005-08-22
Total Pages: 411
ISBN-13: 0080575331
DOWNLOAD EBOOKRecent government publications like "Benchmarks for Scientific Literacy" and "Science for all Americans" have given teachers a mandate for improving science education in America. What we know about how learners construct meaning--particularly in the natural sciences--has undergone a virtual revolution in the past 25 years. Teachers, as well as researchers, are now grappling with how to better teach science, as well as how to assess whether students are learning. Assessing Science Understanding is a companion volume to Teaching Science for Understanding, and explores how to assess whether learning has taken place. The book discusses a range of promising new and practical tools for assessment including concept maps, vee diagrams, clinical interviews, problem sets, performance-based assessments, computer-based methods, visual and observational testing, portfolios, explanatory models, and national examinations.
Helping People Learn
Author: Joseph D. Novak
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2022-06-30
Total Pages: 197
ISBN-13: 1108583377
DOWNLOAD EBOOKEducational theory and practice are historically influenced by the view of behavioral psychologists that learning is synonymous with behavior change. Helping People Learn argues for the practical importance of an alternate view, that learning is synonymous with a change in the meaning of experience. Based on the foundations of cognitive psychology and constructivist epistemology, this book presents a science of education that can guide the development of successful and meaningful educational programs. It serves as a sequel to the best-selling Learning How to Learn and includes ideas developed through the author's research and training programs conducted over the past thirty years. It emphasises the power of the knowledge representation tool 'concept maps', designed to facilitate meaningful learning and creativity. This book capitalises on the advances in technology and is of interest to students, professionals and researchers in educational psychology and learning theory.
Understanding Geographical and Environmental Education
Author: Michael C. Williams
Publisher: A&C Black
Published: 1995-12-07
Total Pages: 319
ISBN-13: 1847140904
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThese papers aim to provide a substantial review of the literature pertaining to a comprehensive range of traditional and contemporary research paradigms and research methods. The book is designed as a reference work for novice researchers in the fields of geographical and environmental education.
Learning How to Learn
Author: Joseph D. Novak
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 1984
Total Pages: 226
ISBN-13: 9780521319263
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis text proposes an alternate view of learning, as synonymous with a change in the meaning of experience, as opposed to the traditional view of learning, as synonymous with behavior change. It includes classroom-tested strategies designed to help students integrate thinking, feeling and acting.
