Product Description: This book will help the reader to design and evaluate varying professional development options, thereby making better and more efficient use of limited professional development dollars. The editors of Exemplary Science: Best Practices in Professional Development If you want to make the most of your precious professional development budget and who doesn t? look for inspiration in this updated edition from the Exemplary Science series...read more

Product Description: Amid a flurry of national standards and high-stakes assessments, it s easy to overlook the curiosity and invention that is inherent to science and that should be central to any science lesson plan. Similarly, the connections between what students learn in the classroom and the issues facing our society are often lost in the race to cover the content...read more

Product Description: Science teachers aiming to foster inquiry in their classrooms will find the sixth title in the Exemplary Science monograph series, Inquiry: The Key to Exemplary Science full of helpful advice and new techniques. The 18 chapters in this monograph illustrate various forms of inquiry, offer detailed examples of planning and execution, and provide case studies highlighting successful implementation of inquiry...read more

Product Description: Do the Standards really matter in middle school? Nine years after the National Science Education Standards' release, just how well do science teachers in grades 5 to 8 actually use them to plan content, define improved teaching, and assess real learning? Find out the answers to these key questions in this groundbreaking collection of 15 essays by teachers, researchers, and professors whose specialty is middle school...read more

Examines the goals of teaching inquiry-based techniques in science and uses sample lessons to illustrate ways to achieve those goals.

Sixteen essays by educators describe how they have used the National Science Education Standards to plan content, improve their teaching success, and better assess student progress.

Product Description: Designed to encourage and facilitate students' critical thinking skills, curiosity, and understanding of different science careers, this work presents a wide range of engaging real-life stories from successful and dedicated science professionals from diverse scientific disciplines...read more

Science/Technology/Society (S/T/S) is a reform effort to broaden science as a discipline in schools and colleges; to relate science to other facets of the curriculum; and to relate science specifically to technology and to the society that supports and produces new conceptualizations of both. S/T/S is also defined as the teaching and learning of science/technology in the context of human experience. It focuses on a method of teaching that recognizes the importance that experience in the real world has on the learning process. And it recognizes that real learning can occur only when the learner is engaged and able to construct her or his own meaning. Science/Technology/Society as Reform in Science Education, is rich with examples of such teaching and learning. It includes impressive research evidence that illustrates that progress has been made and goals have been met. For teachers and administrators alike, this book provides and validates new visions for science education.

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