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Tables of Contents for Learning from Cases
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Preface
xi
Using Cases in Elementary Science Education
1
12
References
10
3
Children as Scientists in the Elementary Classroom
13
19
Inquiry: To Do or Not to Do?
14
3
Commentary Inquiry Is Not for the Faint of Heart
17
1
Insects and Scientific Problem Solving Go Together
18
5
Commentary When It Is New to You Both
23
2
How Full Is Full?
25
4
Commentary Say What?
29
2
References
31
1
Resources to Consider
31
1
Organizing Meaningful Science Learning Environments
32
17
Who's Teaching Whom?
34
3
Commentary Rare and Well Done: Teaching in the Other World
37
2
To Group or Not to Group
39
2
Commentary Building on a Cooperative Learning Foundation
41
2
A Dilemma in Which Time Matters
43
2
Commentary The Time Bind
45
2
References
47
1
Resources to Consider
48
1
Creating a Culture for Learning Science in the Elementary Classroom
49
24
Who Said Child's Play Isn't Important?
51
3
Commentary Both Play and Work Can Lead to Learning
54
1
The Tension of Being on the Cutting Edge
55
4
Commentary Helping Students Realize Their Potential
59
2
Truss Troubles
61
3
Commentary Here's What Maria Did
64
1
Do I Listen to My Students? Or Do I Cover the Mandated Curriculum?
65
4
Commentary Real-World Learning Can Lead to Student Empowerment
69
2
Decisions, Teachable Moments, and the Curriculum
71
1
References
72
1
Resources to Consider
72
1
Diverse Science Learners in the Elementary Classroom
73
28
Who Eats the Mango?
75
2
Commentary Plugging Cultural Holes
77
1
How Do You Grow Rice?
78
5
Commentary Growing New Science Connections
83
2
I Do Not Understand
85
3
Commentary Creating Learning Environments for Bilingual Students
88
1
Weir-Sen Speaks: Caught between Two Worlds
89
1
Constructivism: Time for a Reality Check?
90
7
Commentary Constructing Constructivism and Checking Reality Checks
97
2
References
99
1
Resources to Consider
100
1
Elementary Science Teaching for Understanding
101
28
Seasons Change and Conceptions Shift---But Not Always as Expected
103
7
Commentary A Letter to John
110
3
What Is the Shape of a Star?
113
2
Commentary Of Stars and Black Holes in the First Grade Classroom
115
1
No Bones about It!
116
3
Commentary Theme-based Instruction Does Not Guarantee Science Learning
119
1
And God Made the Little Birdies, Too
120
3
Commentary Enhancing Instructional Success in Teaching Evolution
123
4
References
127
1
Resources to Consider
127
2
Assessing Student Learning in Science
129
17
Talking Together about the Moon
131
1
Commentary Reflecting with Teachers about the Student's Response
132
2
From Reflections of the Moon to Reflections on Science Teaching
134
1
Daring to Be Different in Assessment
135
3
Commentary Creating Community in the Elementary Classroom: A Question of Peer Assessment in Science
138
1
The Light at the End of the Hands-On Tunnel
139
3
Commentary Science Teaching in a Climate of Accountability
142
2
References
144
1
Resources to Consider
145
1
Changing Contexts for Science Teaching and Learning
146
16
El Secreto de las Ninas
147
3
Commentary Homeless Children in Our Classrooms
150
1
Challenging the High-Tech Tapestry by Adding Diverse Threads from the Lives of Children
151
4
Commentary The Computer as Formalizer of Inquiry: Valuable Tool, Oppressive Limitation, or All in the Hands of the Teacher?
155
1
How Formal Should Informal Education Be?
156
3
Commentary You Never Know Who Might Be the Next Leading Skeleton Expert
159
1
References
160
1
Resources to Consider
160
2
Controversial Issues in the Science Classroom
162
22
The Day the Lobster Died
164
2
Commentary The Lobster's Bad Day?
166
1
The Egyptian Exhibit
167
3
Commentary Extracting a Teachable Moment for Emily's Story
170
1
What Happened to Bunny?
171
4
Commentary Bunny's Dead: Thinking about the Value of Life
175
3
Integrating Technology into Science Research Projects: Cutting and Pasting Made Difficult
178
2
Commentary Strategies for Helping Students Develop High-Quality Science Projects Using the Internet
180
2
References
182
1
Resources to Consider
182
2
Professional Development of Elementary Teachers in Science
184
22
Of Love and Other Demons in Science Teaching
186
4
Commentary ``I Love This Rock'': Passionate Science and the Myth of Objectivity
190
1
Teaching Science the Right Way
191
3
Commentary Is One ``Right'' Way the Wrong Way to Think about Teaching Elementary Science?
194
195
Teacher and Students as Fellow Investigators in Science
195
2
Partnering for Progress in Elementary Science
197
5
Commentary Reflections on the Messy Work of School-University Partnerships
202
2
References
204
1
Resources to Consider
205
1
Writing and Living the Case
206
6
References
211
1
Appendix Case-Based Teaching Resources
212
3
Index
215