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Handbook of College Science Teaching : Theory, Research, and Practice

Are you still using 20th century techniques to teach science to 21st century students? Update your practices as you learn about current theory and research with the authoritative new Handbook of College Science Teaching. The Handbook offers models of teaching and learning that go beyond the typical lecture-laboratory format and provide rationales for new practices in the college classroom. It is a definitive guide for science professors in all content areas and even includes special help for those who teach nonscience majors at the freshman and sophomore levels
eBook, English, uuuu
National Science Teachers Association, Arlington, VA, uuuu
1 online resource
9781933531908, 9780873552608, 1933531908, 0873552601
1076649535
Unit 1: Attitudes and Motivation
Ch1: Science Anxiety: Research and Action
Ch2: Improving Student Attitudes Toward Biology
Ch3: Motivation to Learn in College Science
Unit II: Active Learning
Ch4: Experiential Learning in a Large Introductory Biology Course
Ch5: Strategies for Interactive Engagement in Large Lecture Science Survey Classes
Ch6: Undergraduate Research in Science: Not Just for Scientists Anymore
Ch7: Concept Mapping in College Science
Ch8: Peer Instruction: Making Science Engaging
Ch9: Open Laboratories in College Science
Ch10: New Physics Teaching and Assessment: Laroratory- and Technology-Enahanced Active Learning
Unit III: Factors Affecting Learning
Ch11: Developing Scientific Reasoning Patterns in College Biology
Ch12: Learning Science and the Science of Learning
Ch13: The Impact of a Conceptually Sequenced Genetics Unit in an Introductory College Biology Course
Ch14: Do Introductory Science Courses Select for Effort or Aptitude?
Ch15: Active Learning in the College Science Classroom
Unit IV: Innovative Teaching Approaches
Ch16: Incorporating Primary Literature Into Science Learning
Ch17: Fieldwork: New Direction and Exemplars in Informal Science Education Research
Ch18: Using Case Studies to Teach Science
Ch19: Mating Darwin with Dickinson: How Writing Creative Poetry in Biology Helps Students Think Critically and Build Personal Connections to Course Content
Ch20: Constructive-Developmental Pedagogy in Chemistry
Ch21: Converting Your Lab From Verification to Inquiry
Unit V: Use of Technology
Ch22: Technology-Enriched Learning Environments in University Chemistry
Ch23: Animating Your Lecture
Ch24: Instructional Technology: A Review of Research and Recommendations for Use
Ch25: Web-Based Practice and Assessment Systems in Science. Ch26: Teaching Students to Evaluate the Accuracy of Science Information on the Internet
Unit VI: Meeting Special Challenges
Ch27: Science, Technology, and the Learning Disabled: A Review of the Literature
Ch28: Diversity in the Physical Science Curriculum: The Intellectual Challenge
Ch29: Incorporating Cultural Diversity Into College Science
Ch30: Alternative Conceptions: New Directions and Exemplars in College Science Education Research
Ch31: Applying Conceptual Change Strategies to College Science Teaching
Unit VII: Pre-College Science Instruction
Ch32: Ensuring That College Graduates Are Science Literate: Implications of K-12
Ch33: The High-School-to-College Transition in Science
Ch34: Factors Influencing Success in Introductory College Science
Unit VIII: Improving Instruction
Ch35: Assessment Practices in College Science: Trends From the National Study of Postsecondary Faculty
Ch36: Making Choices about Teaching and Learning in Science
Ch37: Science and Civic Engagement: Changing Perspectives from Dewey to DotNets
Ch38: Using Research on Teaching to Improve Student Learning
Final Thoughts
Index
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