Handbook of College Science Teaching

Handbook of College Science Teaching
Author: Joel J. Mintzes
Publisher: NSTA Press
Total Pages: 433
Release: 2006
Genre: Education
ISBN: 0873552601

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 Handbook of College Science Teaching. The Handbook offers models of teaching and learning that go beyond the typical lecture-laboratory format and provides rationales for updated practices in the college classroom. The 38 chapters, each written by experienced, award-wining science faculty, are organized into eight sections: attitudes and motivations; active learning; factors affecting learning; innovative teaching approaches; use for technology, for both teaching and student research; special challenges, such as teaching effectively to culturally diverse or learning disabled students; pre-college science instruction; and improving instruction. No other book fills the Handbook's unique niche as a definitive guide for science professors in all content areas. It even includes special help for those who teach non-science majors at the freshman and sophomore levels. The Handbook is ideal for graduate teaching assistants in need of a solid introduction, senior faculty and graduate cooridinators in charge of training new faculty and grad students, and mid-career professors in search of invigoration.

Science Teaching Reconsidered

Science Teaching Reconsidered
Author: National Research Council
Publisher: National Academies Press
Total Pages: 102
Release: 1997-03-12
Genre: Education
ISBN: 0309175445

Effective science teaching requires creativity, imagination, and innovation. In light of concerns about American science literacy, scientists and educators have struggled to teach this discipline more effectively. Science Teaching Reconsidered provides undergraduate science educators with a path to understanding students, accommodating their individual differences, and helping them grasp the methodsâ€"and the wonderâ€"of science. What impact does teaching style have? How do I plan a course curriculum? How do I make lectures, classes, and laboratories more effective? How can I tell what students are thinking? Why don't they understand? This handbook provides productive approaches to these and other questions. Written by scientists who are also educators, the handbook offers suggestions for having a greater impact in the classroom and provides resources for further research.

STEM Student Research Handbook

STEM Student Research Handbook
Author: Darci J. Harland
Publisher: NSTA Press
Total Pages: 249
Release: 2011
Genre: Science
ISBN: 1936137410

A comprehensive resource for high school teachers and students, STEM Student Research Handbook outlines the various stages of large- scale research projects, enabling teachers to coach their students through the research process.

Handbook on Teaching Undergraduate Science Courses

Handbook on Teaching Undergraduate Science Courses
Author: Gordon Uno
Publisher: Schiffer Publishing
Total Pages: 172
Release: 1999
Genre: Education
ISBN:

This already-popular teaching resource is an informative, insightful guide to science teaching, the handbook places special emphasis on general biology, compiling materials collected and developed by Dr. Uno during his 17 years of teaching experience. Graduate teaching assistants, undergraduate science instructors, as well as experienced faculty members looking for new classroom ideas will find this guide an invaluable source of information.

International Handbook of Research on Multicultural Science Education

International Handbook of Research on Multicultural Science Education
Author: Mary M. Atwater
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 1611
Release: 2022-08-13
Genre: Science
ISBN: 9783030831219

This handbook gathers in one volume the major research and scholarship related to multicultural science education that has developed since the field was named and established by Atwater in 1993. Culture is defined in this handbook as an integrated pattern of shared values, beliefs, languages, worldviews, behaviors, artifacts, knowledge, and social and political relationships of a group of people in a particular place or time that the people use to understand or make meaning of their world, each other, and other groups of people and to transmit these to succeeding generations. The research studies include both different kinds of qualitative and quantitative studies. The chapters in this volume reflect differing ideas about culture and its impact on science learning and teaching in different K-14 contexts and policy issues. Research findings about groups that are underrepresented in STEM in the United States, and in other countries related to language issues and indigenous knowledge are included in this volume.

College Science Teachers Guide to Assessment

College Science Teachers Guide to Assessment
Author: Thomas R. Lord
Publisher: NSTA Press
Total Pages: 172
Release: 2009
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1933531118

Provides a quick reference for promoting student reflection after exams, encouraging student-led teaching models, and looking at exam corrections from both instructor and student perspectives. This guide is divided into four sections comprising 28 peer-reviewed chapters. It covers general assessment topics and traditional and alternative assessment techniques. A series of how-to assessment practices utilized in the field and practical tips to enhance assessment in the college science classroom are included.

The Chicago Guide to College Science Teaching

The Chicago Guide to College Science Teaching
Author: Terry McGlynn
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Total Pages: 211
Release: 2020-11-09
Genre: Science
ISBN: 022654253X

Higher education is a strange beast. Teaching is a critical skill for scientists in academia, yet one that is barely touched upon in their professional training—despite being a substantial part of their career. This book is a practical guide for anyone teaching STEM-related academic disciplines at the college level, from graduate students teaching lab sections and newly appointed faculty to well-seasoned professors in want of fresh ideas. Terry McGlynn’s straightforward, no-nonsense approach avoids off-putting pedagogical jargon and enables instructors to become true ambassadors for science. For years, McGlynn has been addressing the need for practical and accessible advice for college science teachers through his popular blog Small Pond Science. Now he has gathered this advice as an easy read—one that can be ingested and put to use on short deadline. Readers will learn about topics ranging from creating a syllabus and developing grading rubrics to mastering online teaching and ensuring safety during lab and fieldwork. The book also offers advice on cultivating productive relationships with students, teaching assistants, and colleagues.

Science Teaching Reconsidered

Science Teaching Reconsidered
Author: National Research Council
Publisher: National Academies Press
Total Pages: 103
Release: 1997-04-12
Genre: Education
ISBN: 0309054982

Effective science teaching requires creativity, imagination, and innovation. In light of concerns about American science literacy, scientists and educators have struggled to teach this discipline more effectively. Science Teaching Reconsidered provides undergraduate science educators with a path to understanding students, accommodating their individual differences, and helping them grasp the methodsâ€"and the wonderâ€"of science. What impact does teaching style have? How do I plan a course curriculum? How do I make lectures, classes, and laboratories more effective? How can I tell what students are thinking? Why don't they understand? This handbook provides productive approaches to these and other questions. Written by scientists who are also educators, the handbook offers suggestions for having a greater impact in the classroom and provides resources for further research.

Elementary Science Teacher Education

Elementary Science Teacher Education
Author: Ken Appleton
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 380
Release: 2013-12-16
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1135464103

Co-Published with the Association For Science Teacher Education. Reflecting recent policy and standards initiatives, emerging research agendas, and key innovations, this volume provides a contemporary overview of important developments and issues that have that have in recent years shaped elementary science education pre-service courses and professional development, and practices that are shaping future directions in the field. Contributors from several countries who are actively engaged in research and design in elementary science education address: *Conceptual issues which impinge on contemporary science teacher education; *Intersections of content, pedagogy, and practice; and *Professional development as a contextualized practice. Elementary Science Teacher Education: International Perspectives on Contemporary Issues and Practice offers a clear picture of the current state of the field and directions for the future--to the benefit of elementary science teacher educators, aspiring teacher educators, school policy makers, other professionals involved in science education and, ultimately, the millions of elementary school children who will gain from improved practice.