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Teaching, learning and assessing science 5-12 / Wynne Harlen.

By: Harlen, Wynne.
Publisher: London ; Thousand Oaks, Calif. : SAGE, 2006Edition: 4th ed.Description: xiii, 246 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 141290871X; 9781412908719; 1412908728; 9781412908726.Subject(s): Science -- Study and teaching (Elementary) | Science -- Study and teaching (Elementary)
Contents:
Part I: About learning in science -- 1. Learning in science -- 2. Children learning -- 3. The goals of science education -- Part II: Opportunities for learning -- 4. Providing for development 5-12 -- 5. Teachers' and children's questions -- 6. Motivation for learning -- Part III: Using assessment for learning -- 7. Helping learning: a framework for decisions -- 8. Gathering and interpreting evidence of children's science process skills and attitudes -- 9. Helping development of process skills and attitudes of science -- 10. Gathering and interpreting evidence of children's ideas -- 11. Helping the development of scientific ideas -- 12. The children's role in using assessment for learning -- Part IV: Managing learning in science -- 13. Summarising and recording learning -- 14. Resources for learning science -- 15. Managing science at the school level.
Summary: Now thoroughly revised and completely updated, this text provides a sound theoretical framework for teaching science that is firmly grounded in classroom practice and covers all stages of education for students aged 5 to 12.
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Item type Current library Home library Shelving location Call number Status Date due Barcode
Books Books American University in Dubai American University in Dubai Main Collection LB 1585 .H298 2006 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 5246487

Previous edition: 2000.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 235-241) and index.

Part I: About learning in science -- 1. Learning in science -- 2. Children learning -- 3. The goals of science education -- Part II: Opportunities for learning -- 4. Providing for development 5-12 -- 5. Teachers' and children's questions -- 6. Motivation for learning -- Part III: Using assessment for learning -- 7. Helping learning: a framework for decisions -- 8. Gathering and interpreting evidence of children's science process skills and attitudes -- 9. Helping development of process skills and attitudes of science -- 10. Gathering and interpreting evidence of children's ideas -- 11. Helping the development of scientific ideas -- 12. The children's role in using assessment for learning -- Part IV: Managing learning in science -- 13. Summarising and recording learning -- 14. Resources for learning science -- 15. Managing science at the school level.

Now thoroughly revised and completely updated, this text provides a sound theoretical framework for teaching science that is firmly grounded in classroom practice and covers all stages of education for students aged 5 to 12.

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