Designing Effective Science Instruction

Tweed, an education consultant with the Mid-continent Research for Education and Learning, researcher, and former high school science teacher, explains how to design effective science instruction to engage students, raise performance, and relate science knowledge to the real world, for new and veteran science teachers at all levels, administrators, curriculum specialists, teacher educators, education students, and others. Drawing on science education research and teacher education initiatives to bridge the gap between research and practice, she outlines a framework that focuses on the elements of identifying important content, developing student understanding, and creating a learning environment; illustrates how each of these should be part of lesson design and implementation; discusses how to improve on existing lessons; and provides teaching strategies. Annotation c2010 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)