Comprehensive and rigorous science education has traditionally been denied inner-city students. This collection of 17 articles describes how science is integral to urban students, with contributions f
Strategies for Successful Science Teaching is an exciting new text for science education classes, and a supplement for teachers of science (especially new teachers). It is aimed at K-8 teachers, but c
Social scientists have long noted and puzzled over a gender gap in academic scientists' publication rates. Fisher (an independent scholar retired from New York state government) argues that the gap ca
A must for exhibit developers, researchers, educators, and other museum professionals looking for ways to engage visitors more deeply with interactive science exhibits, this book documents the explora
"I read lots of books in which science education researchers tell science teachers how to teach. This book, refreshingly, is written the other way round.We read a number of accounts by outstanding sc
Your personal coach and game plan for creating a unique and award-winning science fair project Developing a science fair project from the ground up can be a daunting task--and today's science fair
Can Finding Nemo get kids excited about marine science? Can tribbles lead to a lesson in catch and release? Definitely, according to Cavanaugh (education and educational technology, U. of South Florid
An exploration of the statistical foundations of scientific inference, The Nature of Scientific Evidence asks what constitutes scientific evidence and whether scientific evidence can be quantified sta
An exploration of the statistical foundations of scientific inference, The Nature of Scientific Evidence asks what constitutes scientific evidence and whether scientific evidence can be quantified sta
This book takes a practical approach to improving secondary science education with the use of Information and Communication Technology (ICT), while considering the broader educational issues that inf
It's pure bottled magic! A complete kit that ingeniously marries science and fun in the breakthrough vein of The Bug Book & Bug Bottle (1.7 million copies in print) and The Bones Book & Skeleton (1.6
The literature of science fiction packs up the facts and discoveries of science and runs off to futures filled with both wonders and warnings. Kids love to take the journeys it offers for the thrill
The Art of Teaching Science focuses on the preparation of science teachers as professional artists. This text emphasizes a humanistic, experiential, and constructivist approach to teaching and learnin
Research in science education is now an international activity. This book asks for the first time, Does this research activity have an identity? -It uses the significant studies of more than 75 resear
Forty-three American academics contribute 30 chapters exploring issues and research in the planning, development, implementation, and sustaining of reform in science teaching in higher education. The
