Thinking Through Science Year 9 Teacher's Book 3 Red: Bk. 3 - Brossura

Cheney, Arthur; Flavell, Howard

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ISBN 10: 0719578582 ISBN 13: 9780719578588

Casa editrice: Hodder Murray, 2005

Riassunto

This brand new course for Key Stage 3 Science brings together proven approaches to the development of pupils' thinking skills and the requirements of the National Curriculum for Science. Pupils learn to 'think about their thinking' whilst developing their knowledge and understanding of science within the context of the QCA Scheme of Work. The order in which specific skills are introduced is based on many years' research into pupils' cognitive development.
Arises directly from the CASE project and cultivates a thinking skills approach to science.

Highlights issues raised by the Science Strategy.

Uses the latest ideas for effective learning in line with pupils' cognitive development.

Prepares pupils for assessment of Sc1.

Provides methods to promote peer interaction.

Highlights the use of mental modelling in science.
Teacher's notes for each chapter include:

key learning objectives

advice on timing

links to other chapters and prior learning

pupil's misconceptions

skills covered

teaching tips

answers

attainment level

language for learning

technician's notes including safety

cross-curricular issues including numeracy and literacy

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Recensione:

Rather than reworking the efforts of yesteryear, Arthur Cheney and his co-authors have produced a KS3 course with a difference. Thinking Through Science is a textbook, a teacher's handbook and a set of worksheets that draw heavily on research evidence of effective approaches to science teaching. As the title implies, the CASE (Cognitive Acceleration through Science Education) project features strongly, with many activities that help stimulate and develop children's reasoning.
The teacher's resource book alerts teachers to common pupil misconceptions, opportunities for formative assessment and links with literacy and numeracy. It is refreshing to see a handbook that attempts to elaborate on the ideas underpinning the learning activities. And as the authors believe good teaching is that which advances children's thinking, the exercises emphasise information processing, reasoning, creative thinking and evaluation.
...for those teachers who are tired of the double page spread (where design dictates content) and the mind-numbing, fill-in-the-gaps assessment exercises, this course will reinvigorate the parts that others have failed to reach. (TES 2003-03-21)

The pupil's book is bigger than most other courses offer for a similar price, with a lot of information as well as a wide variety of activities for pupils, including opportunities for literacy, numeracy and ICT.
The teacher's book and CD-ROM together provide all that is needed to be able to meet the current requirements of the National Curriculum by using a bought-in scheme...
It is refreshing that the short end-of-unit tests are there to check on pupils' understanding rather than trying to assign levels to them.There are helpful examples showing how assessment for learning can be done throughout the course.
These materials are worth considering by any school looking for a new key stage 3 course...whether already using the CASE strategy or not. For those using CASE, it also provides a lot of extension work and many examples for bridging. (School Science Review 2004-06-03)

The vividly illustrated books will be attractive to students of all abilities...
A thought-provoking book. The novel approach makes it an excellent way of stretching students. (TES 2003-03-01)

L'autore:

Arthur Cheney, Key Stage 3 Science Consultant, East Riding.
Howard Flavell, NOF Science trainer and OFSTED Inspector.
Chris Harrison, Science Lecturer, Kings College, London, working in Initial Teacher Training, the Centre for Advancement of Thinking and Kings Formative Assessment.
George Hurst, Key Stage 3 and Key stage 4 Science Curriculum Leader, Sandwell.
Carolyn Yates, one of the originators of CASE (along with Professors Michael Shayer and Philip Adey). She has edited the new edition of CASE materials and has set up national cognitive acceleration training programmes in England, Scotland, Wales and overseas.
All the authors are established CASE trainers.

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• Editore: Hodder Murray
• Data di pubblicazione: 2005
• ISBN 10: 0719578582
• ISBN 13: 9780719578588
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 216