Tue, Mar 06, 2018 4:48 PM in Teaching Controversial Topics in Science
Ruth,
I never did quite answer your question about helping students recognize and evaluate the various aspects of inquiry in investigations. On e good resource is a book titled Students and Research (you can find the fourth edition on Amazon.
Students and Research: Practical Strategies for Science Classrooms and Competitions
Sep 12, 2005
by COTHRON JULIA H and GIESE RONALD N
Paper...
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Sat, Mar 03, 2018 3:56 PM in Teaching Controversial Topics in Science
Ruth,
A great place to start is the website from our department (MSED.IIT.EDU) Once on the site, click on Project ICAN and there will be numerous classroom tested activities. Some of these are stand-alone and some are embedded within the curriculum. There is also a book, edited by William McComas (publisjed by Kluwer). That book is being revised, but it won;t come out until the end of the year....
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Sat, Mar 03, 2018 2:42 PM in Teaching Controversial Topics in Science
Colleagues,
I know that many questions were left unanswered during my presentation on Nature of Science and Controversial Issues. Please ask all your questions here. I promise that I will answer every question I receive within one day.
Norm
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