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Elementary Science Methods - WK1
Introduction
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Elementary Science Methods
Big Ideas!
1.Effective Instruction
1.Assessing student learning
1.Science inquiry
1.Lifelong learning
Yeah, but… …what about standards… …and testing?
Woo hoo!Inquiry Rocks!!!!
Two cohorts of 7th and 8th graders that participated in the [science inquiry] project units are compared with the remainder of the district population, using results from the high-stakes state standardized test in science. Both the initial and scaled up cohorts show increases in science content understanding and process skills over their peers, and significantly higher pass rates on the statewide test. The relative gains occur up to a year and a half after participation in the curriculum...
The effect of participation in units at different grade levels is independent and cumulative, with higher levels of participation associated with similarly higher achievement scores. Examination of results by gender reveals that the curriculum effort succeeds in reducing the gender gap in achievement experienced by urban African-American boys.
Process and Outcome Science Inquiry Works.Science
Inquiry
--------------- Outcome
Geier, R., Blumenfeld, P.C., Marx, R.W., Krajcik, J.S., Fishman, B., Soloway, E., Clay-Clayton, J. (2008). Standardized Test Outcome for Students Engaged in Inquiry-Based Science Curricula in the Context of Urban Reform. Journal of Research in Science Teaching. v45 n8 p922-939
Elementary Science Methods
Elementary Science Methods
Elementary Science Methods
Elementary Science Methods
Big Ideas!
1.Effective Instruction
1.Assessing student learning
1.Science inquiry
1.Lifelong learning
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Definition Characteristics
Non- ExamplesExamples
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Data
Claim
Evidence
Reasoning
Modeling Science
What is Science?Science assumes that the natural world
can be understood by gathering evidence.
Science attempts to explain the natural world and these explanations are tested using evidence.
No magic, gremlins or
other supernatural explanations
needed!
Science Inquiry?
Modeling Science
Process and Outcome
Process --- Outcome
The Essential Features of Science InquiryScience
Inquiry
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Adapted from the National Research Council. (2000). Inquiry and the National Science Education Standards. Washington D.C.: National Academy Press
Lear Lear
Process and Outcome
Process --- Outcome
The Essential Features of Science InquiryScience
Inquiry
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Adapted from the National Research Council. (2000). Inquiry and the National Science Education Standards. Washington D.C.: National Academy Press
Learner is Active!
Process and Outcome
Process --- Outcome
The Essential Features of Science InquiryScience
Inquiry
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Adapted from the National Research Council. (2000). Inquiry and the National Science Education Standards. Washington D.C.: National Academy Press
Evidence-basedExplanations.
Questions
Process and Outcome
Process --- Outcome
The Essential Features of Science InquiryScience
Inquiry
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Adapted from the National Research Council. (2000). Inquiry and the National Science Education Standards. Washington D.C.: National Academy Press
Evidence-basedExplanations.
Questions
A Scientific Explanation Makes Sense of DataScience
Inquiry
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Process and Outcome
Process --- Outcome
Evidence-based ExplanationsScience
Inquiry
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• People are more likely to believe your ideas if you have reasons for them (k-2)
• Seek better reasons for believing something than “Everybody knows that . . .” or “I just know” and discount such reasons when given by others (3-5)
• Notice and criticize the reasoning in arguments in which fact and opinion are intermingled or the conclusions do not follow logically from the evidence given (6-8)
• Insist that the critical assumptions behind any line of reasoning be made explicit so that the validity of the position being taken--whether one’s own or that of others--can be judged (9-12)
AAAS Benchmarks
Process and Outcome
Process --- Outcome
Evidence-based ExplanationsScience
Inquiry
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What is happening?
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An Explanation with Evidence but little Reasoning! Science
Inquiry
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Process and Outcome Evidence-based ExplanationsScience
Inquiry
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String Theory
Process and Outcome Evidence-based ExplanationsScience
Inquiry
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Fortune Fish
Evidence-based Explanations
What is your… … Question? … Explanation? … Evidence? … Reasoning?
Science Inquiry
Process and OutcomeElementary Science Methods
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