Title Learning science : the value of crafting engagement in science environments / Barbara Schneider, Josepht Krajcik, Jari Lavonen, and Katariina Salmela-Aro ; with a foreword by Margaret J. Geller

Published New Haven : Yale University Press, [2020]

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Description 1 online resource (xvi, 182 pages) : illustrations Contents Frontmatter -- Contents -- Foreword -- Preface -- Team Members -- Why Learning Science Matters -- 1. Creating Science Activities That Engage and Inspire -- 2. Project-Based Learning in U.S. Physics Classrooms -- 3. Project-Based Learning in Finnish Physics Classrooms -- 4. How Learning Science Affects Emotions and Achievement -- 5. Teachers Reflect on Project-Based Learning Environments -- 6. Encouraging Three-Dimensional Learning -- Appendix A: The Crafting Engagement in Science Environments Study -- Appendix B: Storyline for the Physics Force and Motion Unit -- Appendix C: Student and Teacher ESM Questionnaires -- Appendix D: Single-Case Design -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index Summary An innovative, internationally developed system to help advance science learning and instruction for high school students This book tells the story of a .6 million research project funded by the National Science Foundation aimed at increasing scientific literacy and addressing global concerns of declining science engagement. Studying dozens of classrooms across the United States and Finland, this international team combines large-scale studies with intensive interviews from teachers and students to examine how to transform science education. Written for teachers, parents, policymakers, and researchers, this book offers solutions for matching science learning and instruction with newly recommended twenty-first-century standards Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 163-174) and index Notes In English Print version record Subject Science -- Study and teaching (Secondary) -- United States Science -- Study and teaching (Secondary) -- Finland Science -- Study and teaching (Secondary) -- Case studies Project method in teaching -- Case studies EDUCATION -- Teaching Methods & Materials -- Science & Technology. Project method in teaching Science -- Study and teaching (Secondary) Finland United States Genre/Form Case studies Form Electronic book Author Krajcik, Joseph S., author. Lavonen, Jari, author. Salmela-Aro, Katariina, author. ISBN 9780300252736 0300252730

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