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Title Reform in undergraduate science teaching for the 21st century / edited by Dennis W. Sunal, Emmett L. Wright, Jeanelle Bland Day
Published Greenwich, Conn. : Information Age Pub., ©2004

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Description 1 online resource (xiv, 556 pages) : illustrations
Series Research in Science Education
Research in science education.
Contents Cover -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface to the series -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Chapter 1: Improving undergraduate science teaching through educational research -- Part I: Lessons from research on reform in undergraduate science -- Chapter 2: Science education reform and higher education: A historical perspective -- Chapter 3: Reform in undergraduate science classrooms -- Chapter 4: Science education reform: Factors affecting science and science education faculty collaborations
Chapter 5: The importance of prior knowledge in college science instruction Chapter 6: Innovative pedagogy for meaningful learning in undergraduate science -- Chapter 7: Interdisciplinary curriculum planning in a college course -- Chapter 8: Assessment in college science courses -- Chapter 9: Teaching for diversity in undergraduate science -- Chapter 10: Integrating information technology into undergraduate science -- Chapter 11: Teaching undergraduate science online -- Chapter 12: Professional development of university science faculty through action research
Chapter 13: A case study of a national undergraduate science reform effort Part II: Perspectives on reform in undergraduate science -- Chapter 14: A large university perspective on reform in teaching undergraduate science: A geologist's personal practice theories and pedagogical change -- Chapter 15: A small four-year college perspective on reform in teaching undergraduate science -- Chapter 16: A two-year college perspective on linking policy and research to support science education professional practice
Chapter 17: A science education research organization's perspective on reform in teaching undergraduate science Chapter 18: A science research organization perspective on reform in teaching undergraduate science -- Chapter 19: Scientists' perspective on reform in teaching undergraduate science: Serving preservice science teachers in the context of a heterogeneous student population -- Chapter 20: A university student's perspective on reform in teaching undergraduate science
Chapter 21: A university science education researcher's perspective on reform in teaching undergraduate science Part III: Innovative models for reform in undergraduate science -- Chapter 22: A model for reform in teaching in the biological sciences -- Chapter 23: A model for reform in teaching in the biological sciences: Infrastructure for inquiry in an introductory biology laboratory -- Chapter 24: A model for reform in teaching chemistry: With a focus on prospective elementary teachers
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references
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Subject Science -- Study and teaching (Higher) -- United States
SCIENCE -- Study & Teaching.
Science -- Study and teaching (Higher)
United States
Form Electronic book
Author Sunal, Dennis W.
Wright, Emmett.
Day, Jeanelle Bland.
ISBN 9781607525424
1607525429