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Record Nr.

UNINA9910810365203321

Autore

Colburn Alan <1961->

Titolo

The lingo of learning : 88 education terms every science teacher should know / / Alan Colburn

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Arlington, Va., : NSTA Press, National Science Teachers Association, c2003

ISBN

1-281-75830-2

1-935155-88-1

9786611758301

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (123 p.)

Disciplina

507/.1

Soggetti

Science - Study and teaching

Education

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Intro -- CONTENTS -- Alphabetical List of the 88 Education Terms -- THE AUTHOR -- THE REVIEWERS -- Preface -- Chapter 1: Educational Outcomes -- objective -- benchmarks -- standards -- Bloom's taxonomy -- affective domain -- science literacy -- REFERENCES &amp -- FURTHER INFORMATION: -- Chapter 2: General Instructional Approaches -- STS, science-technology-society -- problem-based learning -- integrated science, coordinated science -- thematic instruction -- teacher-centered instruction/direct instruction -- student-centered instruction -- mastery learning -- reception learning -- discovery learning -- REFERENCES &amp -- FURTHER INFORMATION: -- Chapter 3 Instructional Models -- cooperative learning -- inquiry, inquiry-based instruction -- structured inquiry activity -- guided inquiry activity -- open inquiry activity -- verification activities -- learning cycle -- 5E model -- REFERENCES &amp -- FURTHER INFORMATION: -- Chapter 4 Teaching Techniques -- pedagogy -- advance organizer -- anticipatory set -- discrepant event -- graphic organizers -- concept maps -- vee maps -- KWL charts -- convergent and divergent questions -- wait-time -- nonverbal behaviors -- REFERENCES &amp -- FURTHER INFORMATION: -- Chapter 5 Assessment -- formative assessment and summative assessment --



performance assessment, authentic assessment -- rubrics (grading standards) -- holistic scoring and analytic (or criterion-based) scoring -- portfolios -- criterion-referenced tests and norm-referenced tests -- REFERENCES &amp -- FURTHER INFORMATION: -- Chapter 6 Diversity -- learning styles -- multiple intelligences -- gifted and talented -- SDAIE/sheltered instruction -- ESL, LEP, ESOL -- inclusion, mainstreaming -- REFERENCES &amp -- FURTHER INFORMATION: -- Chapter 7 Learning Theories -- Piaget -- cognitive development -- concrete reasoning, formal reasoning.

developmentally appropriate curricula -- constructivism -- misconceptions -- conceptual change -- zone of proximal growth/zone of proximal development -- scaffolding -- REFERENCES &amp -- FURTHER INFORMATION: -- Chapter 8 Research Concepts -- qualitative research -- quantitative research -- action research -- validity -- reliability -- Likert scale -- sample, sampling -- (statistically) significant difference -- REFERENCES &amp -- FURTHER INFORMATION: -- Chapter 9 Teacher Education -- preservice teacher -- inservice teacher -- supervising, cooperating, or mentor teacher -- professional development schools -- induction -- clinical supervision -- professional development -- modeling -- National Board Certification -- REFERENCES &amp -- FURTHER INFORMATION: -- Chapter 10 Documents -- National Science Education Standards -- Project 2061: Science for All Americans Project 2061: Benchmarks for Science Literacy -- Scope, Sequence, and Coordination project -- "alphabet soup" curricula -- REFERENCES &amp -- FURTHER INFORMATION: -- Chapter 11 Nature of Science -- the" scientific method -- inference (versus observation) -- induction -- deduction -- epistemology -- empirical, direct evidence, indirect evidence -- variable -- experimental designs (randomized, prospective, retrospective) -- hypothesis -- theory -- law -- REFERENCES &amp -- FURTHER INFORMATION: -- I N D E X -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Z.

Sommario/riassunto

What does “constructivism” mean? What is the difference between “reliability” and “validity?” You’ll be surprised at the ease of finding definitive answers to terminology questions like these with The Lingo of Learning . Ideal for the time-pressed science teacher who is ready to learn once and for all what key terms really mean.