The impact of state and national standards on K-12 science teaching

This book addresses the expectations toward the science standards of various stakeholders including students, parents, teachers, administrators, higher education science and science education faculty members, politicians, governmental and professional agencies, and the business community. This book...

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Other Authors Sunal, Dennis W. (Editor), Wright, Emmett (Editor)
Format Electronic eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Bingley, U.K : Emerald Publishing Limited : Information Age Pub., [2006]
SeriesResearch in science education.
Subjects
Science > Study and teaching > Standards > United States.
Education > Teaching > Subjects > Science & Technology.
Teaching of a specific subject.
Educational: Sciences, general science.
elektronické knihy
electronic books
Online AccessFull text
ISBN9781918116229
DOI10.1108/978-1-60752-488-5
Physical Description1 online resource (xi, 440 pages) : illustrations

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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction to the science standards: their impact on K-12 science teaching / Dennis W. Sunal and Emmett L. Wright
  • The history of the science standards movement in the United States / George E. DeBoer
  • A framework for investigating the influence of the national science standards / Iris R. Weiss
  • The status of K-12 science teaching in the United States : results from a national observation survey / Eric R. Banilower ... [et al.]
  • Teacher perceptions of science standards in K-12 classrooms: an Alabama case study / Dennis W. Sunal and Emmett L. Wright
  • Realizing the national science education standards: channels of influence using a state level perspective: a Kansas case study / Stephan Marlette and M. Janice Goldston
  • Science standards: cause and object of influence: a Kansas case study / John R. Staver
  • Impact of the reform efforts on K-12 science inquiry: a paradigm shift / Connie Gabel
  • Argumentation and the science standards: the intersection of scientific and historical reasoning and inquiry / Cynthia Szymanski Sunal
  • Improving the alignment of curriculum and assessment to national science standards / Lili Stern and Jo Ellen Roseman
  • Translating science standards into practice across the teacher education continuum: a professional development school model / Gail Shroyer, Teresa Miller, and Cecelia Hernandez
  • The impact of state standards on teacher professional development and student performance in middle school science: a Texas case study / Christy MacKinnon, Bonnie McCormick & Judy Fowles
  • Impact of science standards on curriculum and instruction in the earth sciences / Larry Enochs and Fred Finley
  • The influence of science standards and regulation on teacher quality and curriculum renewal: an Australian perspective / Warren Beasley.

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