In their professional dreams, chemistry teachers imagine eager and self-sufficient students whose curiosity motivates their scientific explorations. Joan Gallagher-Bolos and Dennis Smithenry have realized this vision in their chemistry classrooms, and in Teaching Inquiry-Based Chemistry, they demonstrate how you can make student-led inquiry happen in yours. Teaching Inquiry-Based Chemistry retraces an entire year's curriculum to show you how the authors weave constructivist theory into every lesson without sacrificing content. You will discover how slowly increasing the complexity of projects while gradually shifting the responsibility for learning to class members builds success upon success until students are ready to formulate and execute a three-week, end-of-year project where they function as a fully independent scientific community. Plus Teaching Inquiry-Based Chemistry is loaded with features that help you implement student-centered teaching immediately, including: proven instructional strategies examples of successful units from the authors' own curricula graphic organizers that guide you through creating an inquiry-driven classroom discussions of meeting NSES's inquiry standards through inquiry-based teaching in-depth examples of student journals and projects Get ready to make your ideal classroom a reality and find a fresh way of teaching the chemistry you kw so well. Read Teaching Inquiry-Based Chemistry and discover how helping your students capitalize on their innate scientific curiosity will lead you to new levels of professional and personal satisfaction.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Heinemann USA
ISBN-10
0325006717
ISBN-13
9780325006710
eBay Product ID (ePID)
103478608
Product Key Features
Author
Dennis Smithenry, Joan Gallagher-Bolos
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Subject
Science & Mathematics: Textbooks & Study Guides
Additional Product Features
Place of Publication
Portsmouth
Content Note
Illustrations
Date of Publication
19/08/2004
Imprint
Heinemann Educational Books,U.S.
Country of Publication
United States
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