Planning Science Instruction for Critical Thinking: Two Urban Elementary Teachers’ Responses to a State Science Assessment

Planning Science Instruction for Critical Thinking: Two Urban Elementary Teachers’ Responses to a State Science Assessment

Science education reform standards have shifted focus from exploration and experimentation to evidence-based explanation and argumentation to prepare students with knowledge for a changing workforce and critical thinking skills to evaluate issues requiring increasing scientific literacy. However, in...

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Main Author: Elaine Silva Mangiante
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2013-07-01
Series:Education Sciences
Subjects:
elementary science
urban schools
assessments
critical thinking
teacher planning
argumentation
reform-based science
Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/2227-7102/3/3/222

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