Author: Arthur HerschmanPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
AAAS Annual Meeting Program
Author: Arthur HerschmanPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages :
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Benchmarks for Science Literacy
Author: American Association for the Advancement of SciencePublisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0199726515
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 443
Book Description
Published to glowing praise in 1990, Science for All Americans defined the science-literate American--describing the knowledge, skills, and attitudes all students should retain from their learning experience--and offered a series of recommendations for reforming our system of education in science, mathematics, and technology. Benchmarks for Science Literacy takes this one step further. Created in close consultation with a cross-section of American teachers, administrators, and scientists, Benchmarks elaborates on the recommendations to provide guidelines for what all students should know and be able to do in science, mathematics, and technology by the end of grades 2, 5, 8, and 12. These grade levels offer reasonable checkpoints for student progress toward science literacy, but do not suggest a rigid formula for teaching. Benchmarks is not a proposed curriculum, nor is it a plan for one: it is a tool educators can use as they design curricula that fit their student's needs and meet the goals first outlined in Science for All Americans. Far from pressing for a single educational program, Project 2061 advocates a reform strategy that will lead to more curriculum diversity than is common today. IBenchmarks emerged from the work of six diverse school-district teams who were asked to rethink the K-12 curriculum and outline alternative ways of achieving science literacy for all students. These teams based their work on published research and the continuing advice of prominent educators, as well as their own teaching experience. Focusing on the understanding and interconnection of key concepts rather than rote memorization of terms and isolated facts, Benchmarks advocates building a lasting understanding of science and related fields. In a culture increasingly pervaded by science, mathematics, and technology, science literacy require habits of mind that will enable citizens to understand the world around them, make some sense of new technologies as they emerge and grow, and deal sensibly with problems that involve evidence, numbers, patterns, logical arguments, and technology--as well as the relationship of these disciplines to the arts, humanities, and vocational sciences--making science literacy relevant to all students, regardless of their career paths. If Americans are to participate in a world shaped by modern science and mathematics, a world where technological know-how will offer the keys to economic and political stability in the twenty-first century, education in these areas must become one of the nation's highest priorities. Together with Science for All Americans, Benchmarks for Science Literacy offers a bold new agenda for the future of science education in this country, one that is certain to prepare our children for life in the twenty-first century.
Current Catalog
Author: National Library of Medicine (U.S.)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Medicine
Languages : en
Pages : 704
Book Description
First multi-year cumulation covers six years: 1965-70.
Publications of the Geological Survey
Author: Geological Survey (U.S.).Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Geology
Languages : en
Pages : 962
Book Description
Minutes of the Meeting
Author: Association of Research LibrariesPublisher: Association of Research Libr
ISBN:
Category : Library science
Languages : en
Pages : 334
Book Description
V. 52 includes the proceedings of the conference on the Farmington Plan, 1959.
Future Energy Conferences and Symposia
Author: Journal of Rehabilitation Research and Development
Author: New Publications of the U.S. Geological Survey
Author: Geological Survey (U.S.)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Geology
Languages : en
Pages : 400
Book Description
NAEP 1996 SCIENCE Report for Department of Defense Dependents Schools Grade 4
Author: Publisher: DIANE Publishing
ISBN: 1428966455
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 134
Book Description
NAEP 1996 Science State Report for Department of Defense Domestic Dependent Elementary and Secondary Schools, Grade 4
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Electronic government information
Languages : en
Pages : 134
Book Description