Science teaching and the development of thinking Book

1. Teaching and the Nature of Science. 2. Patterns of Thinking by Scientists and by Adolescents. 3. Scientific Knowledge: Its Construction and Development. 4. Stages in the Development of Procedural Knowledge. 5. The Learning Cycle. 6. Characteristics of Effective Science Instruction. 7. Why Don't More Teachers Use Inquiry-Oriented Methods? 8. Principles of Curriculum Development and Implementation. 9. Student Assessment. 10. Directions for Future Research and Development. 11. Neurological Models of Self-Regulation and Instructional Methods. 12. The Role of Logical and Analogical Thinking in Knowledge Construction. Appendix A: The Central Purpose of American Education by Educational Policies Commission. Appendix B: The Method of Multiple Working Hypotheses by T.C. Chamberlain. Appendix C: What Is Science? By R. P. Feynmen. Appendix D: Research on the Learning Cycle by A. E. Lawson, M. R. Abraham, and J. W. Renner. Appendix E: Teaching and the Expanding Knowledge by A. Szent-Gyorgyi. Appendix F: Classroom Test of Scientific Reasoning. Appendix G: Learning Cycles.