New Book From NSTA Press Details Success Stories From the Elementary Science Classroom
Posted on: Thursday, 30 November 2006, 12:00 CST
ARLINGTON, Va., Nov. 30 /PRNewswire/ -- Since their release in 1996, the National Science Education Standards have provided the vision for science education reform. But has that reform actually taken hold in elementary school? "Yes!" reports Robert Yager, editor of Exemplary Science in Grades PreK-4: Standards-Based Success Stories, the latest addition to NSTA Press' Exemplary Science series.
Evidence of change is apparent in this fourth volume of the Exemplary Science monograph series, an essay collection featuring educators in preK-4 describing programs they've developed to fulfill the Standards' More Emphasis guidelines. The 14 programs are real-life examples you can learn from in carrying out reforms in teaching, assessment, professional development, and content.
Among the topics covered: "Adapting Science Curricula in the Kindergarten Classroom,""Building on the Natural Wonder Inherent in Us All,""Guiding Students in Active and Extended Scientific Inquiry,""Active, Integrated Inquiry in an Afterschool Setting," and "Thinking Outside the Box: No Child Left Inside!"
As Yager writes in the book's introduction, "The 14 exemplary programs can be seen as models for other teachers -- not just to copy, but as ways of approaching science and encouraging their students to do more of what they like.... When both teachers and students are enthused, curious, and involved, science becomes central to the lives of students and others in the community and can tie the whole school experience together."
As with most NSTA Press titles, you can browse sample pages of this new title
free at the NSTA Science Store Website at http://store.nsta.org/.
For additional information, visit the NSTA Science Store at http://www.nsta.org/pressnew. To order by phone, call 800-277-5300 between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. EST weekdays. Outside the United States and Canada, call 301-638-0200. The 191-page book is priced at $19.95 and discount-priced for NSTA members at $15.96. (Item # PB192X1, ISBN # 978-0-87355-261-5)
National Science Teachers Association
CONTACT: Kim Leslie of National Science Teachers Association,+1-703-312-9285, kleslie@nsta.org
Web site: http://www.nsta.org/
Source: PRNewswire
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