How We Teach Science

What’s Changed, and Why It Matters

John L. Rudolph

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$36.00 • £28.95 • €32.50

ISBN 9780674919341

Publication Date: 06/01/2019

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320 pages

6-1/8 x 9-1/4 inches

21 photos

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Introduction
1. From Textbook to Laboratory
2. The Laboratory in Practice
3. Student Interest and the New Movement
4. The Scientific Method
5. Problems and Projects
6. The War on Method
7. Origins of Inquiry
8. Scientists in the Classroom
9. Project 2061 and the Nature of Science
10. Science in the Standards Era
Conclusion
Notes
Acknowledgments
Index

Awards & Accolades

A Choice Outstanding Academic Title, 2019

A Times Higher Education Book of the Week, 2019

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