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Teaching strategies include all approaches that a teacher can use to actively involve students in the learning process and writing a master thesis. Strategies for Teachers |
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Thinking Skills
Cognitive Acceleration |
An Investigative Approach to Science |
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What is an Investigation? | Teaching how to investigate | A possible approach | Planning for a fair test | Development Team | |
![]() How to carry out investigations in the classroom Plant life-cycle Science Investigation Report Classroom Management Strategies
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TSEC START Materials | |||||
How Good is our Investigation (Level B)? | How Good is our Investigation (Level C)? | ||||
PIPS 2 (access to video - probably only suitable if you have Broadband or a great deal of patience!)
Barbara McConnell - Investigations
Energy Planner Teachers' Notes Scenario card Investigation
Scientific enquiry - Digital Brain |
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Hong Kong primary pupils' cognitive understanding and reasoning in conducting science investigation: A pilot study on the topic of "Keeping Warm" | |||||
How to carry out a 'wicked' science investigation (search for "wicked") | |||||
Miscellaneous investigation resources | |||||
Questioning in the classroom (CPD) |
Formative Assessment
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Formative Assessment - Teacher's TV video (Paul Black & Chris Harrison - authors of Inside the Black Box) Effective Questioning - Teacher's TV video - What is inside the children's heads? Shaping children's learning & understanding. Helping children to express themselves. Open questioning. Fat & skinny questions. Questioning in the classroom (CPD) - from Astra Zeneca Science Teaching Trust SCOTAT (Scottish Teachers Advancing Thinking) Formative Assessment Techniques Suggested Assessment Exercise from the South East Earth and Space (SEES) Magnets and their Uses - Word file (an example of a formative assessment strategy - other contexts can easily be identified) Simple Formative Assessment Exercise (SAPS Materials) Cognitive Acceleration Program (CAP) Visit the Teacher Development Programme "Thinking Skills" on the Fife Science Education website (includes CPD program & much more) Effective Displays (CPD) - from Astra Zeneca Science Teaching Trust |
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