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Teaching Science to Every Child:Using Culture as a Starting Point
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Chapter 4More Basic Science Process Skills: Measure, Predict, & Communicate
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Chapter 4 Topics
Measuring as a Basic Science Process Skill
Predicting as a Forecast of Future Events
Communicating: Sharing Information from Process Skills
Joint Production of Understanding
Process Skills and Science Standards
Experiencing Scientific Worldview: Pendulum Activity
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Measuring: Extending the Senses
Measures are Quantitative Observations but Not Just Counts
Comparing to Standardized Tools: Ruler, Scale, Thermometer
Measuring Tools will Reduce Bias with the Standardized Tool
Proficiency with Measuring will Occur with Lots of Practice
Emphasize the Need for Units, Not Just Numbers
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Predicting: Anticipating Future
Predicting to Test our Ideas about Patterns in Nature
Guesses do not use Data. Predictions Start with Observations
It is Vital to Test Predictions to Check on their Accuracy
Predictions that Prove to be Wrong can be Informative
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Communicating: Process Skills become Text, Pictures, and Info
Communicating is the Sixth and Last Basic Process Skill
Not Just Drawings and Words; Must Share Science Ideas
Sharing Information about Observing, Inferring, Classifying, Measuring, and/or Predicting
Through Communicating Science Skills Becomes Stronger
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Joint Production of Understanding
Five Principles of Effective Pedagogy (Dalton)
The First Principle is for Teachers to Work Alongside Students
Working on Same Science Activity
Apprenticeship in Doing Science
Teacher is Active Member of Community
In the “Doing” Teacher Models Good Practices
Opportunity to Support Language Development
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Process Skills in the Standards
Process Skills have Limits
Concerns about being “Out of Context”
Old Science Curriculum did JUST Skills
Recognize Need to Combine Skills with Content
Encourages Curiosity and its Pursuit
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Scientific Worldview via Using Basic Science Process Skills
Pendulum: Weight + String. Needs a Steady Pivot Point.
One Swing = One Roundtrip (out and back is 1 swing)
Observe Pendulum’s Swinging over Fifteen Seconds
Predict its Behavior if You Change the String Length or the Weight
In Addition to Using all Basic Process Skills, Consider the Habits of Mind
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Chapter 4 Summary
Quantitative Observations against a Standard: Measuring
Statement about the Future Based on Past: Predicting
Communicating: Counts as Science if Process Skills Used
First Principle of Effective Pedagogy: Jointly Investigating
Science Standards Prefer Science Content with Process Skills
Pendulum Activity as Example of a Scientific Worldview
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