Boats, Balloons, and Classroom Video
Edited by Anne Rosebery & Beth Warren, 1998
This book lets you take part in a unique professional development experience in which a group of teachers collaborated
with educational researchers to conduct their own scientific investigations and to explore their students' learning in the
classroom.
Heinemann
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In Search of Understanding: The Case for Constructivist Classrooms
By Jacqueline Grennon Brooks & Martin G. Brooks, 1993
This book builds a case for the development of classrooms where students construct deep understandings of important
concepts.
Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development
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Talking Their Way Into Science
By Karen Gallas, 1995
The author describes the content, structure, and practice of her child-centered approach, and explains her current
understanding of how the teacher’s role in Science Talks develops and changes over time, including how the use of
Science Talks could change science instruction as a whole.
Teachers College Press
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Teaching Middle School Students to be Active Researchers
By Judith Zorfass with Harriet Copel, 1998
This book shows teachers and students asking real-life questions, searching for answers,
and presenting their new understanding of "overarching concepts," while examining such topics as the effects
of overfishing on a region's economy, or the social and emotional effects of natural disasters.
Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development
1703 North Beauregard Street, Alexandria, VA 22314;
(800)-933-2723; fax (703) 575-5400;
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