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Binding: PaperbackDewey Decimal Number: 372 EAN: 9780495506751 Edition: 5 ISBN: 0495506753 Label: Wadsworth Publishing Manufacturer: Wadsworth Publishing Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 626 Publication Date: January 31, 2008 Publisher: Wadsworth Publishing Studio: Wadsworth Publishing Related Items:
Browse for similar items by category: Click to Display Editorial Review: Product Description: ELEMENTARY SCIENCE METHODS: A CONSTRUCTIVIST APPROACH, Fifth Edition, is based on two fundamental and complementary ideas: it is more important for children to learn how to do science than to learn about science, and elementary science teachers do not need to know a great deal of science but rather should be co- inquirers with their students. To facilitate learning, this text features a wealth of exercises, including open-ended inquiry activities that help teacher candidates construct their own personal conceptualizations about science content and teaching methods. The text also contains over 170 process-oriented, open-ended activities, organized by grade level, that practicing teachers can use to encourage children to develop and perform their own investigations. The Book Companion DVD (available separately) provides valuable tools and resources such as additional activities and video clips that students can use both in their college course and later in elementary science classrooms. Average Rating:
 Rating: - Useful!Although I am not currently teaching, I found this book to be easy to read, interesting, and contain engaging and useful lessons and activities for students of all ages. Rating:  - Okay, but there's probably betterI had to get this book for a class. There are some good ideas in it, but the authors expect you to perform every experiment in it, and if you don't, you "miss out" on many of their ideas. It seems a little ridiculous -- one chapter is over 100 pages long and there are a TON of experiments in that chapter alone that the authors refer to over and over again. I'm sorry, but I did not have the time to do those activities!!! Rating:  - Great Elementary Education ResourceThis is a wonderful resource for Elementary Education Majors. Easy read! Rating: - This book is very useful, but contains a glaring error!I am using this book as a reference for a master's project I am working on in education. I have found the book to be very useful and helpful. However, I am deeply disturbed by a glaring error contained in the text. Martin briefly overviews the history of the process approach to science education near the beginning of the book. Since I am including a history in my project, I have paid careful attention to this section. He states, "In October, 1959, the United States felt deeply humiliated ... Read More 
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