READINGS for 4570

1. The Overarching Goals of Scientific Literacy: Implications for Physics Teacher Preparation - Adam Johnston

 2.   Nature of Science (read enough that you have some ideas about NOS and can support them from the literature)

Science for all Americans

Settlage and Southerland

http://www.nap.edu/catalog.php?record_id=5787

http://millerandlevine.com/evolution/index.html

3.  re: Bloom's Taxonomy

http://www.ntlf.com/html/lib/faq/bl-ntlf.htm

http://www.nwlink.com/~donclark/hrd/bloom.html  (only the cognitive section - the strength of this article is the key word list)

http://web.uct.ac.za/projects/cbe/mcqman/mcqappc.html

http://serc.carleton.edu/introgeo/gallerywalk/higher_order.html

http://www.teachers.ash.org.au/researchskills/Dalton.htm

4.  Nature of Science Revisited:

THE PRINCIPAL ELEMENTS OF THE NATURE OF SCIENCE: DISPELLING THE MYTHS,  William F. McComas

5. Inquiry:

A.  http://www.sxi.sbc.edu/Simplifying_Inquiry_Instruction.pdf

B.  http://www.btanj.org/demo/2004/harwood1.pdf

C.  read at least one from the following:

        a. Developing the Essential Features of Inquiry

        b. Inquiry using Photosynthesis

        c. Inquiry goes outdoors

        d.  Inquiry rock stations

        e.  Taking flight inquiry

6.  HATS

(HATS) - Teaching for Conceptual Change

the remaining is still "under construction"

2.  Prospectus:   The Overarching Goals of Scientific Literacy:  Implications for Physics Teacher Preparation      A literature review chapter proposed for Physics Teacher Preparation book .  Adam Johnston

NSTA discussion thread about Hypothesis

graphing

http://mste.illinois.edu/courses/ci330ms/youtsey/intro.html

http://nces.ed.gov/nceskids/help/user_guide/graph/whentouse.asp

http://math.youngzones.org/stat_graph.html

goals of education

http://thetrc.org/trc/download/tsds/Goals_of_Education_part%201.doc

lab safety

Lab safety video

 http://www.nclark.net/Lab_Safety.wmv