Ready, Set, Science!
Report: Ready, Set, Science!
Author(s):Sarah Michaels, Andrew W. Shouse, Heidi A. Schweingruber, National Research Council
Date: 2007
The National Academies
"Ready, Set, Science!" is a new publication from the National Research Council explaining how the latest research on learning and teaching can be put into practice in K-8 science classrooms. Using extensive examples and case studies, the book guides teachers and science specialists in applying the findings in the Research Council's 2006 report, "Taking Science to School: Learning and Teaching Science in Grades K-8." "Ready, Set, Science!" guides the way with a comprehensive synthesis of research into teaching and learning science in kindergarten through eighth grade. Based on the recently released National Research Council report, "Taking Science to School: Learning and Teaching Science in Grades K-8," this book summarizes a rich body of findings from the learning sciences and builds detailed cases of science educators at work to make the implications of research clear, accessible, and stimulating for a broad range of science educators.
"Ready, Set, Science!" is filled with classroom case studies that bring to life the research findings and help readers to replicate success. Most of these stories are based on real classroom experiences that illustrate the complexities that teachers grapple with every day. They show how teachers work to select and design rigorous and engaging instructional tasks, manage classrooms, orchestrate productive discussions with culturally and linguistically diverse groups of students, and help students make their thinking visible using a variety of representational tools. The report is available for purchase, but may also be read online.
