A solution to this problem is for districts or schools to set up systems for replenishing the modules and distributing them across classrooms or “materials resources centers.” These centers shift the burden of preparing materials from the individual teacher to a specialized unit in the system. By providing teachers with feedback in the short term about student learning, these systems are designed to influence teaching in ways that other testing systems (e.g., high-stakes testing) do not. (1999). American Federation of Teachers. Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 37, 916-937. (1987). Kesidou, S., and Roseman, J.E. Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 30, 723-736. h�b```b``�a`e`� ``@ 6 da�x��� ��!��ʻ�v2�3���oy:y>�*�xq�20D������:9Ҁ4�. 0000067499 00000 n If teachers are to help students achieve science proficiency, they too need to achieve proficiency across the four strands. Rather than bolstering teachers’ experiences in science or explicitly building their understanding of student reasoning, they offer a pragmatic approach focused on instruction. Teachers’ work and student experiences in restructuring schools. The effects of science teacher subject-matter knowledge on teacher questioning and classroom discourse. Munby, H., Russell, T., and Martin, A.K. Situated learning: Legitimate peripheral participation. Teachers received initial training in the new problem-based learning curriculum. Teachers’ understanding of how students learn has important implications for how they structure learning experiences and make instructional decisions over time. (1998). A recent study by Spillane (2005) suggests that the resources drawn on by these groups may vary across subjects, be affected by the level of teacher expertise in the subject, and be influenced by teacher perceptions about where expertise lies. 616 35 Over 4 years, the inquiry-based science program gradually became available to all teachers at all elementary schools in the school district. The main thing is to make sure they contain the main elements of the lesson. Eds. He found that teachers believed that the expertise in literacy was available among their colleagues but that to access expertise in mathematics or science they had to go outside the school. The study included only comprehensive middle school science programs—that is those that covered 3 years of instruction and were in wide use by school districts and states. Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 42(8), 857-887. Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 36(7), 755-776. (2001) investigated whether elementary schools in Chicago that had improving instructional coherence showed improvements in student achievement. Cohen, D.K., Raudenbush, S., and Ball, D.L. He analyzed their efforts to develop inquiry projects (beginning with formulating questions through presentations to peers) and found that they had a common folk view of science. showed statistically significant gains in science and literacy (writing) achievement, enhanced abilities to conduct science inquiry, and narrowing of achievement gaps (Cuevas et al., 2005; Lee et al., 2005). San Francisco: Jossey Bass. There is broad agreement that well-designed opportunities for teacher learning can produce desirable changes in instructional practice and improved science learning for students. Since the modules are expensive, schools often ask teachers to share them, and replenishing the supplies becomes a problem. To move toward instruction that is consistent with the research base we review in this volume, teachers will need substantial, ongoing, and systemic supports for their own learning. When teachers work collectively in teams, work groups, or as a department, their efforts can yield important instructional results and measurable effects on student learning. Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 25(2), 119-142. Science teacher characteristics by teaching behavior and by student outcome: A meta-analysis of research. They found that mathematical knowledge for teaching was a significant predictor of student gains and a stronger predictor than all other teacher background variables (mathematics and mathematics education course work, certification) as well as time spent on instruction (Hill, Rowan, and Ball, 2005). Planning instruction 2. Individuals may not be aware of their own folk pedagogy, and it may even be incommensurate with their own espoused views of teaching and learning, constraining the range of pedagogical moves they will make. Rowan, B., Correnti, R., and Miller, R. (2002). Teaching subject matter: In L. Darling-Hammond, J. Bransford, P. LePage, K. Hammerness, and H. Duffy (Eds. Examining pedagogical content knowledge. DuFour, R. (2000). 217-242). Managing instruction 3. They found a common mental model of learners across teachers. Another reason that students learn by rote. Corcoran, T.B., McVay, S., and Riordan, K. (2003). For example, Sanders and colleagues (1993) conducted an in-depth analysis of three secondary science teachers teaching inside and outside their areas of certification. 0000022582 00000 n Tucker, M. (2004). The experimental group teachers attended a 5-day. Switch between the Original Pages, where you can read the report as it appeared in print, and Text Pages for the web version, where you can highlight and search the text. While the logic of subject matter knowledge for teaching is persuasive, there is almost no research on the empirical link between specialized teacher subject matter knowledge and student learning.2 More than three decades of research have resulted in distinct portraits of expert/novice teachers’ knowledge (Munby, Russell, and Martin, 2001) and case studies of teachers’ acquisition of PCK (e.g., Zembal-Saul, Blumenfeld, and Krajcik, 2000; Smith and Neale, 1989). Unfortunately, an inquiry-approach to teaching science is not the norm in schools as "many teachers are still striving to build a shared understanding of what science as inquiry means, and at a more practical level, what it looks like in the classroom ( Keeley, 2008 )." (2003). Washington, DC: Pelavin Research Center. In a general sense, a great deal is known about the characteristics of such opportunities for teacher learning. Harvard Educational Review, 57, 1-22. Grossman, P.L., Schoenfeld, A., and Lee, C.D. The evidence of science-specific subject matter specialists is less clear. As we have discussed, the current store of curriculum materials for K-8 science teachers is quite uneven. 17 Teaching Principles of Effective Instruction. Washington, DC: National Education Association. These serve as examples for researchers to build on and as food for thought for policy makers and professional development providers. Given this view of learners, teachers saw instruction as an “engineering problem” in which their task was twofold. Zembal-Saul, C., Blumenfeld, P.C., and Krajcik, J.S. The assessments are being developed to help teachers of students in grades 3-6 assess, guide, and confirm student learning in science. 0000001888 00000 n Economics of Education Review, 13(2), 125-145. Well-designed benchmarking systems are closely integrated with instruction and may lighten its immense cognitive load. Stein, M.K., and D’Amico, L. (1998). (2005). They also need to understand the unique qualities of their particular students and the unique demands of particular groups of students in their classrooms. Eisenhart, M.A., Finkel, E., Behm, L., Lawrence, N., and Tonso, K. (1998). In contrast, we have argued that learning science includes participating in scientific practice in which learners engage in meaningful problems over time. The problem must be meaningful from the standpoint of science and be clearly connected to a body of knowledge. Newmann and associates (1996) reported that strong norms of teacher collaboration in schools were associated with more effective implementation of reforms and continuous improvement of practice. However, it was part of a systemic approach to reform, and specific contributions of the teacher leaders were not identified. Register for a free account to start saving and receiving special member only perks. The NASDTEC manual on the preparation and certification of educational personnel 2004 Ninth edition. Monk (1994) found that the number of postsecondary courses that mathematics and science teachers have taken is associated with incremental gains in student scores. They were provided with professional development, in-classroom professional support from resource teachers, and complete materials and supplies for all the science units. Cognitive development and science education: Toward a middle level model. Science specific standards for middle school level credentialing are not typical. Putting the pieces together: Systemic school reform. 7 Components of an Effective Classroom Lesson Plan. Most of these states require a certain number of credit hours in the subject area of assignment (National Association of State Directors of Teacher Education and Certification, 2004). teacher knowledge and skill influence student learning. interest to students, drew on computational technologies, and provided “benchmark lessons” for especially difficult content. trailer 0000002890 00000 n Reaching for coherence in school reform: The case of America’s choice. Science Education, 82(6), 649-677. Mind, Culture, and Activity, 11(3), 201-223. 0000001548 00000 n One source of evidence on this question is a large body of research on “teachers’ dispositions,” which examine teachers’ espoused beliefs about science teaching and their instructional practices to make inferences about their views on learning. Instruction based on the principles of mastery learning, a system developed by Benjamin Bloom in which students are allowed to progress on the basis of demonstrating proficiency on a set of formative assessments, has been shown to have a significant positive effects for lower achieving students and for inexperienced teachers (Block and Burns, 1976; Guskey and Gates, 1986; Whiting, Van Burgh, and Renger, 1995). Teaching science through science inquiry is the cornerstone of good teaching. Science Education, 77, 301-317. they inhabit (Lave and Wenger, 1991). What are the best tasks for books, lectures, and hands-on learning? Studying teacher education: The report of the AERA panel on research and teacher education. These studies provide a glimpse of some emergent and promising approaches to science-specific K-8 teacher professional development. Start studying FTCE Science: Effective Science instruction. Sign up for email notifications and we'll let you know about new publications in your areas of interest when they're released. Cambridge, MA: Cambridge University Press. Review of Educational Research, 61, 213-238. When teacher teams, work groups, and departments function as communities of practice, numerous studies have shown strong, desirable effects on faculty willingness to implement instructional reforms, teacher relationships with students, and student achievement outcomes. While we think that good science teaching necessarily includes student investigations, we reject the idea that teachers who understand learners will necessarily consistently create interactive, student-driven teaching experiences, as this research implies. (CPRE/NCTAF Joint Report). For benchmarking assessment systems to support quality instruction and improvements in student learning, teachers must understand the desired stages of progression for students of varying ages and skill levels in the particular discipline being taught. Characteristics of Highly Effective Science Teaching and Learning Learning Climate: a safe environment supported by the teacher in which high, clear expectations and positive relationships are fostered; active learning is promoted Teacher Characteristics: A- Teacher creates learning environments where students are active participants as individuals Kahle and colleagues conducted a series of studies to examine the impact of standards-based teaching practices (i.e., extended inquiry, problem solving, open-ended questioning, and cooperative learning) on the science achievement and attitudes of urban black middle school students (Boone and Kahle, 1998; Kahle, Meece, and Scantlebury, 2000). Guskey, T., and Gates, S. (1986). Black, P., and Wiliam, D. (1998). Learn vocabulary, terms, and more with flashcards, games, and other study tools. Based on feedback from you, our users, we've made some improvements that make it easier than ever to read thousands of publications on our website. Newman, F.M., Smith, B., Allensworth, E., and Bryk, A. These texts typically lack coherent attention to concepts in favor of including many topics, and they rarely provide teachers with guidance about how students think about science (Kesidou and Roseman, 2002). Secondary science teachers’ knowledge base when teaching science courses in and out of their area of certification. School leaders may opt to invest in a cadre of specialized science educators—science specialists, teacher leaders, coaches, mentors, demonstration teachers, lead teachers—rather than, or in conjunction with, organized forms of teacher opportunities to learn described above. As noted previously, while there is broad agreement that diverse student populations bring distinct experiences and identities vis-à-vis science to the classroom, there is little agreement in the field as to the most effective means of teaching diverse student populations. The mental model Straus and colleagues describe calls for teachers to break the subject matter into “chunks” that can be mastered sequentially and made more enticing by manipulating an affective response. The first unit of FAST guides students through a series of investigations to culminate in an explanation of floating and sinking on the basis of relative density. Future research will need to examine the potential and comparative advantage of distinct approaches. It is important to note that while patterns of underrepresentation and stereotypes may have a negative impact on many students, students’ responses to them are not predetermined. Such information is not widely available. Next we review the literature on teachers’ opportunities to learn with regard to student diversity. In B. Torff and R.J. Sternberg (Eds. Carpenter, T.P., Fennema, E., Peterson, P.L., Chiang, C., and Loef, M. (1989). M. Singer and J. Tuomi (Eds. (1996). (ACARA, 2013) To be an effective teacher, a teacher must establish strategies for students to … Student positioning within groups during science activities. In addition to the common characteristics, each content area below has developed a set of content specific characteristics that demonstrate highly effective teaching and learning. Professional development that supports student learning is rooted in the science that teachers teach and includes opportunities to learn about science, about current research on how children learn science, and about how to teach science. Anthony Bryk and Barbara Schneider (2002) studied relational trust in schools and found that building social trust among faculty and between faculty and students pays dividends in the levels of engagement around reform initiatives and improved student achievement. 650 0 obj <>stream In the previous section we described the forms of knowledge that excellent science teachers draw on to inform instruction. Feedback that helped students to correct errors and reflect on the original learning goals had the greatest positive impact. Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 39, 889-910. Developing communities of instructional practice. Teachers of English-language learners need to promote students’ English-language and literacy development as well as academic achievement in subject areas. New Brunswick, NJ: Eagleton Institute of Politics. (2004). 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