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Increase student learning in the inquiry-based science classroom!Interactive notebooks allow students to record observations, reflect on learning, and self-assess their work. Packed with student examples, this detailed guide explains the unique features that make interactive notebooks more effective tools than conventional notebooks for science classrooms. This resource: Describes the nuts and bolts of implementing interactive notebooks, including execution, time management, and grading Uses the 5E Learning Cycle as the framework for science instruction Emphasizes the importance of writing in science and provides strategies for modeling effective writing Explores strategies to encourage collaborative student inquiry and foster whole-class discussions
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Writing for K-12 science educators, Marcarelli, a middle school science teacher, outlines a step-by-step process for using interactive notebooks to help students record and analyze observations, reflect on their learning, and self-assess their work. She shows how interactive notebooks will help develop communication and cognitive organization skills and a sense of responsibility for one's own learning, while engaging students in collaborative inquiry to learn science content. Along with examples of notebooks, she explains their use and benefits, how their organization promotes learning, their features, promoting student buy-in and ownership, and uses for teacher-guided and student-generated work. Aspects of implementation such as time management, execution, and grading; incorporating writing in science; assessment; and collaboration are also covered. Annotation ©2010 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
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