 |  Teaching Children Science: A Project-Based Approach, 2/e Joe Krajcik,
University of Michigan - Ann Arbor
Charlene Czerniak,
University of Toledo
Carl Berger,
University of Michigan - Ann Arbor
What Are the Next Steps?
Definitions| action research | A process of asking questions, making plans, carrying out the plans, and analyzing and making use of what was learned.
| | | | | challenges | A situation or difficulty that tests one's ability to do something.
| | | | | conferences | A meeting of a professional organization, usually lasting several days.
| | | | | professional development | Information or knowledge learned to continue improving one's skills and abilities in a career.
| | | | | professional organizations | An organization of professionals in a particular field or career area.
| | | | | project-based science | A teaching approach that engages young learners in exploring important and meaningful questions through a process of investigation and collaboration. Throughout this dynamic process, students ask questions, make predictions, design investigations, collect and analyze data, make products, and share ideas. As a result, students learn fundamental science concepts and principles that they apply to their daily lives.
| | | | | publications | Printed material to communicate to the members of an organization.
| | | | | reflection | As a voluntary effort to share and critique ideas about teaching, assess one's teaching and students' learning, formulate aims and goals about the curriculum through collaboration
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