How students learn history, mathematics, and science in the classroom

National Research Council (U.S.) Committee on How People Learn, A Targeted Report for Teachers. (Author). Donovan, Suzanne. (Added Author). Bransford, John. (Added Author).

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ISBN: 9780309089500 (pbk.)
ISBN: 0309089506 (pbk.)
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ISBN: 0309089492 (pbk.)
ISBN: 9780309089487 (pbk.)
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ISBN: 0309074339 (hardcover)
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ISBN: 9780309547963 (electronic bk.)
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Physical Description: 1 online resource (xiv, 615 p.) : ill.
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Publisher: Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, c2005.

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General Note:	"Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, National Research Council of the National Academies." Multi-User. CatMonthString:january.19
Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	Introduction / M. Suzanne Donovan and John D. Bransford -- Putting principles into practice : understanding history / Peter J. Lee -- Putting principles into practice : teaching and planning / Rosalyn Ashby, Peter J. Lee, and Dennis Shemilt -- "They thought the world was flat?" : applying the principles of How people learn in teaching high school history / Robert B. Bain -- Mathematical understanding : an introduction / Karen C. Fuson, Mindy Kalchman, and John D. Bransford -- Fostering the development of whole-number sense : teaching mathematics in the primary grades / Sharon Griffin -- Pipes, tubes, and beakers : new approaches to teaching the rational-number system / Joan Moss -- Teaching and learning functions / Mindy Kalchman and Kenneth R. Koedinger -- Scientific inquiry and How people learn / John D. Bransford and M. Suzanne Donovan -- Teaching to promote the development of scientific knowledge and reasoning about light at the elementary school level / Shirley J. Magnusson and Annemarie Sullivan Palinscar -- Guided inquiry in the science classroom / James Minstrell and Pamela Kraus -- Developing understanding through model-based inquiry / James Stewart, Jennifer L. Cartier, and Cynthia M. Passmore -- Pulling threads / M. Suzanne Donovan and John D. Bransford.
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