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At no time in history has improving science education been more important than it is today. Yet after 15 years of focused standards-based reform, improvements in U.S. science education are modest at best, and comparisons show that U.S. students fare poorly in comparison with students in other countries. In addition, gaps in achievement persist between majority group students and both economically disadvantaged and non-Asian minority students. In part, these achievement gaps mirror inequities in science education and take on greater significance with the looming mandate of the No Child Left Behind Act. This report answers three broad questions:

1) How is science learned, and are there critical stages in children's development of scientific concepts? (2) How should science be taught in K-8 classrooms? (3) What research is needed to increase understanding about how students learn science?
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Education Foundations
- Achievement
- Cognition
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- Communication
= Representations
- Learning Theory
- Research Design & Methodology
= Evaluation
= Statistics
- Societal Issues
= Cultural Issues
= International Issues
- Teacher Characteristics
= Content Knowledge
General Physics
- Physics Education Research
- Elementary School
- Middle School
- Collection
- Instructional Material
= Best practice
= Instructor Guide/Manual
= Student Guide
= Textbook
- Reference Material
= Research study
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- Physical Science
- Physics First
- Conceptual Physics
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K-8 Science, Teaching and learning, What new teachers should know, science learning, science learning models, teacher education, teaching models
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Metadata instance created January 26, 2008 by Cathy Ezrailson
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August 18, 2016 by Lyle Barbato
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, edited by R. Duschl (2007), WWW Document, (https://www.nap.edu/catalog/11625/taking-science-to-school-learning-and-teaching-science-in-grades).
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Taking Science to School: Learning and Teaching Science in Grades K-8, edited by R. Duschl (2007), <https://www.nap.edu/catalog/11625/taking-science-to-school-learning-and-teaching-science-in-grades>.
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Duschl, R. (Ed.). (2007, September 1). Taking Science to School: Learning and Teaching Science in Grades K-8. Retrieved December 3, 2024, from https://www.nap.edu/catalog/11625/taking-science-to-school-learning-and-teaching-science-in-grades
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Duschl, Richard A., ed. Taking Science to School: Learning and Teaching Science in Grades K-8. September 1, 2007. https://www.nap.edu/catalog/11625/taking-science-to-school-learning-and-teaching-science-in-grades (accessed 3 December 2024).
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Duschl, Richard A., ed. Taking Science to School: Learning and Teaching Science in Grades K-8. 2007. 1 Sep. 2007. 3 Dec. 2024 <https://www.nap.edu/catalog/11625/taking-science-to-school-learning-and-teaching-science-in-grades>.
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