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                       How to Read This Chapter
           •    You will find three major ideas developed 
                in this chapter, interactive teaching                                  Culture of 
                strategies, establishing a culture of                                  Learning: 
                learning, and strategies fostering                                     Language 
                independent and collaborative thinking.                                    & 
                You find many strategies that you will be                              Vygotsky
                able to implement in the classroom and 
                consequently you will want to return to the 
                chapter from time-to-time.  If you are 
                interested in improving interactivity 
                among you and your students, then you’ll                Talking                         Reading 
                find the first part of the chapter very                 Science                          Science
                appealing.  You will also find a section on 
                language and learning science with 
                specific strategies on talking about, 
                reading science, and writing about science. 
                 The last section explores the importance               Writing 
                of problem solving in the context of                    Science
                independent and collaborative thinking.
                                                                  
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               Invitations to Inquiry
      • What teaching strategies can be used to foster critical and 
        creative thinking among students?
      • How does the idea of multiple intelligences expand the way 
        we think of human potential?
      • How research on language, in particular the work on 
        talking, reading and writing science contribute to the 
        development of a constructivist classroom?
      • What strategies aid student independent and collaborative 
        thinking?
      • How can computer technologies be used to enhance 
        thinking in science?
                                
                                                                       Chapter 9 Map
                                                                                                        Strategies 
                                                                                                        Fostering 
                                                                                                     Thinking in the 
                                                                                                         Science 
                                                                                                        Classroom
                     Critical &                                                 Culture of                                          Independent                                             Gazette
                      Creative                                                   Learning:                                                & 
                     Thinking                                                   Language                                            Collaborative 
                                                                                     &                                                Thinking
                                                                                Vygotsky
     Interactive                       Inquiry 9.1:              Talking                         Reading              Problem                          Project-             Science                         Research 
     Teaching                         Microteaching              Science                          Science              Solving                          Based              Teachers                         Matters: 
     Strategies                                                                                                                                       Teaching                Talk                           Using 
                                                                                                                                                                                                           Questions
                                                                 Writing                                               Science 
                                                                 Science                                                Fairs
                                                                                                                                                                           Research 
                                                                                                                                                                            Matters: 
                                                                                                                                                                            Project 
                                                                                                                                                                           Learning 
                                                                                                                 
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                                   Thinking in the Science Class
                      • Look at the list of 
                                                                                                                                                                                      Holistic 
                                teaching tasks on page                                                                                                                               Thinking
                                332, and decide which                                                                                                       Critical                                             Creative 
                                are example of critical                                                                                                    Thinking                                              Thinking
                                                                                                                                         Designing                          Testing               Intuiting                      Seeking 
                                thinking and which are                                                                                  Experiments                       Hypotheses                                           Alternatives
                                examples of creative                                                                                       Predicting                     Inferring             Generating                     Dreaming
                                thinking.                                                                                                                                                      Alternatives
                      • What is the difference                                                                                            Classifying                    Measuring              Visualizing                    Imagining
                                between “critical” and                                                                                     Observing
                                “creative” thinking?
                                                                                                                                  
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           Inquiry 9.1: Microteaching
                                  • Microteaching is scaled down 
                                    teaching.  You will use it to explore 
                                    the interactive teaching strategies 
                                    that are presented, pp. 333-339.  
                                  • Prepare a 5 minute lesson and use it 
                                    to focus on one or more of the 
                                    teaching strategies (advance 
                                    organizers, questioning, using 
                                    examples, etc.).
                                  • Teach the lesson to a small group 
                                    of peers; use the video tape to 
                                    reflect and make changes in the 
                                    lesson for a re-teach episode.
                                  • How successful were you?