Curriculum materials serve as a key conceptual tool for science teachers, and better
understanding how science teachers use these tools could help to improve both curriculum …

This sixth edition of this book continues with its original perspective on instructional
leadership. As in earlier editions, it brings perspectives of change, classroom practice …

Despite being identified as an essential scientific practice, argumentation is rarely integrated
into instruction. This could be influenced by teachers' pedagogical design capacity (PDC) …

Teaching to support students' sense‐making is challenging. It requires continuous, context‐
dependent decision‐making about which student ideas to pursue, when, how, and why. This …

While research has shown that elementary (K‐5) students are capable of engaging in the
scientific practice of explanation construction, commonly‐used elementary science …

Science education reforms articulate a vision of ambitious science teaching where teachers
engage students in sensemaking discussions and emphasise the integration of scientific …

New reform documents underscore the importance of learning both the practices and
content of science. This integration of practices and content requires sophisticated teaching …

The purpose of this study was to identify evidence in student work of teachers' uptake of
educative features in educative curriculum materials. These are features in curriculum …

Questioning is a central practice in science classrooms. However, not every question
translates into a “good” science investigation. Questions that drive science investigations …

New reform documents underscore the importance of integrating science practices into the
learning of science. This integration requires sophisticated teaching that does not often …