Using Internet Primary Sources to Teach Critical Thinking Skills in English Literature: Amazon.ca: Carolyn Johnson: Books

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Publication Date: Jan 30 2013 | ISBN-10: 0313318514 | ISBN-13: 978-0313318511

Science teachers and school library media specialists will find over 150 Web sites containing primary source documents in all areas of the sciences. Sources include letters, journals, speeches, and papers presented to the scientific community on major observations and discoveries. Topics such as astronomy, biology, chemistry, genetics, and physics are covered. The questions and activities in this book are designed to help students build critical thinking skills and meet the standards set forth by the National Science Teachers' Association.

--This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

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Paperback: 300 pages
Publisher: Libraries Unlimited (Jan 30 2013)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0313318514
ISBN-13: 978-0313318511
Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #2,611,024 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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A navigation tool for steering students to excellent scientific resources available on the Internet. The sites included are principally primary documents and other sites that provide reliable data. The purpose of the approach is to give a guided search, aimed at avoiding haphazard surfing. The chapters are arranged chronologically, beginning with Hippocrates and Roger Bacon and continue to writings and speeches from the 21st century. Each lesson begins with a URL and a site summary. A series of tasks follows that would serve as a starting point for science teachers to expand upon, and are designed to trigger discussion and analytical thinking and writing. In addition, a list of related sites to be used in some of the tasks or to broaden an understanding of the topic is included. The 10 appendixes offer such helpful topics as subject guides to Web sites, career data, information available in journals and other periodicals, and Web guides to standards. They alone are very useful, but paired with the lessons, this book becomes a valuable teaching tool.
Elizabeth Stumpf, Clearfield Middle School, PA
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?This book can guide teachers, middle school students, and older learners to excellent resources available on the Internet that can support their interests and inquiries in the pure and applied sciences. In addition to providing authoritative starting points for examining many interesting contemporary issues in the sciences, the book can help users find original writings that reflect scientific ideas and thinking that were important in the history of science and it's intersections with society(like women in science); it will be an especially valuable resource for teachers.?-Junior High & Young Adult Books --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

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