Michaels, Sarah, <br/><br/>
Ready, set, science! :  putting research to work in K-8 science classrooms / 
Sarah Michaels, Andrew W. Shouse, and Heidi A. Schweingruber ; Board on Science Education, Center for Education, Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, National Research Council of the National Academies. 
 - Washington, D.C. :  National Academies Press,  2008 
 - xvi, 197 p. :  ill., col. maps ;  26 cm. 
<br/><br/>1 Front Matter; 2 1 A New Vision of Science in Education; 3 2 Four Strands of Science Learning; 4 3 Foundational Knowledge and Conceptual Change; 5 4 Organizing Science Education Around Core Concepts; 6 5 Making Thinking Visible: Talk and Argument; 7 6 Making Thinking Visible: Modeling and Representation; 8 7 Learning from Science Investigations; 9 8 A System That Supports Science Learning; 10 Notes; 11 Appendix A - Questions for Practitioners; 12 Appendix B - Assessment Items Based on a Learning Progression for Atomic-Molecular Theory; 13 Appendix C - Academically Productive Talk; 14 Appendix D - Biographical Sketches of Oversight Group and Coauthors; 15 Index; 16 Acknowledgments; 17 Credits; 18 Order Form 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780309106146 (pbk.) 0309106141 (pbk.) 9780309106153 (pdf) 030910615X (pdf) 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Science--Study and teaching (Elementary)--United States.<br/>Science--Study and teaching (Secondary)--United States.<br/>Research--United States.<br/>Education, Secondary--Curricula--United States.
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>372.35044  / M6215