Evidence-Based Strategies for Teaching Primary Science

Introduction

Set some learning goals

Overview of the science curriculum

Why is it important for students to engage effectively with the science curriculum?

Recommendation 1. Preconceptions: build on the ideas that students bring to lessons

Recommendation 2. Self-regulation: help students direct their own learning

Recommendation 3. Modelling: use models to support understanding

Recommendation 4. Memory: support students to retain and retrieve knowledge

Recommendation 5. Practical work: use practical work purposefully and as part of a learning sequence

Recommendation 6. Language of science: develop scientific vocabulary and support students to read and write about science

Recommendation 7. Feedback: use structured feedback to move on students' thinking

Cool lesson plans

Reflection

Taxonomy of learning

Suggestions for collaboration

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