{"product_id":"making-sense-of-secondary-science-9781138814479","title":"Making Sense of Secondary Science","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhat ideas do children hold about the natural world?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHow do these ideas affect their learning of science?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eYoung learners bring to the classroom knowledge and ideas about many aspects of the natural world constructed from their experiences of education and from outside school.  These ideas contribute to subsequent learning, and research has shown that teaching of science is unlikely to be effective unless it takes learners' perspectives into account.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eMaking Sense of Secondary Science\u003c\/i\u003e provides a concise, accessible summary of international research into learners' ideas about science, presenting evidence-based insight into the conceptions that learners hold, before and even despite teaching.  With expert summaries from across the science domains, it covers research findings from life and living processes, materials and their properties and physical processes\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis classic text is essential reading f\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePart I: Children's ideas about life and living processes. Living things. Nutrition. Growth. Responding to the environment. Reproduction and inheritance. Microbes. Ecosystems. \u003cb\u003ePart II\u003c\/b\u003e: Children's ideas about materials and their properties. Materials. Solids, liquids and gases. Chemical change. Particles. Water. Air. Rocks. \u003cb\u003ePart III\u003c\/b\u003e: Children's ideas about physical processes.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51019528765783,"sku":"9781138814479","price":42.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781138814479.jpg?v=1750780536","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/making-sense-of-secondary-science-9781138814479","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}