Key features

• •Front Matter
• •1 A New Vision of Science in Education
• •2 Four Strands of Science Learning
• •3 Foundational Knowledge and Conceptual Change
• •4 Organizing Science Education Around Core Concepts
• •5 Making Thinking Visible: Talk and Argument
• •6 Making Thinking Visible: Modeling and Representation
• •7 Learning from Science Investigations
• •8 A System That Supports Science Learning
• •Notes
• •Appendix A: Questions for Practitioners
• •Appendix B: Assessment Items Based on a Learning Progression for Atomic-Molecular Theory
• •Appendix C: Academically Productive Talk
• •Appendix D: Biographical Sketches of Oversight Group and Coauthors
• •Index
• •Acknowledgments
• •Credits