SCES 527

Scientific Reasoning and Teaching Inquiry

This course investigates the role of scientific reasoning and inquiry in science, the natural development of those skills and strategies in children, and effective teaching methodologies and considerations for developing scientific reasoning and inquiry skills in students. Students explore the connections between scientific reasoning and scientific content and the transference of reasoning and critical thinking skills across the content domains of science and everyday life. Students practice their own reasoning and inquiry skills in the context of K 12 science activities and also develop lessons to foster scientific reasoning and inquiry in their own students

Units: 3.0