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<div><font face="Times" size="+1" color="#000000">Some subscribers to
RUME might be interested in a Michigan State University (MSU) press
release titled "8+1 Science: A new concept in science education"
at <http://bit.ly/Hz898n>.</font></div>
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<div><font face="Times" size="+1" color="#000000">[Is it time for a
new conception of math education?]</font></div>
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An excerpt reads as follows [bracketed by lines "MSU-MSU-MSU-. .
. . . ."; slightly edited] :<br>
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American students need a dramatically new approach to improve how they
learn science, says a national group of scientists and educators led
by Michigan State University professor William Schmidt.</font><br>
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<div><font face="Times" size="+1" color="#000000">After six years of
work, the group has proposed a solution. The "8+1 Science
Concept" <http://8plus1science.org/> calls for a radical
overhaul in K-12 schools that moves away from memorizing scientific
facts and instead focuses on helping students understand eight
fundamental science concepts. The "plus one" represents the
importance of inquiry, the practice of asking why things happen around
us - and a fundamental part of science. . . . . . . . . . . . . .<br>
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The 8+1 concepts were derived from two basic questions: what are
things made of and how do systems interact and change? The eight
concepts are: atoms, cells, radiation, systems change, forces, energy,
conservation of mass and energy, and variation. . . . . . . . . . .
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</font><font face="Times" size="+1" color="#343434">Visit</font><font
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<http://8plus1science.org></font><font face="Times" size="+1"
color="#343434"> for more information, including:</font><br>
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<div><font face="Times" size="+1" color="#343434">a. a research
report</font><font face="Times" size="+1" color="#000000">
"Towards Coherence in Science Instruction: A Framework for
Science Literacy"</font><font face="Times" size="+1"
color="#343434"> [</font><font face="Times" size="+1"
color="#000000">Schmidt et al. (2011) at
<http://bit.ly/y1EURF>]</font><font face="Times" size="+1"
color="#343434">;</font><br>
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<div><font face="Times" size="+1" color="#343434">b. 8 + 1 Science
video on U-Tube at <http://bit.ly/I1B2Dy> [149 views as of 11
April 07:22-0700 - to see views vs time click on bar graph icon after
"Views"]; </font></div>
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c. Facebook page at <http://on.fb.me/HxfLaM>; and<br>
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d. related 8 + 1 classroom posters for elementary-, middle-, and
high-school.<br>
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color="#000000">MSU-MSU-MSU-MSU-MSU-MSU-MSU-MSU-MSU-MSU-MSU-MSU</font></div
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<div><font face="Times" size="+1" color="#000000">This post also
appears on my blog "Hake'sEdStuff" at
<http://bit.ly/It6q2A> with a provision for comments.<br>
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Richard Hake, Emeritus Professor of Physics, Indiana University<br>
<rrhake@earthlink.net><br>
Links to Articles: <http://bit.ly/a6M5y0><br>
Links to SDI Labs: <http://bit.ly/9nGd3M><br>
Blog: <http://bit.ly/9yGsXh><br>
Academia: <http://iub.academia.edu/RichardHake><br>
Twitter <https://twitter.com/#!/rrhake><br>
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REFERENCES [All URL's shortened by <http://bit.ly/> and accessed
on 10 April 2012.]<br>
Schmidt, W., G. Leroi, S. Billinge, L. Lederman, A. Champagne, R.
Hake, P. Heron, L. McDermott, F. Myers, R. Otto, J. Pasachoff, C.
Pennypacker, & P. Williams. 2011. "Towards Coherence in
Science Instruction: A Framework for Science Literacy," online as
a 856 kB pdf at <http://bit.ly/y1EURF>.</font><br>
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