abstraction 141 , 144 , 145 , 147 , 148 , 153 –155 , 394
action research 268 –273 , 283 , 344 , 404 , 419
addressing students’ errors 192 , 199 , 202 , 205
algebra 143 , 164 –166 , 173 –176 , 179 , 191 , 193 –197 , 203 , 204 , 206
argumentation 15 , 17 , 18 , 21 , 142 , 206 , 415
asking questions 14 , 16 , 17 , 20 , 21 , 92 , 293
authentic databases 86
authentic tools 71 , 72 , 75
bioinformatics education 72 –80 , 82 , 85
biology education 72 –75 , 77 , 79 , 85 , 86
biotechnology education 75 , 77 , 78 , 80 , 85 , 86
boundary-crossing 369 –371 , 405 , 420
chemistry education 6 , 38 , 267
chemistry experiments 21
chemistry learning 3 , 12 , 13 , 20 , 21 , 49 , 58 , 389
CompuMath Project 163 , 172 , 173 , 186
computational thinking 143 –157 , 390 , 417
computer science IX , 135 , 137 , 144 , 383 , 417
computer science education 136
conceptual frameworks 321 , 334 , 336
contemporary science 12 , 31 , 33 , 34
content knowledge 6 , 23 , 45 , 51 , 76 , 77 , 81 , 82 , 84 , 85 , 115 , 193 , 219 , 226 , 237 , 250 , 265 , 266 , 291 , 295 , 302 , 340 , 363 , 376 , 402 , 403 , 416
context-based tasks 163 , 165 , 168 , 172 , 417
continuous professional development (CPD) 24 , 121 , 122 , 125 –129 , 221 , 224 , 226 , 229 , 265 , 266 , 268 , 273 –275 , 279 , 282 , 283 , 419
curriculum 4 , 6 , 8 , 10 , 11 , 19 , 22 , 30 –32 , 93 , 95 , 96 , 164 , 165 , 167 , 218 , 220 –222 , 224 , 225 , 266 , 267 , 276 , 391 , 394
curriculum development 4 , 22 , 93 , 95 , 164 , 165 , 167 , 218 , 220 –222 , 224 , 225 , 266 , 267 , 276 , 391 , 394
curriculum implementation 96 , 220 –222 , 224 , 225
Delphi study 33 , 37
design-based research (DBR) 47 , 49 , 97
design concerns 187
e-learning 45 –48 , 51 , 55 , 345 , 416
earth science education 91 , 99
earth systems education 101 , 102 , 106 , 107
epistemic knowledge 77 , 81 , 82 , 84 , 85
evidence-based professional development 115 , 273 , 283
evidence of students’ learning 199 –202 , 211
fidelity-scaling tension 336 , 338 , 341 , 343 , 345 , 348 , 351 , 354 , 407
formative assessment 192 , 196 , 199 , 200 , 202 , 205 , 206 , 208 , 209 , 211 , 227 , 383 , 395 , 402 , 404 , 408 , 409
geometry 153 , 163 , 168 , 170 , 172 , 179 , 187 , 193 , 203 , 205 , 206
high school 6 , 7 , 9 , 15 , 21 , 30 , 32 , 33 , 36 , 37 , 39 , 73 –75 , 77 , 237 –239 , 242 , 243 , 249 , 252 , 264 , 273 , 274 , 361 , 404
high school biology 73 –75 , 77
high school chemistry 6 , 7 , 9 , 15 , 21 , 36 , 39 , 264 , 273 , 274
high school physics 237 –239 , 242 , 243 , 249 , 252 , 404
high school science 30 , 32 , 33 , 37 , 276 , 361
high order skills 15 , 76 , 114 , 115 –117 , 122 , 390 , 392
history of mathematical topics 218 , 223
holistic learning environments 96
impact 60 , 86 , 115 , 122 , 126 , 128 , 130 , 218 , 230 , 250 , 282 , 317 , 320 , 325 , 326 , 333 –346 , 348 , 350 –355 , 361 , 362 , 364 , 368 , 374 –376 , 394 , 398 , 404 , 420
implicit theories 335 , 342 , 350 , 353
independent learning 51 , 52 , 102 , 118 , 130
informal problem solving strategies 178 , 181
inquiry-based learning 98 , 101 –103 , 107 , 279 , 415
inquiry projects 236 , 249 , 274 , 279
Integrated Mathematics Project 163 , 182
intended teaching processes 163 , 182 , 417
K-12 education 45 , 72 , 136 , 150 , 154 , 393
knowledge elements 71 –73 , 75 –80 , 82 , 84 , 85 , 416
laboratory 3 –24 , 30 , 37 , 38 , 45 , 51 –56 , 61 , 73 , 102 , 236 –249 , 257 –260 , 269 , 273 , 274 , 373 , 376 , 389 , 390 , 399 , 404 , 415
laboratory learning environment 13 –15
leadership 108 , 220 , 222 , 225 , 267 , 268 , 270 , 283 , 293 , 295 , 302 , 326 , 339 , 342 , 366 , 367 , 375 , 377 , 378 , 406 , 414 , 419
learning by inquiry 11 , 23
learning in chemistry laboratory 3
learning instinct 92 , 101 , 103 –105 , 107 , 108 , 390 , 416
Learning Skills for Science (LSS) 113 , 116 , 390 , 417
long-term research and development program 193 , 210 , 237 , 265 , 266 , 283
mathematics education IX , 142 , 154 , 164 , 177 , 193 , 206 , 211 , 218 , 222 , 227 , 230 , 333 –335 , 343 , 344 , 346 , 349 , 350 , 353 , 355 , 356 , 361 , 383 , 384 , 388 , 391 , 395 , 402
mathematics teachers IX , 164 , 193 , 202 , 203 , 205 , 208 , 221 , 266 , 307 , 309 , 314 , 316 , 318 , 319 , 321 , 326 , 333 , 334 , 340 , 341 , 343 , 345 , 361 , 376
mathematization 144 , 169 , 171
metacognition 16 , 17 , 21 , 86 , 392
middle school science 36 , 37 , 48
modelling 144 , 147 , 149 , 169 , 206 , 211 , 223 , 249 , 255 , 256 , 290 , 302 , 315 , 342 , 367
MSc for science and mathematics teachers 361 –364 , 367 , 369
multiple representations 163 , 172 –174 , 177 –179 , 187 , 391 , 417
nanotechnology education 30 –33 , 35 , 36
National Teacher Centers 225 , 226 , 293
nature of computer science 136 , 137 , 147 , 152
nature of science (NOS) 5 , 6 , 11 , 35 , 219 , 376 , 389 , 390
new math 163 , 164 , 169 , 171 , 220
number sets 165
outdoor learning environment 94 , 97 , 98 , 100 , 102 , 105 , 107
procedural knowledge 16 , 17 , 72 –79 , 81 –85 , 184 , 186
problem solving 4 –6 , 8 , 13 , 20 , 48 , 51 , 72 , 75 –80 , 85 , 86 , 98 , 115 –117 , 130 , 138 , 141 , 144 , 146 –148 , 152 , 155 , 180 , 185 , 201 , 206 –208 , 211 , 295 , 326 , 344 , 348 , 350 –352 , 354 , 388 , 389 , 391 , 392 , 397 , 402
professional development (PD) IX , 4 , 23 , 24 , 31 , 33 , 34 , 38 , 104 , 115 , 121 , 122 , 126 , 204 , 208 , 217 –230 , 235 –237 , 241 , 264 –276 , 279 –283 , 291 , 292 , 302 , 333 –335 , 361 , 362 , 364 –369 , 374 , 377 , 404 , 405 , 407 , 408 , 419
professional development models 121 , 264 –273
professional learning communities of teachers 226 , 280 , 281 , 290 , 291 , 374 , 409 , 419
professional learning community (PLC) 226 –228 , 230 , 237 –240 , 242 –245 , 257 –260 , 280 –283 , 291 –303 , 318 , 319 , 325 , 339 –349 , 351 , 352 –355 , 374 , 403 , 406 , 407 , 409 , 410 , 419
project trajectory 306 , 307 , 319 , 323 , 325
Rehovot Program 163 , 165 , 166 , 187
research-based PD design 319 , 321 , 323 , 334
research-practice partnership (RPP) 361 , 362 , 370 , 376 , 377
scholarship of teaching 365
science and technology 115 , 118 , 122 , 123 , 128 , 276
science communication 123 , 128
scientific practices 75 , 236 , 257
secondary school science 22
self-regulated learning 44 , 45 , 48 –52 , 54 , 55 , 60 , 62 , 64 , 390
Shai Project 163 , 177
Sputnik 107 , 218
STEM 123 , 413 , 414
sustainability 318 , 324 , 325 , 334 , 337 , 339 , 342 , 346 , 348 , 349 , 352 , 355 , 405 , 406
task design 165 , 178 , 383
teacher knowledge 196 , 203 , 321 , 335 –337
teacher professional development (TPD) 121 , 218 , 219 , 225 , 226 , 230 , 283 , 384
teacher-researcher partnership 343
teaching practices 37 , 196 , 199 , 210 , 224 , 228 , 265 , 272 , 279 , 282 , 307 , 309 , 317 , 348 , 414 , 418
textbook 4 , 6 , 107 , 117 , 165 –167 , 182 –184 , 186 , 187 , 195 , 205 , 255
trail project 345 , 349 , 350
upscale 307 , 313 , 315 , 317 , 320 , 323 –325
VIDEO-LM Project 228 , 307
videotaped lessons 307 , 309 , 315 , 323 , 325
virtual learning environment 48 , 52