"This book addresses the problems currently facing science education in the USA and the UK, and suggests a new hands-on approach to learning"-- Provided by publisher.

Has web-content- E-book edition.

Making sense of science: a review in Scottish further education / Nancy El-Farargy -- Developing scientific literacy: introducing primary-aged children to atomic-molecular theory / Jennifer Donovan, Carole Haeusler -- Implementing the understanding by design framework in higher education / Judy Alhamisi, Blanche Jackson Glimps, Chukwunyere E. Okezie -- Martial arts and physics: a multidisciplinary approach to increase student engagement and interest in the sciences / Eugenie de Silva -- The inclusion of multidisciplinary research in science teaching: a novel teaching method / Eugene de Silva, Eugenie de Silva, Jeffrey Horner, Pamela Knox -- Developing a research-informed teaching module for learning about electrical circuits at lower secondary school level: supporting personal learning about science and the nature of science / Keith S Taber, Kenneth Ruthven, Christine Howe, Neil Mercer, Fran Riga, Riikka Hofmann, Stefanie Luthman -- Presenting physics content and fostering creativity in physics among less-academically inclined students through a simple design-based toy project / Nazir Amir, R. Subramaniam -- Using multidisciplinary research experiences to enhance STEM learning through undergraduate, team-based, summer research projects for at-risk students / Jennifer Yantz, Brittany D. Smith, Ginger Holmes Rowell, Thomas Cheatham, Donald Nelson, D. Christopher Stephens, Elaine Bouldin Tenpenny -- Collaborative teams as a means of constructing knowledge in the life sciences: theory and practice / Grant E. Gardner, Kristi L. Walters -- Interdisciplinary problem-based learning practices in higher education / Despo Ktoridou -- Transdisciplinary research in sustainable scientific education in the field of urbanism and architecture / Svetlana Perovic -- Pre-service teachers' self-efficacy and attitudes toward learning and teaching science in a content course / Cindi Smith-Walters, Heather L. Barker -- Traditional teaching and its effect on research-based teaching: science via online instruction / LaToya N. Johnson, Dana-Marie Thomas, K.Y. Williams -- Research institutions: research-based teaching through technology / K.Y. Williams -- Application of information and communication technology to create e-learning environments for mathematics knowledge learning to prepare for engineering education / Tianxing Cai.