Mary Budd Rowe, science education professor at Stanford University in Stanford, California, talks about the importance of science in helping students to find connections and see relationships. Excerpted from the video series Schools That Work: The Research Advantage, videoconference #3, Children as Explorers (NCREL, 1991).
"The powerful part about science and it's implications for common sense is that it shows you connections between things, you find the connections, you find patterns of relationships, it's a special kind of story making based on evidence, and we feel that this is a very very important kind of skill for youngsters today to get."
This Critical Issue was researched and written by Marvin Christensen, Science Professional Development Specialist, Midwest Consortium for Mathematics and Science Education, North Central Regional Educational Laboratory, Oak Brook, Illinois.
Date posted: 1996