STANDARD 15 - Teaching Science
The competent science teacher understands how to guide and facilitate learning using a variety of
methods and strategies that encourage students' development of scientific inquiry skills and
concepts.

Knowledge Indicators: The competent science teacher
15A. Understands the appropriate use of strategies for questioning, facilitating and coaching, to help
students develop significant concepts, problem solving skills, and scientific habits of mind.
15B. Understands the teacher's role in different teaching strategies including concept development,
inquiry, and direct instruction.

Performance Indicators: The competent science teacher
15C. Implements activities requiring students to collect data, reflect upon their findings, make
inferences, and links new ideas to preexisting knowledge.
15D. Conducts instruction that has appropriate structure with flexibility to allow students to engage in
productive inquiry as individuals and groups.
15E. Conducts instruction that encourages curiosity, openness to new ideas and data, and skepticism
that characterize science.