This book identifies the teacher's role and provides guidance on the motivation of students, teaching strategies, questioning techniques, and the assessment of student learning for effective teaching. Chapters include: (1) "Why Science? What Science?"; (2) "Bringing Children and Science Together"; (3) "The Right Question at the Right Time" (Jos Elstgeest); (4) "Helping Children Raise Questions--and Answering Them" (Sheila Jelly); (5) "Taking Children's Own Ideas Seriously"; (6) "Helping Children to Plan and Interpret Investigations"; (7) "Helping Children to Observe"; (8) "Helping Children to Communicate"; and (9) "Assessing for Learning." (Contains 25 references.) (YDS)