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Resource | Modifying Curriculum “Mindfully”
This short text provides a description of different ways in which the curriculum can be modified to meet the needs of teachers and students while still retaining the intentions of the developers. Examples of possible modifications are provided.
This short text provides a description of different ways in which the curriculum can be modified to meet the needs of teachers and students while still retaining the intentions of the developers. Examples of possible modifications are provided.
Posted: Tuesday, April 30
Resource | Content Sequencing in Foundation Science
Posted: Tuesday, April 30
Announcement | Project hosts summer workshops for teachers
DR K-12 project Confronting the Challenges of Climate Literacy, known as the EarthLabs project, will host 2 week-long workshops this summer for high school teachers in Austin, TX and Starkville, MS. Workshop participants will learn about three new high school curriculum modules developed by the project (topics listed below) and how the modules can be incorporated into science classes. The…
DR K-12 project Confronting the Challenges of Climate Literacy, known as the EarthLabs project, will host 2 week-long workshops this summer for high school teachers in Austin, TX and Starkville, MS. Workshop participants will learn about three new high school curriculum modules developed by the project (topics listed below) and how the modules can be incorporated into science classes. The…
Posted: Thursday, April 25
Announcement | Project hosts summer workshops for teachers
DR K-12 project Confronting the Challenges of Climate Literacy, known as the EarthLabs project, will host 2 week-long workshops this summer for high school teachers in Austin, TX and Starkville, MS. Workshop participants will learn about three new high school curriculum modules developed by the project (topics listed below) and how the modules can be incorporated into science classes. The…
DR K-12 project Confronting the Challenges of Climate Literacy, known as the EarthLabs project, will host 2 week-long workshops this summer for high school teachers in Austin, TX and Starkville, MS. Workshop participants will learn about three new high school curriculum modules developed by the project (topics listed below) and how the modules can be incorporated into science classes. The…
Posted: Thursday, April 25
Announcement | Project hosts summer workshops for teachers
DR K-12 project Confronting the Challenges of Climate Literacy, known as the EarthLabs project, will host 2 week-long workshops this summer for high school teachers in Austin, TX and Starkville, MS. Workshop participants will learn about three new high school curriculum modules developed by the project (topics listed below) and how the modules can be incorporated into science classes. The…
DR K-12 project Confronting the Challenges of Climate Literacy, known as the EarthLabs project, will host 2 week-long workshops this summer for high school teachers in Austin, TX and Starkville, MS. Workshop participants will learn about three new high school curriculum modules developed by the project (topics listed below) and how the modules can be incorporated into science classes. The…
Posted: Thursday, April 25
Announcement | AERA launches Virtual Research Learning Center
AERA-Virtual Research Learning Center (AERA-VRLC) The AERA-VRLC will offer live webcasts of select professional development and training courses during the 2013 AERA Annual Meeting. Course participants from anywhere in the world with an internet connection can have full access to these select professional development and training courses. The AERA-VRLC enables live participation in the Annual…
AERA-Virtual Research Learning Center (AERA-VRLC) The AERA-VRLC will offer live webcasts of select professional development and training courses during the 2013 AERA Annual Meeting. Course participants from anywhere in the world with an internet connection can have full access to these select professional development and training courses. The AERA-VRLC enables live participation in the Annual…
Posted: Wednesday, April 24
Event | Atlanta STEM Smart Workshop
STEM Smart: Lessons Learned from Successful Schools Georgia World Congress Center Atlanta, GA June 23, 2013 This meeting will highlight issues in the NRC reports, Successful K-12 STEM Education and Monitoring Progress Toward Successful K-12 STEM Education, with a special focus on incorporating engineering into K-12 education, as described in the Next Generation Science Standards. It will include…
STEM Smart: Lessons Learned from Successful Schools Georgia World Congress Center Atlanta, GA June 23, 2013 This meeting will highlight issues in the NRC reports, Successful K-12 STEM Education and Monitoring Progress Toward Successful K-12 STEM Education, with a special focus on incorporating engineering into K-12 education, as described in the Next Generation Science Standards. It will include…
Posted: Thursday, April 18
Resource | VISUALIZING OCEANS OF DATA Educational Interface Design
Science is data-intensive, but today’s science education is not. In most classrooms, students’ work with data is limited to reading graphs prepared by others, or at best collecting simple data sets themselves. While these student-collected data sets allow students to begin building their data proficiency, the conclusions that can be drawn and the lessons that can be learned from these data are…
Science is data-intensive, but today’s science education is not. In most classrooms, students’ work with data is limited to reading graphs prepared by others, or at best collecting simple data sets themselves. While these student-collected data sets allow students to begin building their data proficiency, the conclusions that can be drawn and the lessons that can be learned from these data are…
Posted: Wednesday, April 17
Resource | VISUALIZING OCEANS OF DATA Educational Interface Design
Science is data-intensive, but today’s science education is not. In most classrooms, students’ work with data is limited to reading graphs prepared by others, or at best collecting simple data sets themselves. While these student-collected data sets allow students to begin building their data proficiency, the conclusions that can be drawn and the lessons that can be learned from these data are…
Science is data-intensive, but today’s science education is not. In most classrooms, students’ work with data is limited to reading graphs prepared by others, or at best collecting simple data sets themselves. While these student-collected data sets allow students to begin building their data proficiency, the conclusions that can be drawn and the lessons that can be learned from these data are…
Posted: Wednesday, April 17
Announcement | Institute
The Cyber Enabled Learning project will host an institute on April 12, 2013, from 5 pm to 7 pm. All participating teachers and administrators are invited. The purpose of the institute is to report the teachers' progress, their achivements, their impact on the students, how this project benefits students, and how administrators can support the teachers.
The Cyber Enabled Learning project will host an institute on April 12, 2013, from 5 pm to 7 pm. All participating teachers and administrators are invited. The purpose of the institute is to report the teachers' progress, their achivements, their impact on the students, how this project benefits students, and how administrators can support the teachers.
Posted: Saturday, March 16
Announcement | Impact of FY13 Sequestration Order on NSF Awards
Important Notice on the Impact of FY 2013 Sequestration Order on NSF Awards Read the NSF Notice here: http://nsf.gov/pubs/2013/in133/in133.pdf
Important Notice on the Impact of FY 2013 Sequestration Order on NSF Awards Read the NSF Notice here: http://nsf.gov/pubs/2013/in133/in133.pdf
Posted: Thursday, February 28
Announcement | Job Opportunity
Oregon State University seeks a full-time Director to lead and grow its university-wide Center for Research on Lifelong STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) Learning. The Center was established in 2012 with a mission to conduct research and development that leads to enhanced understanding of the processes that underlie how individuals become lifelong STEM learners and…
Oregon State University seeks a full-time Director to lead and grow its university-wide Center for Research on Lifelong STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) Learning. The Center was established in 2012 with a mission to conduct research and development that leads to enhanced understanding of the processes that underlie how individuals become lifelong STEM learners and…
Posted: Thursday, February 28
Announcement | CADRE Winter Newsletter is Here!
Focusing on the dissemination of DR K-12 work, this newsletter features a new spotlight on Formative Assessment, dissemination tips and resources, CADRE Fellows highlights, and more! Read the full newsletter
Focusing on the dissemination of DR K-12 work, this newsletter features a new spotlight on Formative Assessment, dissemination tips and resources, CADRE Fellows highlights, and more! Read the full newsletter
Posted: Wednesday, February 27
Newsletter | Winter 2013 Newsletter
Dear Colleagues, CADRE's work this year is largely focused on dissemination, and we are pleased to send you this quarterly CADRE newsletter that highlights efforts and resources related to that focus. We will disseminate information about your projects, both within the DR K-12 community and beyond; increase dissemination of CADRE resources, customizing, if necessary, for specific audiences; and…
Dear Colleagues, CADRE's work this year is largely focused on dissemination, and we are pleased to send you this quarterly CADRE newsletter that highlights efforts and resources related to that focus. We will disseminate information about your projects, both within the DR K-12 community and beyond; increase dissemination of CADRE resources, customizing, if necessary, for specific audiences; and…
Posted: Tuesday, February 26
Posted: Monday, February 18
Resource | Teachers as Editors, Editors as Teachers
Posted: Monday, February 18
Resource | SmartGraphs Authoring Tool
A demonstration of the SmartGraphs software, and features of the authoring system, is available here: Authoring Demo. Concord is also making the authoring system available to any NSF-funded project that wants to incorporate Web-based SmartGraphs activities into its work. Activities run directly in a browser, so there is nothing to download or install. See http://smartgraphs.org for details about…
A demonstration of the SmartGraphs software, and features of the authoring system, is available here: Authoring Demo. Concord is also making the authoring system available to any NSF-funded project that wants to incorporate Web-based SmartGraphs activities into its work. Activities run directly in a browser, so there is nothing to download or install. See http://smartgraphs.org for details about…
Posted: Thursday, February 14
Announcement | SmartGraphs Contest!
About: SmartGraphs is free, open source software that helps students understand graphs and concepts represented in graphs (e.g., slope, velocity, half-life, global warming). Contest Info: The Concord Consortium is running a contest for teachers, educators, researchers and developers to create new SmartGraphs activities and compete to win one of several prizes. Activities can be submitted as…
About: SmartGraphs is free, open source software that helps students understand graphs and concepts represented in graphs (e.g., slope, velocity, half-life, global warming). Contest Info: The Concord Consortium is running a contest for teachers, educators, researchers and developers to create new SmartGraphs activities and compete to win one of several prizes. Activities can be submitted as…
Posted: Thursday, February 14
Event | Southern African Association for Research in Mathematics, Science and Technology Education; Cape Town, South Africa
DR K-12 Presenters: Malcolm Butler, University of Central Florida and John Settlage, University of Connecticut (Project: School Structure and Science Success: Organization and Leadership Influences On Student Achievement (Collaborative Research: Butler))
DR K-12 Presenters: Malcolm Butler, University of Central Florida and John Settlage, University of Connecticut (Project: School Structure and Science Success: Organization and Leadership Influences On Student Achievement (Collaborative Research: Butler))
Posted: Monday, February 04
Resource | Front-Page Science: Engaging Teens in Science Literacy
“The U.S. Preventative Services Task Force issued new guidelines for mammograms in 2009. What does this mean for someone with a family history of breast cancer? Congress periodically votes on a piece of legislation called the Farm Bill. What does its current iteration mean for the safety of supermarket eggs? Understanding how the latest science affects real people—patients, consumers, voters, and…
“The U.S. Preventative Services Task Force issued new guidelines for mammograms in 2009. What does this mean for someone with a family history of breast cancer? Congress periodically votes on a piece of legislation called the Farm Bill. What does its current iteration mean for the safety of supermarket eggs? Understanding how the latest science affects real people—patients, consumers, voters, and…
Posted: Friday, February 01
Announcement | PARCC Updates
PARCC is seeking comment from the public on two draft policies related to its next generation assessment system: PARCC (The Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers) has released for public comment draft policies regarding the provision of reading access accommodations and calculator accommodations on non-calculator test sessions for the PARCC tests currently under…
PARCC is seeking comment from the public on two draft policies related to its next generation assessment system: PARCC (The Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers) has released for public comment draft policies regarding the provision of reading access accommodations and calculator accommodations on non-calculator test sessions for the PARCC tests currently under…
Posted: Wednesday, January 30
Event | UCEA Annual Meeting
Posted: Wednesday, January 23
Event | AEFP Annual Meeting
Posted: Wednesday, January 23
Posted: Wednesday, January 23
Posted: Wednesday, January 23
Posted: Wednesday, January 23
Resource | Exploring the Unknown
Posted: Wednesday, January 16
Resource | Modeling Earth's Climate
Posted: Wednesday, January 16
Event | Critical Issues in Mathematics Education 2013: Assessment of Mathematical Proficiencies in the Age of the Common Core
For more information on this workshop, visit: http://www.msri.org/web/msri/education/show/-/event/Wm9625
For more information on this workshop, visit: http://www.msri.org/web/msri/education/show/-/event/Wm9625
Posted: Tuesday, January 15
Announcement | NGSS Final Public Draft to be Released
NGSS Second and Final Public Draft to be Released Tuesday, January 8 Mark your calendars. The second (and final) public draft of the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) will be released on Tuesday, January 8, at 3 p.m. Eastern. As with previous drafts, Achieve and NSTA encourage teachers to review the draft and provide feedback online to Achieve during the comment period, which ends January …
NGSS Second and Final Public Draft to be Released Tuesday, January 8 Mark your calendars. The second (and final) public draft of the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) will be released on Tuesday, January 8, at 3 p.m. Eastern. As with previous drafts, Achieve and NSTA encourage teachers to review the draft and provide feedback online to Achieve during the comment period, which ends January …
Posted: Thursday, January 03