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Building Theory While Supporting Implementation of the NGSS

Assessment
Classroom Practice
Curriculum
Learning Progression
Science
Technology
Standards
Elementary School
Middle School
High School
Day
Tues

Implementing the NGSS requires changes in teaching, assessments, and curriculum materials. In this session, participants explore theoretical questions for DR K–12 research that are raised by these NGSS implementation challenges.

Date/Time
-
2014 Session Types
Mini-plenary Presentation
Presenters
Brian Reiser
Joseph Krajcik
James Pellegrino
Julia Gouvea
Session Materials
Pellegrino_NSF PI mtg.final_.pdf
MBER PI Meeting 2014.pdf

The Next Generation Science Standards present important shifts for science teaching, assessment, and curriculum materials—focusing on core explanatory ideas, a central role for science and engineering practices, and coherence across time and science disciplines. These challenges for practice require new theoretical advances.

Meaningful Support for Teachers: Specific Ways to Encourage Game-Based Learning in the Classroom

21st Century Skills
Achievement
Biology
Classroom Practice
Curriculum
Cyberlearning
Discourse
Educational Technology
Multilingual Learners
Mathematics
Gaming/Virtual Environments
Physics
Science
Professional Development
Standards
Teacher Practice
Middle School
High School
Digital Media
Curriculum
Software
Video
Website
Day
Tues

Panelists from three projects share lessons learned in guiding game use in classroom learning, highlighting specific examples of effective resources.

Date/Time
-
2014 Session Types
Collaborative Panel Session
Presenters
Barbara Chamberlin
Frieda Reichsman
Erin Bardar
Session Materials
2014 Cadre Games with Teachers_no movie.key_.pdf
Session Website

The three panelists in this session are in the last one or two years of their game-based learning projects, and all have done extensive work in supporting use of their games in classroom learning. As their work has progressed, each has discovered valuable ways to support teachers as well as encountered surprises in what teachers wanted (and didn’t want), and now recognize things they wished they had learned in the beginning of their projects. Session participants leave with recommendations they can use in their current projects, including:

The Future of Fracking: Exploring Human Energy Use

Science
Standards
High

Today few states require Earth science as part of the high school curriculum—despite the fact that both NSES and AAAS Benchmarks have substantial Earth and space science content standards. However, this may change. The Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) give equal importance to Earth and space science, physical science, life science and engineering.

Access Link
https://concord.org/newsletter/2013-spring/future-of-fracking/
Author/Presenter

Amy Pallant

Year
2013
Short Description

The Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) give equal importance to Earth and space science, physical science, life science and engineering. It’s likely that the 26 Lead State Partners that helped develop the standards will adopt them in their entirety, which could provide a significant motivation for incorporating more Earth and space science content into their required curriculum.

Status of The Next Generation of Science Standards

Assessment
Curriculum
Professional Development
Standards
Day
Thu

This session provides an update about the development of the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS), with a special focus on implications for curriculum development, professional development, and assessment. 

Date/Time
-
Session Type
PI-organized Discussion
Presenters
Stephen Pruitt

Work is progressing to develop the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS). With private funding from the Carnegie Corporation and support from National Science Teachers Association (NSTA) and the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), the National Research Council (NRC) and Achieve, Inc., have embarked on a two-step cooperative process to develop the NGSS. The first step was to develop a conceptual framework that is grounded in current research on science and science learning and identifies the science all K–12 students should know.

Supporting Implementation of the Common Core State Standards for Mathematics: Recommendations for Professional Development

Mathematics
Implementation
Professional Development
Standards
Elementary
Middle
High

In 2010, the National Governor’s Association and the Council of Chief State School Officers published theCommon Core State Standards for Mathematics (CCSSM) and to date, 44 states, the District of Columbia,and the U.S. Virgin Islands have adopted the document. These content and practice standards, which specify what students are expected to understand and be able to do in K-12 mathematics, represent a significant departure from what mathematics is currently taught in most classrooms and how it is taught.

Author/Presenter

Paola Sztajn

Karen Marrongelle

Peg Smith

Lead Organization(s)
North Carolina State University (NCSU)
The Friday Institute for Educational Innovation
Year
2012
Resource(s)
CCSS Math.pdf

Status of Science Education Frameworks and Next Generation of Standards

Science
Standards
Day
Thu

Presenters will provide an update on the process and progress of the science conceptual frameworks and the plan for development of next generation science education standards. (Note: The formal presentation and discussion will occur from 10:00 to 11:00am.)

Date/Time
-
Session Type
Panel
Presenters
Stephen Pruitt
Session Materials
Keller_PPT.pdf
Pruitt_PPT.pptx

In this session, Tom Keller from the National Research Council will update participants on the process and progress of the science conceptual framework and the plan for development of next-generation science education standards. How this effort is similar to and different from the Common Core State Standards initiative in Mathematics and English Language Arts will be made clear. Timelines for each phase of this undertaking will be described, and there will be opportunity for questions and answers.

References

Resource mentioned during the presentation:

For more information, see BOSE website http://nas.edu/BOSE or email tkellwe@nas.edu

Supporting Implementation of the Common Core State Standards

Mathematics
Standards
Implementation
Day
Thu

In the Summer of 2010 a joint task force of ASSM, AMTE, NCSM and NCTM produced an action plan for supporting implementation of the Common Core State Standards for Mathematics. This session will share the recommendations and action items. Discussion and input from the audience will be sought.

Date/Time
-
Session Type
Panel
Presenters
Barbara Reys
Brad Findell
Michael Shaughnessy
Diane Briars
Session Materials
Reys_PPT.ppt

What do educators need to support their implementation of the Common Core Standards for Mathematics? 

In the summer of 2010, a joint task force of ASSM, AMTE, NCSM and NCTM produced an action plan for supporting implementation of the Common Core State Standards for Mathematics. In this session, presenters will share and discuss the recommendations and action items, and will seek input from the audience.

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