ScratchJr Demo: A coding language for Kindergarten
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Year
2015
Curriculum
Code and Tell: Assessing Young Children’s Learning of Computational Thinking Using Peer Video Interviews with ScratchJr
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Year
2015
Constructing the ScratchJr programming language in the early childhood classroom
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Year
2015
NGSS Planning Tool
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Year
2015
Modifying A Core Curriculum
No one curriculum can meet the needs of all students and teachers. This video describes why a teacher might want to modify a curriculum and how he or she would go about it.
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Year
2015
Short Description
No one curriculum can meet the needs of all students and teachers. This video describes why a teacher might want to modify a curriculum and how he or she would go about it.
Coherence in Science Instruction
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Year
2015
Short Description
"Content coherence"--ideas presented in a connected, sequential way--plays a big role in effective science instruction. Watch this video to find out how it works and how students benefit!
Using Effective Science Curriculum
An effective curriculum helps you support students' science learning, understanding, and achievement. But what does "effective" mean? This video gives you the inside scoop on what makes a curriculum effective and flags some common pitfalls to avoid.
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Year
2015
Short Description
An effective curriculum helps you support students' science learning, understanding, and achievement. But what does "effective" mean? This video gives you the inside scoop on what makes a curriculum effective and flags some common pitfalls to avoid.
The Power and Promise of a Digital Tool for Teaching Inquiry Science
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Year
2015
Short Description
To examine the value of the electronic teacher guide (eTG) as a curriculum planning and teaching tool,
it was important to study it in the contexts of teachers’ actual planning, teaching, and reflecting.
This paper described two descriptive case studies.
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A Novel Way to Teach Kids About Engineering
Berdik, C. (2015, December 16). A Novel Way to Teach Kids About Engineering. Slate. Retrieved from http://www.slate.com/articles/technology/future_tense/2015/12/novel_eng…
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Year
2015
Short Description
This project uses plots from books by Roald Dahl, Judy Blume, and others to teach STEM concepts.