Curriculum

STEM Smart Brief: Improving STEM Curriculum and Instruction: Engaging Students and Raising Standards

Author/Presenter

CADRE

Year
2012
Short Description

“For effective K–12 STEM instruction to become the norm, schools and districts must be transformed.” Read this brief to learn more about curriculum and instructional methods that engage students in the learning process.

Why Formative Assessment?

Author/Presenter

Kathy Paget

Year
2013
Short Description

In this short text, the power of formative assessment as a teaching tool is detailed, and examples of opportunities for formative assessment within Foundation Science Biology proposed, for Learning Experiences (LE) 2, 3 and 4.

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.

Author/Presenter

eTG Project Team

Year
2013
Short Description

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.

Content Sequencing in Foundation Science

Author/Presenter

eTG Project Team

Year
2013
Short Description

This short text explains the reasoning for the sequencing of the content in Foundation Science: Biology. Specifically, it describes the content sequence for the full year curriculum, for the Genetics Unit, for a Learning Experience, and provides examples.

Using Teaching Routines with Classroom Network Technology to Support Improved Classroom Assessment (Penuel, Schank)

Author/Presenter

William Penuel

Patricia Schank

Year
2009
Short Description

This interactive workshop introduces participants to teaching routines for use with a classroom network technology called Group Scribbles, which supports teachers’ invention of classroom assessment activities in Earth science.

Understanding the Fidelity of Implementation and Scalability of Mathematics Professional Development Curricula (Moeller, Seago, Borko)

Author/Presenter

Babette Moeller

Nanette Seago

Hilda Borko

Year
2009
Short Description

Three DR-K12 projects investigating the implementation of mathematics professional
development programs by district-based facilitators discuss with participants their approaches to assessing fidelity and preliminary findings.

Understanding the Fidelity of Implementation and Scalability of Mathematics Professional Development Curricula (Moeller, Seago, Borko)

Author/Presenter

Babette Moeller

Nanette Seago

Hilda Borko

Year
2009
Short Description

Three DR-K12 projects investigating the implementation of mathematics professional
development programs by district-based facilitators discuss with participants their approaches to assessing fidelity and preliminary findings.