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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…
Announcement
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!
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Announcement
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…
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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
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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,…
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The Oceans of Data project has made an attempt to define and confront what is “hard” for students and teachers who attempt to use large, online professional data sets. We feel passionately that it’s important for us to do…
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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…
Announcement
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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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Every Learning Experience in Foundation Science Begins with a brainstorming activity. This six minute video explains how brainstorming can be used to determine prior knowledge of your students, introduce new content, and…
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A table of different verbal and non-verbal tools that help students participate in science discourse. Contains examples of productive talk moves.
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A brief overview of teacher tools that promote student discourse in the classroom. A summary of why spend your time on talk in the science classroom and its functions.
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An essay detailing the purposes, functions and benefits of academically productive talk including the Talk Goals and Moves chart.
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Common classroom experiences anchor discussions and level the playing field for all students. Setting the stage for discussion includes a review of relevant investigations or activities.
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Once the students understand the biology of genetically modified organisms, the teacher helps students deepen their learning by assigning further reading and asking students to imagine possible applications of GMO…
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Students put their knowledge to work: every student must take a stand on whether to serve genetically modified potatoes in their school cafeteria – and to give evidence for their reasoning.…
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As the students grapple with the question of whether to serve genetically modified potatoes in the school cafeteria, the teacher uses strategies that encourage all students to voice their ideas and questions, to…