Harold McWilliams

Professional Title
Senior Project Director
Organization/Institution
TERC, Inc.
About Me (Bio)
I have worked at TERC as a project leader, PI, curriculum developer, and professional development specialist since 1993, leading a variety of projects in science education. I am currently co-PI of the Talk Science project, funded by NSF DR K-12.
Keywords
Professional Development

Talk Science: Scalable, Web-Based Professional Learning to Improve Science Achievement

TERC, Inc.
09/01/2009

This project is designed to enhance and study the development of elementary science teachers’ skills in managing productive classroom talk in inquiry-based physical science studies of matter. The project hypothesizes that aligning professional learning with conceptually-driven curricula and emphasizing the development of scientific discourse changes classroom culture and increases student learning. The project is developing new Web-based resources, Talk Science PD, to help elementary teachers facilitate scientific discourse.