NotesFAQContact Us
Collection
Advanced
Search Tips
Showing all 6 results Save | Export
Spires, Hiller A.; Kerkhoff, Shea N.; Paul, Casey Medlock – Teachers College Press, 2019
In this practical guide, literacy experts show teachers how to use project-based inquiry to build students' discipline-specific skills and knowledge in grades 6-12. The authors present a five-phase framework that incorporates their professional development experience working with over 3,000 teachers. By making the intuitive practices of the…
Descriptors: Student Projects, Inquiry, Teaching Methods, Skill Development
National Assessment Governing Board, 2015
This is an abridged version of the "Science Framework for the 2015 National Assessment of Educational Progress." The National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) and its reports are a key measure in informing the nation on how well the goal of scientific literacy for all students is being met. The framework reflects the nature and…
Descriptors: National Competency Tests, Scientific Literacy, Elementary Secondary Education, Student Evaluation
National Assessment Governing Board, 2014
The National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) and its reports are a key measure in informing the nation on how well the goal of scientific literacy for all students is being met. The "Science Framework for the 2015 National Assessment of Educational Progress" sets forth the design of the NAEP Science Assessment. This document is…
Descriptors: National Competency Tests, Scientific Literacy, Elementary Secondary Education, Student Evaluation
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Chang, Chun-Yen; Chang, Yueh-Hsia; Yang, Fang-Ying – International Journal of Science Education, 2009
The educational reform movement since the 1990s has led the secondary earth science curriculum in Taiwan into a stage of reshaping. The present study investigated secondary earth science teachers' perceptions on the Goals of Earth Science Education (GESE). The GESE should express the statements of philosophy and purpose toward which educators…
Descriptors: Secondary School Science, Teacher Attitudes, National Standards, Teacher Surveys
National Assessment Governing Board, 2008
This document sets forth recommendations for the design of a new science assessment. The assessment resulting from this framework will start a new NAEP science trend (i.e., measure of student progress in science) beginning in 2009. This framework represents a unique opportunity to build on previous NAEP science work as well as key developments in…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Science Tests, National Competency Tests, Scoring
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Kavanagh, Claudine; Agan, Lori; Sneider, Cary – Astronomy Education Review, 2005
"National Science Education Standards" (1996), published by the National Research Council, recommends that students learn to explain Moon phases and eclipses by the time they graduate from eighth grade. It is clear from the research literature, however, that misconceptions about Moon phases and eclipses are widespread and resistant to change, even…
Descriptors: Constructivism (Learning), Research Needs, Astronomy, Misconceptions