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Girls and the Next Generation Science Standards
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The Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) pave the way for increased exposure to all disciplines of science for all students. This is a breakthrough, in particular, for girls, as research attributes gender…
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Students in Alternative Education and the Next Generation Science Standards
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Alternative education encompasses many nontraditional models, some of which are intended to target students at risk for dropping out. The Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) raise the bar for all students. This…
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Gifted and Talented Students and the Next Generation Science Standards
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Although the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) provide academic rigor for all students, teachers can employ strategies to ensure that gifted and talented students receive instruction that meets their unique…
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Using the Case Studies to Inform Unit Design
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The Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) transform the way we approach teaching science by reflecting how scientists think and work. When we involve students in phenomena and task them to explain and predict those…
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Reflecting on Instruction to Promote Equity and Alignment to the NGSS
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Prior to the Next Generation Science Standards, science ideas were removed from practices and crosscutting concepts, which resulted in science learning as a memorization exercise that did not enable students to explain…
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Case Study Utility for Classroom Teaching and Professional Development
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Every teacher who loves to teach science experiences how science learning inspires all students. Science can motivate even the most reluctant learners, and teachers notice that all students bring ingenuity to science…
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From the Framework to the NGSS
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This chapter first reviews essential features of A Framework for K–12 Science Education which provides a foundation for the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS). Second, the chapter describes the important features…
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NGSS: 10 Frequently Answered Questions
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This chapter provides answers to frequently asked and answered questions. It comes as no surprise that the questions science teachers ask have to do with the changes implied by NGSS and the changes required in…
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From NGSS to Instruction in an Elementary Classroom
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Implementing the standards does present significant challenges—the obvious and immediate challenge of classroom instruction. There also is the long-term challenge of contributing to students’ progressive understanding…
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From NGSS to Instruction in a Middle School Classroom
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For middle school science teachers, one of the most fundamental changes involves curriculum, instruction, and assessments. This chapter uses performance expectations from the life sciences as the basis for a description…
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From NGSS to Instruction in a High School Classroom
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This chapter first presents performance expectations that describe the competencies and content for instruction and assessment in a high school biology class. This is followed by a description of a teaching sequence…
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The general purpose of education standards is to reset the goals for education, then make curriculum programs, classroom instruction, and education assessments more coherent through processes of reform. So, we have to…
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This chapter will help state science supervisors, district science coordinators, and school science teachers with the process of adapting instructional materials to accommodate the Next Generation Science Standards (…
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Planning to ADAPT Materials for Classroom Instruction
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For this chapter, the goals are to identify the degree to which current instructional materials accommodate performance expectations from Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) and to adapt these materials into a…
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NGSS Frequently Stated Concerns: The Yes, Buts
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In this chapter, some of the Yes, but concerns are addressed. Some of the referents for the concerns lie beyond the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) and are the result of other variables, such as national…
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