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Exploring the Practices and Crosscutting Concepts
Book Chapter | May 2014
This chapter provides a series of activities to help science teachers understand the three dimensions of the Framework for K–12 Science Education—science and engineering practices, crosscutting concepts, and…
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Crosscutting Concepts as Productive Ways of Thinking
Journal Article | September 2019
Tips and techniques for creative teaching
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Crosscutting Test Prep Strategies
Journal Article | March 2019
Strategies for increasing student engagement
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Teacher to Teacher: Assessing Crosscutting Concepts
Journal Article | January 2017
This column provides practical advice from your peers. Cross Cutter Cards provide a method for students to apply a crosscutting concept when discussing similarities between two different phenomena.
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Unit Planning Using the Crosscutting Concepts
Journal Article | July 2017
Discover strategies for integrating crosscutting concepts with disciplinary core ideas and engineering processes in a watercycle unit.
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Book Chapter | April 2018
This chapter, by Mary Colson, explores changes to instructional planning that support three-dimensional learning, including specific techniques for helping students figure out possible explanations for observable…
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Book Chapter | April 2018
This chapter, by Norman G. Lederman, Judith S. Lederman, and Selina L. Bartels, reviews the Next Generation Science Standards and then offers examples of elementary science methods teachers can use to apply the NGSS in…
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Book Chapter | April 2018
This chapter, by Ann T. S. Taylor and Joseph W. Shane, discusses ideas for embedding aspects of the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) within biology courses that prospective teachers commonly complete at the…
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Book Chapter | April 2018
This chapter, by Sarah B. Boesdorfer, discusses how firsthand experience learning chemistry content, while engaged in science and engineering practices or crosscutting concepts, helps preservice teachers experience the…
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The Second Dimension—Crosscutting Concepts
Journal Article | February 2012
The author focuses on the Frameworks crosscutting concepts, specifically Dimension Two.
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Teacher's Toolkit: Using Rubrics to Integrate Crosscutting Concepts
Journal Article | January 2017
This column provides how-to strategies and practical advice for the science teacher. This month’s issue explains the development of a rubric that may serve as a bridge between the learning outcomes associated with…
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The Second Dimension—Crosscutting Concepts
Journal Article | February 2012
The author discusses the Framework's Crosscutting Concepts, specifically Dimension Two.
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Editor's Note: Crosscutting Concepts: Patterns
Journal Article | October 2014
Science and Children’s editor shares thoughts regarding the current issue.
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Editor's Roundtable: Crosscutting Concepts: The Ties That Bind
Journal Article | March 2015
Science Scope’s editor shares thoughts regarding the current issue.