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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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Assessment That Reflects the Three Dimensions of the NGSS
Book Chapter |
This chapter, by Susan German, addresses the importance of explicitly teaching crosscutting concepts, adding scientific argumentation to assessment, and redesigning assessments to move students toward attaining the…
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State Policies and Regulations for Implementing the NGSS
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This chapter, by Stephen L. Pruitt, addresses state policies and regulations that affect the implementation of the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS). It focuses on the new standards, but also considers state and…
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Ten Years of NGSS: Where Are We Now?
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NGSS for Our Youngest Learners: Explorations in Coding
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Connecting NGSS and the Common Core State Standards
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This chapter introduces educators to the connections between the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) and the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) in both mathematics and English language arts. The activities provided…
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Conceptual Framework Guiding the NGSS Diversity and Equity
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This chapter is intended to guide readers to better understand the case studies. It lays the conceptual grounding for effective classroom strategies identified for each demographic student group. It also highlights…
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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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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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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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Examining Student Work and Interactions That Reflect the NGSS
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This chapter, by Deb M. Kneser, discusses the collaborative analysis of student work as an effective method of professional development. By engaging in a collaborative review of student work, science educators can…
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Using Key Features to Analyze and Modify Curriculum for the NGSS
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The Use of Storytelling to Model NGSS Science and Engineering Practices
Journal Article |
An important strand of three-dimensional learning in the Next Generation Science Standards is science and engineering practices (SEPs; NGSS Lead States 2013). The SEPs also are one of four critical attributes of…
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Preparing Teachers to Successfully Implement the Three Dimensions of the NGSS
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This chapter, by David T. Crowther and Susan Gomez Zwiep, briefly outlines the challenges faced by leaders seeking to design and execute professional development that enables science educators to successfully implement…