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Assessing Performance Expectations
Journal Article | March 2019
A note from the Editor about this issue's theme
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What to Expect With Group Work
Journal Article | January 2021
Instructors who wish to take advantage of the benefits of collaborative group work often hesitate over concerns about conflict or problems that arise between students. There are no estimates of the level of conflict…
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Collection | February 2020
This collection shares resources to support a deeper understanding of performance expectations in new science standards.
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How to Design a Performance Task
Journal Article | March 2019
Follow a sequence of steps to develop an authentic performance task.
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Collaborating to Improve Performance Expectations
Blog Post | August 2017
Jessica Tetreault and I were the only two middle school teachers at a recent conference, so we were paired to create a common performance assessment that we could both use with our students in the coming months. She…
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All Performance Expectations resources
List | February 2020
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How to Read the Next Generation Science Standards
Page | April 2020
How to Read the Next Generation Science Standards The Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) are distinct from prior science standards in three essential ways. 1) Performance. Prior standards documents listed what students should “know” or “understand.” These ideas needed to be translated into performances that could…
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Page | March 2020
Designing Units and Lessons Select lab experiments, readings, discussions, lectures, and other learning activities based on what students should learn and explicitly link them together in the unit. One example architecture for designing integrated instructional units is the BSCS 5E model, explained in Translating the…
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Journal Article | April 2020
Nonideal enrollment of nonbiology majors into biology majors courses serves as an impediment to academic success and negatively impacts rates of college course completion. In this Institutional Review Board (IRB)-…
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Journal Article | October 2020
We carried out a study of an instructional model that integrates flipped classroom with active learning, in-class activities into our biology course, using a mixed methods research design. According to the survey (n =…
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Journal Article | August 2021
Course-based undergraduate research experiences (CUREs) are an alternative pedagogical approach to the apprenticeship model for high-impact research immersion experiences. A W.M. Keck-funded Research Immersion Program…
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An Exam Wrapper Intervention in Organic Chemistry I: Impact on Course Performance and Study Behavior
Journal Article | November 2019
This article describes a quasi-experimental study conducted in two Organic Chemistry I classrooms at a diverse, urban, public university.
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Journal Article | October 2021
This study presents a quasi-experiment to assess differences in student performance and satisfaction between two different delivery modes—online and face-to-face education. We collected data from 747 (373 face-to-face…
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How Are the Standards Different?
Page | March 2020
How Are the Standards Different? New Standards for a New Generation In April 2013, the science education community welcomed Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS). The voluntary standards describe important scientific ideas and practices that all students should learn by the time they leave…
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Making Connections to Common Core
Page | March 2020
Making Connections to Common Core Evidence-based reasoning is the foundation of good scientific practice. The Next Generation Science Standards incorporate reasoning skills used in language arts and mathematics to help students improve mastery and understanding in all three disciplines. The Next Generation Science…
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