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State Policies and Regulations for Implementing the NGSS
Book Chapter |
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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Integrating Careers Into Your NGSS Lessons
Journal Article |
Middle school is a critical time when students form ideas and preferences regarding careers they might pursue. Employers sometimes have difficulties filling STEM job openings, yet students often are not even aware these…
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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
Book Chapter |
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
Book Chapter |
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
Book Chapter |
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
Book Chapter |
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
Book Chapter |
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
Book Chapter |
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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Hard-to-Teach Biology Concepts, Revised 2nd Edition: Designing Instruction Aligned to the NGSS
NSTA Press Book |
“This book does not contain a recipe to follow as you plan and deliver lessons. Nor is it a set of predesigned lessons for use in biology classrooms. Instead, it features both an instructional framework you can use as…
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The Use of Storytelling to Model NGSS Science and Engineering Practices
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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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