In an article in the The Palm Beach News, science teachers discovered that when they threw out the recommended science inquiry and hands on activities, their students improved their scores on the Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test (FCAT). I am not writing this as a...
Education reform in general, and science education specifically is based on a standards-based reform (SBR) model that has its roots in outcome-based education (OBE). The intent of OBE in science education was largely student-centered, in that education was focused...
The latest in a series of science teaching eBooks was published today and is available from The Art of Teaching Science blog. You can download a free copy of Achieving a New Generation of Science Standards here.
This week, The Art of Teaching Science will publish its third eBook on science education topics based on blog posts at this site. The new eBook is entitled Achieving a New Generation of Common Science Standards. The eBook will be published tomorrow, and will be free...
There is another "race to the top" in education, but this time it's the race to develop a new generation of science standards. Twenty states will collaborate with Achieve, a standards writing organization that uses donated funds from large corporations and foundations...
There is another "race to the top" in education, but this time it's the race to develop a new generation of science standards. Twenty states will collaborate with Achieve, a standards writing organization that uses donated funds from large corporations and foundations...
