Science Modeling Talks
by Mark Royce · American Modeling Teachers Association
Monthly interview podcast supported by the American Modeling Teachers Association in which science teachers and education leaders discuss Modeling Instruction, NGSS implementation, classroom practice and professional development, giving educators concrete examples of student-centred science teaching.
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Workbook version of the backward design framework: identify desired understandings, decide what evidence proves them, then plan lessons. Modules with worksheets and sample units walk teachers through building and critiquing a full curriculum unit in three stages.
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Academic treatment of what curriculum is and the value assumptions behind any syllabus, contrasting content-driven, objectives-driven, and process models. Readers gain vocabulary to analyze national curriculum policy and the politics of assessment rather than only plan lessons.
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Forty-nine named classroom techniques drawn from video study of high-performing urban teachers, covering checking for understanding, behavioral narration, and lesson pacing. Each is described concretely enough to rehearse and use the following morning.
corestandards.org
CoreStandards.org is the official hub for the Common Core State Standards in Mathematics and English Language Arts, organized by grade and domain, with guidance and resources to align curriculum, instruction, and assessment to those standards.