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Effective Teaching and Learning (K-16) – STEM related materials

Arrangement in chronological order is provided to give a more historical presentation of materials within each organization.

American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) http://www.aaas.org/

• AAAS Project 2061 http://www.project2061.org/
• AAAS Project 2061 Publications http://www.project2061.org/
• 2007. AAAS Atlas of Science Literacy (vol. 2) http://www.project2061.org/publications/atlas/default.htm
• 2001. AAAS Atlas of Science Literacy (vol. 1) http://www.project2061.org/publications/atlas/default.htm
• 2001. AAAS Designs for Science Literacy http://www.project2061.org/publications/designs/default.htm
• 1998. AAAS Blueprints for Reform Online http://www.project2061.org/publications/bfr/online/blpintro.htm
• 1997. AAAS Resources for Science Literacy Online http://www.project2061.org/publications/rsl/online/index.htm
• 1993. AAAS Benchmarks for Science Literacy Online http://www.project2061.org/publications/bsl/online/bolintro.htm
• 1990. AAAS Science for All Americans Online http://www.project2061.org/publications/sfaa/online/sfaatoc.htm
  • Cognitive research related to ‘Science for All Americans’

Assessing Student Achievement Project http://www2.edc.org/asap/Default.htm [practical resources and readings that will help you explore assessment practices and accountability issues]

Berkley Evaluation and Assessment Research (BEAR) Center http://bearcenter.berkeley.edu/

Concept Oriented Reading Instruction (CORI) http://www.cori.umd.edu/

Foundational Approaches in Science Teaching (FAST) http://hawaii.edu/crdg/sections/science/documents/FAST.pdf

Full Option Science System (FOSS) http://www.fossweb.com/

National Academies of Sciences, Engineering & Medicine

• Behavioral and Social Science and Education Division http://www7.nationalacademies.org/dbasse/index.html
• Center for Education http://www7.nationalacademies.org/dbasse/Education.html
• Board on Testing and Assessment http://www7.nationalacademies.org/bota/
• Learning Progressions: Commissioned papers for NRC
• Evolution theory http://www7.nationalacademies.org/bota/Evolution.pdf
• Matter/atomic molecular theory http://www7.nationalacademies.org/bota/Big%20Idea%20Team_%20AMT.pdf
• Genetics http://www.project2061.org/publications/2061Connections/2007/media/KSIdocs/golanduncan_rogat_yarden_paper.pdf

National Academy of Education

National Research Council (NRC) http://sites.nationalacademies.org/nrc/index.htm

• 2007. NRC. Taking Science to School: learning and teaching science in grades K-8. http://www.nap.edu/catalog.php?record_id=11625
• 2007. NRC. The Future of Chemistry Research: benchmarks and challenges http://www.nap.edu/catalog.php?record_id=11866 2005.
• NRC. How Students Learn: History, Mathematics, and Science in the Classroom
• 2003. NRC. Bio 2010: Transforming undergraduate education for future research biologists. http://www.nap.edu/catalog.php?record_id=10497
• 2001. NRC. Adding it up: Helping Children Learn Mathematics. http://www.nap.edu/catalog.php?record_id=9822#toc
• 2001. NRC. Classroom assessment and the national science education standards. http://www.nap.edu/catalog.php?record_id=9847
• 2000. NRC. How People Learn: Brain, Mind, Experience, and School: Expanded Edition
• 2000.  NRC.  Inquiry and the National Science Education Standards http://www.nap.edu/catalog.php?record_id=9596
• 1999. NRC. Starting out right: a guide to promoting children’s reading success. http://www.nap.edu/catalog.php?record_id=6014

Progress Portfolio http://www.progressportfolio.northwestern.edu/  [software that helps students conduct long-term inquiry projects on computers (e.g. visualization projects, web-based inquiry projects, explorations with CD-ROMs, simulations, digital libraries, etc.).]  

Stanford Educational Assessment Laboratory (SEAL) http://www.stanford.edu/dept/SUSE/SEAL/  

Thinkertools  (UC-Berkley) http://www.thinkertools.org/index.html  

Worldwatcher http://www.worldwatcher.northwestern.edu/softwareWW.htm  [provides an accessible and supportive environment for students to explore, create, and analyze scientific data.]