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The Importance Of Getting Things Wrong
Why understanding the wrong answers given by students may make you a better teacher...
"Teachers who find their kids' ideas fascinating are just better teachers than teachers who find the subject matter fascinating." - Philip Sadler, professor, Harvard University Science
News and Notes from PAESTA - August 2016
The August 2016 News and Notes from PAESTA has been sent out. You can view it online via this link (link is external).
Book and video - Science Teachers' Learning: Enhancing Opportunities, Creating Supportive Contexts
From the National Academies of Science - Currently, many states are adopting the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) or are revising their own state standards in ways that reflect the NGSS. For students and schools, the implementation of any science standards rests with teachers. For those teachers, an evolving understanding about how best to teach science represents a significant transition in the way science is currently taught in most classrooms and it will require most science teachers to change how they teach.