Date: November 2020 This report focuses on trends in mathematics education between 2012 and 2018 based on data from the 2018 NSSME+, a nationally representative survey of 7,600 science, mathematics, and computer science teachers in schools across the United States. Areas addressed in the report include: teacher backgrounds and beliefs, professional development, courses offered; instructional […]
Middle School
What does “Implementing the NGSS” Mean? Operationalizing the science practices for K–12 classrooms.
Authors: Joan D. Pasley, Peggy J. Trygstad, Eric R. Banilower Date: November 2016 The Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) are composed of three intertwined dimensions—disciplinary core ideas, science and engineering practices, and crosscutting concepts—that provide a foundation for what students should know and be able to do at various grade levels. The eight science practices […]
Operationalizing the Science and Engineering Practices
Authors: Peggy J. Trygstad, Eric R. Banilower, Joan D. Pasley Date: April 2016 This paper, presented at the 2016 AERA Annual Meeting, describes the development of two products to facilitate measurement of the extent to which classroom instruction aligns with the Framework for K–12 Science Education and the subsequently released Next Generation Science Standards, particularly […]
PEARL: Peers Engaged As Resources for Learning
National Science Foundation Horizon Research, Inc. is collaborating with the Center for Developmental Science at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill on the PEARL project to create an interdisciplinary team to: (1) study small group work in mathematics classrooms; (2) understand the challenges involved in promoting successful small groups; and (3) determine ways to help […]