Dustin_Williams

Writing explanations of phenomena and conclusions that are well grounded in facts is an important part of science. The writers of NGSS have organized key concepts into the cross-cutting concepts (CCCs) and the disciplinary core ideas.

When it comes to the best approach for student learning, there seems to be two very divided camps: those who promote direct instruction and those who favor inquiry. I have been thinking a lot about this issue for several years now and decided to finally write my reflections down, based on 6 years of experience as a science teacher.

At this point, there doesn’t seem to be a bank of released NGSS assessment items that we can draw from to use in our own classes, especially for traditional Chemistry classes. This means, that we as teachers may need to write some of our own assessment prompts to use in our classes.