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The Landscape Of Us Elementary Mathematics Teacher Education: Course Requirements For Mathematics Content And Methods, Brette Garner, Jen Munson, Gladys Krause, Claudia Bertolone-Smith, Et Al.

School of Education Articles

The adequate preparation of future teachers of mathematics is critical, requiring sufficient opportunities to develop both pedagogical skill and content knowledge. Yet, despite new recommendations for mathematics teacher preparation, we know little about the landscape of course-based learning opportunities in US elementary teacher education programs. To what extent do US elementary teacher education programs meet the Standards for Preparing Teachers of Mathematics outlined by the Association of Mathematics Teacher Educators (AMTE) for mathematics content and methods courses? Based on an a priori power analysis, we gathered a random sample of 291 higher education institutions. Within these institutions, we analyzed 736 …

Special Issue Preview: Introducing The Next Generation Of Quality Indicators For Research In Special Education, Jessica R. Toste, Elizabeth Talbott, Michelle M. Cummings

School of Education Articles

Excerpt from publication: "The Council for Exceptional Children's Division for Research (CEC-DR) is pleased to introduce a special issue designed to update and advance quality indicators for research in special education, advancing work originally published in a 2005 special issue of Exceptional Children (Volume 71, Issue 2). Then, as now, special education research has been characterized by a “long and cherished tradition” of diverse research methods (Graham, 2005, p. 135)..."

Evidence-Based Assessment In Special Education Research: Advancing The Use Of Evidence In Assessment Tools And Empirical Processes, Elizabeth Talbott, Andres De Los Reyes, Devin M. Kearns, Jeannette Mancilla-Martinez, Mo Wang

School of Education Articles

Evidence-based assessment (EBA) requires that investigators employ scientific theories and research findings to guide decisions about what domains to measure, how and when to measure them, and how to make decisions and interpret results. To implement EBA, investigators need high-quality assessment tools along with evidence-based processes. We advance EBA in three sections in this article. First, we describe an empirically grounded framework, the Operations Triad Model (OTM), to inform EBA decision-making in the articulation of relevant educational theory. Originally designed for interpreting mental health assessments, we describe features of the OTM that facilitate its fusion with educational theory, namely its …

Bye Bye, Bycatch, Derek Jackson

Lesson Plans

Grade Level: 7th Grade Life Science

Using critical thinking skills to better understand how conservation engineering can improve sustainable fisheries.

Going Fishing In The Classroom!, Will Shoup

Lesson Plans

Grade Level: 4th Grade Life Science and General Science

The student will investigate and understand that organisms, including humans, interact with one another and with nonliving components in the ecosystem. Key ideas include that interrelationships exist in populations, communities, and ecosystems.

The Mystery Of The Oyster: What's In The Bag?, Julia Grenn

Lesson Plans

Grade level: 7th Grade Life Science and Biology

Students will use measurements and graphing to examine and assess how husbandry strategies and business decisions can impact the Eastern Oyster shape.

Hematodinium: A Blue Crab Parasite, Xuqing Chen

Lesson Plans

Grade Level: High School Biology

Students will use monthly survey data to measure percentage of infection, or "prevalence" of Hematodinium in adult and juvenile blue crabs and determine how prevalence changes through seasons.

The Case Of The Missing Penguins!, Claudia Moncada

Lesson Plans

Grade Level: 7th Grade Life Science

Students will gather and graph data to examine patterns in Adelie penguin populations in the Western Antarctic Peninsula and determine potential drivers for these patterns.

Cereal Killer: Diagnosing Oyster Diseases Using Pcr, Anna Poslednik

Lesson Plans

Grade Level: High School Biology

Understand the basis of the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) by constructing a model of the technique using cereal and pipe cleaners

Who's That Phytoplankton?, Savannah Mapes

Lesson Plans

Grade Level: High School Biology

Students will assess harmful algal bloom diagnosis.

Mapping A Terrapin Town, Anna Caputo

Lesson Plans

Grade Level: 7th Grade Life Science and Environmental Science

In small groups, students will explore diamondback terrapin habitat requirements, conservation, and how land use planning can affect their population.

Watching Seagrass Breathe, Alyson Hall

Lesson Plans

Grade Level: 7th Grade / High School Life Science and Biology

Students will investigate how seagrasses act as primary producers in the ocean, why we care about them, and how scientists measure their rates of primary production and respiration.

How Can Communities Be Engaged In Climate Change?, Yao Wang, Qiong Wang

Lesson Plans

Grade Level: Advanced High School, AP, IB

Students will use materials to practice how stakeholders engage in climate change adaptation planning to make decisions for Lynnhaven (the second largest watershed) in the City of Virginia Beach. Their Lynnhaven adaptation strategy project will demonstrate that they understand what community engagement for climate change adaptation planning is and how to conduct five phases of community engagement.

Where Land Meets The Sea, Kayla Cahoon

Lesson Plans

Grade Level: High School Earth Science and Oceanography

Students will use graphs of sediment cores to determine how coast lines change.

Students With Gifts And Talents: A Resource Guide, Cty Ireland, Dublin City University, Center For Gifted Education, William & Mary

Center for Gifted Education Reports

Excerpt from publication: "The format for this book is very simple and we wanted to make it as user-friendly as possible. For too long in the field of gifted education there has been an assumption that high ability students are a homogeneous group. Hopefully this guide will help to dispel this myth once and for all and we can celebrate the different types of gifted students, the different strategies that can help them and we can embrace the heterogeneity of the group.

Each section of the book will cover advice for students, parents, teachers and policy makers. To emphasise the …