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Re-Designing Infrastructure As A Strategy For Crafting Coherence Across Three Networks Focused On The Implementation Of The Next Generation Science Standards, Jonathan L. Hall, Todd Campbell, Lisa Lundgren

Teacher Education and Technology Faculty Publications

This design-based research project reports on three multilevel networks that were focused on implementing the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS). Given the recent attention to understanding infrastructure to craft coherence in NGSS implementation, this research investigated how these networks iteratively re-designed infrastructure as they engaged in implementing the NGSS. This focus is particularly important in the current context of NGSS implementation since needed infrastructure did not accompany the dissemination of the standards. The three networks were the following: mentor teachers, district specialists, and interim assessment specialists. Qualitative cases based on recordings of network working sessions, interviews with members, and artifacts …