Analyzing Instructional Content & Practices: Using Data to Improve Alignment of Science Instruction with State and National Standards

Autor/inn/en	Blank, Rolf; Hill, Stan
Titel	Analyzing Instructional Content & Practices: Using Data to Improve Alignment of Science Instruction with State and National Standards
Quelle	In: Science Teacher, 71 (2004) 1, S.54-58 (5 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0036-8555
Schlagwörter	Teaching Methods; Science Instruction; Mathematics Teachers; National Standards; Educational Change; State Standards; Qualitative Research; Federal Legislation; Mathematics Education; Science Education; Science Teachers; Beliefs; Teacher Attitudes; Urban Schools; Elementary Secondary Education + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Teaching of science; Science education; Natural sciences Lessons; Naturwissenschaftlicher Unterricht; Mathematics; Teacher; Teachers; Mathematik; Lehrer; Lehrerin; Lehrende; Bildungsreform; Qualitative Forschung; Bundesrecht; Mathematische Bildung; Naturwissenschaftliche Bildung; Science; Science teacher; Wissenschaft; Belief; Glaube; Lehrerverhalten; Urban area; Urban areas; School; Schools; Stadtregion; Stadt; Schule
Abstract	Moving toward state and national standards-based instruction is a priority in many classrooms today. As teachers and school leaders continue to implement standards-based instruction, they will need a way to evaluate the current status of science instruction to determine what changes and improvements are necessary. Teachers and school leaders will also need a tool to determine strategies for improvement. This article discusses a new quantitative method for analyzing science instructional content and practices that assists schools and teachers by providing rich, in-depth data for making decisions on improving curriculum and instruction. This new approach to analyzing and improving instruction, titled "Surveys of Enacted Curriculum (SEC)," was field tested and improved with the help of science and math teachers from hundreds of U.S. schools. The SEC and accompanying data reporting and analysis tools are available at www.SECsurvey.org. Teachers and education professionals can use the curriculum survey data to analyze and improve alignment of science instruction with standards. (Contains 2 figures.) (ERIC).
Anmerkungen	National Science Teachers Association. 1840 Wilson Boulevard, Arlington, VA 22201-3000. Tel: 800-722-6782; Fax: 703-243-3924; e-mail: membership@nsta.org; Web site: http://www.nsta.org
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10