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- A workshop on "International Experiences in Science, Technology,
Engineering, and Mathematics" will be held at NSF on August 22. NSF
seeks ideas/questions from the GK-12 community to inform the
workshop discussions to be carried out by a small group of GK-12
team members who have participated in international collaborations.
You are invited to use the GK-12 Message Board,
http://www.nsfgk12.org/forum/index.php to recommend discussion
topics or comment on the workshop questions. These are listed on the
Message Board and on the GK-12 website (What's New! box). Your input
will be provided to workshop participants.
(posted 8/7/07)
- “A federal panel charged with studying federally supported math
and science education efforts has found that despite the importance
and political popularity of these programs, there is “a general
dearth of evidence” about what works and what doesn’t work.
The report calls for more of an emphasis on evaluating progress
and sharing effective practices.”
- Sue Simmers receives the Carnegie Science Center's
2007 Award for Excellence in the area of Elementary
Educator for her many years of excellence including participation in the GK-12 Project (more
details here).
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Call
for Profiles from Teachers and Fellows
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On April 19, 2007, Richard P. Mathews
(a key player of the leadership team on the GK-12 project) received
the 2007 Departmental
Alumni Award recipient for the Department of Instruction and
Learning, for the School of Education.
- "Making
Classroom Skills Scientific", S.L. Pellathy, J.R. Paul, J.L.
Cartier, and J. Wittfeldt, Science & Children, accepted for
publication.
Synopsis: Classroom activities that
highlight scientific explanation and data collection engage students
while teaching them authentic investigative skills.
- Feel free
to visit the pages noted on the left and email the
web master if you are looking for
some specific information but cannot find it.
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