Subject: Change in state standards

Posted by Richard Turnock on 3/9/2009

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Seems like an opportunity for system dynamics to support science inquiry and as an assessment tool not just in science but also in other disciplines.
Richard

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The Oregon State Board of Education adopted the 2009 science academic content standards at their February meeting. Here are a few brief snippets:

“Science is a way of knowing about the natural world based on tested explanations supported by accumulated empirical evidence.”

“Researchers, who analyzed the results of the Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS), have stated that curricula, textbooks, and teaching in the United States are “a mile wide and an inch deep.” Recent science education reports have recommended that science standards be organized by a small number of big ideas which are essential for all people to understand.”

“Organizing K-12 concepts and abilities by big ideas offers a way to prioritize critical content for students to study, and provides a coherent vision of what students should know and be able to do that builds throughout a K-12 science education program. As states revise their science standards many are using the big ideas of science to organize them.”

http://www.ode.state.or.us/teachlearn/subjects/science/curriculum/2009feb-adopted-k-h-science-standards.pdf

Page 14 lists the big ideas organized by science discipline and core standard.
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Follow Ups:

Change in state standards - Janice Hansel 3/10/2009 
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