National Science Education Standards

To enter science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) high schools, students must acquire the desire and foundational skills for success in science at an early age. Science instruction is often overlooked in elementary school. Reasons include an overemphasis on literacy and mathematics due to standards-based testing and teachers’ lack of professional development in teaching science. This literature review employed a case study design to examine the impact and the current standings of the 1996 National Science Education Standards (NSES) call for “Exemplary Science in Grades PreK-4 (Yager, p. vii).” These standards are being used because the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) were still in development in April of 2013, and…

Introduction Integration of math and science is a current issue impacting the classroom, this issue has multiple view points some negative and some positive. No matter the viewpoints it is important to consider how integration impacts the students. At the end of the day what students retain is what matters most and retaining information can happen in a variety of different ways. Integration provides a way to connect multiple subjects and allows students to make connections. Integration can be…

More than ever, K-12 science educators in the U.S. are encouraged to take a more rigorous approach with their teaching and PD. Prior to 2001, literature on PD for K-12 teachers has mainly focused on PD as a key determinant in improving teacher satisfaction, with the belief that teaching practices and student performance will improve as a result (Cohen & Hill, 2000; Darling-Hammond & McLaughlin, 1995; Elmore, 1997). The recent push for teacher development was fueled by the 2001 No Child Left…

Introduction The National Educational Technology Standards (NETS) is a group of standards developed by the International Society of Technology in Education (ISTE). I explored the NET standards in order to reflect on the penetration level of technology in my school for administrators, students, and teachers, as well as to reflect as a future leader on the standards and the implementation of technology in schools. The NET standards, are standards that were developed to engage students, teachers,…

Kohn’s article “The Case against Grades” (Kohn, 2011) effectively captures the anxiety that most students have about grades. “In fact, students would be a lot better off without either of these relics from a less enlightened age” (Kohn, 2011) Kohn writes. I agree with Kohn’s position in this article because there were many days in high school where I remember skipping due to the fact that I didn’t fully understand what was being taught to me. I, in turn, grew anxious about not being good enough…

Common Core State Standard The Common Core State Standards have become a controversial topic among teachers, parents, government, and businessmen. Much has been written about the topic which has made it a bit confusing. The Common Core State Standards or CCSS, are a set of expectation or standards that students should be capable of performing in math and English language arts for every grade level. There are currently 45 states that have fully adopted the CCSS. (ABC ) The Common Core State…

essential to national security, that war requires the most advanced scientific techniques. Bush pushed for colleges, universities, and research institutes to conserve the knowledge from the past and to teach that knowledge to students of the future. These institutes should be strengthened by use of public funds in order to better aid in the development of new scientific knowledge. He realized that the potential of underprivileged men and women who had taken interest in science was cut short by…

Cookie Digs and Scientific Papers Science has always been a big part of my life, both inside and outside the classroom. My earliest memories with nature were in my backyard, either playing with ants with my brother, or eating leafs off the lilac bush. As I got older, I was introduced to science formally in school. Playing with ants in the yard turned into class pets and food chain lessons; eating leafs turned into growing bean sprouts to learn about photosynthesis. But this, too, changed as I…

My earliest memory of science is from 5th grade in Mr. Kern’s class. I remember we had a unit on sea creatures, and we got to take care of and study fish and crawfish. I loved this activity because it was so hands on and we were the caretakers of the creatures, so we did all the work. It was really our own experiment, not just something out of a book. We all loved coming into class in the morning and running to see our new pets, and one day I noticed my crawfish had lost its shell. We learned…

tFinal Reflection. There are many things that i have experienced in Mr.Pj’s science class. We learned more than just science. Even though we had some amazing times in science class. All the classes were are almost always fun and not boring to where I would just want to sleep through. I'm pretty sure i speak for all of us when i say we learned a lot more than we do in other classes. Like i said earlier though we learned more than just science. We learned the values like getting work done on…