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Project
2061 Middle and High School Science Textbooks A Standards-Based Evaluation |
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- Promoting Student Thinking
about Phenomena, Experiences, and Knowledge
- Encouraging students to explain their ideas
- Guiding student interpretation and reasoning
- Encouraging students to think about what they've learned
Does the material suggest ways to have students check and reflect on their own progress?
Indicators of meeting the criterion
- The material gives students an opportunity to revise their initial ideas based on what they have learned (without asking them explicitly to think about how their ideas have changed).
- The material engages (or provides specific suggestions for teachers to engage) students in monitoring how their ideas have changed, but does so infrequently in the unit.
- The material engages (or provides specific suggestions for teachers to engage) students in monitoring how their ideas have changed and does so periodically in the unit.
Rating Scheme
Excellent: The
material meets indicator 3.
Satisfactory: The
material meets indicator 2.
Poor: The
material meets indicator 1 at best.