Seeking Mark in Standards Process, N.S.T.A. Prepares Curriculum Guide
WASHINGTON--Seeking to make its mark on the process of setting national standards for science education, the National Science Teachers Association is poised to publish an exhaustive guide to curriculum reform based on its long-term program to improve secondary-school science.
"The Content Core: A Guide for Curriculum Designers'' is not a curriculum itself, but rather is an organizational document that provides a framework for teaching science "according to the tenets'' of the N.S.T.A.'s Scope, Sequence, and Coordination of Secondary School Science Project.
The 142-page document is designed to serve both as a guide for curriculum developers and as an aid to "individual teachers considering modifications in their courses or teaching methods,''...
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