Literacy for Science Exploring the Intersection of the Next Generation Science Standards and Common Core for ELA Standards: A Workshop Summary (2014) / Chapter Skim
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and Common Core State Standards for Mathematics (National Governors Association Center for Best Practices and Council of Chief State School Officers, 2010b) and the Next Generation Science Standards: For States, By States (NGSS; NGSS Lead States, 2013)
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As stated in the K-12 framework, "Standards and performance expectations that are aligned to the framework must take into account that students cannot fully understand scientific and engineering ideas without engag ing in the practices of science and engineering and the discourses by which such ideas are developed and refined" (National Research Council, 2012, p.
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In addition, teachers face competing priorities and limited time in the school day in which to accomplish educational goals. Further, the issues to be addressed and the structures of the standards documents vary across grade levels.
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The number and nature of questions from around the country led BOSE to determine that addressing this confusion was a top priority. Therefore, the board initiated plans to develop a workshop to address the need to coordinate the literacy in science aspect of CCSS for ELA with the explicit demands on "obtaining, evaluating and communicating information" as a practice in science instruction.
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explore the intersections and overlap between the "Literacy in Science" portions of the CCSS for ELA and Practice 8 in the NRC's framework related to "obtaining, evaluating, and communicating informa tion" including consideration of the unique characteristics of communication in science; (2) consider the complementary roles of English language arts teachers and science teachers as well as the unique challenges and approaches for different grade levels and articulate the knowledge and skills teachers need to support students in developing competence in reading and communicating in science; (3)
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Appendix A is the workshop agenda, and Appendix B is a list of registered workshop participants. Appendix C contains bio graphical summaries for the steering committee members and workshop speakers.
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