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2 A Review of National Efforts to Evaluate Instructional Materials
Pages 17-22

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... Chapter 3 'The Development of a Guide for Evaluating Instructional Materials" describes the adopted principles and the process the Committee used to develop and test an evaluation tool. The too} itself is presented in Chapter 4 as the "Guide to Selecting Instructional Materials." The Committee studied several national efforts to provide states and localities with guidance in the review and selection of K-12 science instructional materials.
From page 18...
... Project 2061 has applied its analysis procedure to middle school science textbooks and will publish a report titled Middle Grades Science Textbooks: A Benchmarks-based Evaluation in fall of 1999 (AAAS, forthcoming b)
From page 19...
... According to the preface, these materials were reviewed for their consonance with principles advocated in the Standards, particularly those that "emphasize student inquiry, teaching for un(lerstanding, and the inclusion of science as a core subject in every grade level, starting in kindergarten." Information on obtaining the NSRC evaluation too} used for the review is available in "Contact Information" at the end of the book. The NSRC has released an additional volume Resources for Teaching Middle School Science (NSRC, 199811.
From page 20...
... is available online. The NSF designed its review framework as a peer review exercise for use by NSF evaluation panels composed of scientists, science and technology educators, and science teachers.
From page 21...
... has published other reports that encourage the thoughtful selection of instructional materials aligned with standards. CMSEE's Committee on Science Education K-12 and the Mathematical Sciences Education Board will jointly publish Designing Mathematics or Science Curriculum Programs: A Guide for Using Mathematics and Science Education Standards (NRC, 1999a)
From page 22...
... . In 1998 the National Academy of Sciences published TeachingAbout Evolution and the Nature of Science, which includes a section on the evaluation of instructional materials with respect to the inclusion and alignment of material on evolution.


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