Implementing Hands-On Programs: These NSF-Supported Curriculum Centers Offer Valuable Online Resources. (the Online Edge)
Dyrli, Odvard Egil, District Administration
The National Science Foundation has arguably done more to improve K-12 science, mathematics and technology education in the United States than any other sponsoring agency. Starting decades ago, the NSF funded the development of large-scale programs that transformed the curriculum from didactic content presentations to laboratory-centered student inquiry. The programs were created through comprehensive research and development processes, were piloted and field tested extensively with diverse student populations, and published commercially for wide-scale implementation.
High school programs that originated through NSF funding include three approaches to biology developed by the Biological …
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Article title: Implementing Hands-On Programs: These NSF-Supported Curriculum Centers Offer Valuable Online Resources. (the Online Edge).
Contributors: Dyrli, Odvard Egil - Author.
Magazine title: District Administration.
Volume: 38.
Issue: 5
Publication date: May 2002.
Page number: 27.
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