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Identifying Critical Factors that Impact Earth Science Teaching and Learning: A Multilevel Study |
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Presentation |
| Abstract: |
Much effort has been devoted to developing technology infrastructure, collecting curriculum resources, and conducting research to better support the needs of K-12 Science teachers. Among these efforts is the NSDL Curriculum Customization Service (CCS), a web-based tool designed to help middle-school teachers access resources in order to plan their earth science lessons in ways that balance individual student learning needs as well as state standards.
This presentation describes a large-scale study examining how the CCS impacts teachers and student learning over time. In particular, the study involves 40 teachers and almost 4,000 students in 6 districts in 3 states. This presentation will describe the research design as well as report on the validity and reliability evidence of the instruments used in the data collection. It will then discuss the modeling approach, in particular how we plan to model the relationships between the CCS intervention, school district characteristics, teacher practices, and student learning outcomes, using Hierarchical Linear Modeling (HLM).
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