The Common Core State Standards offer a framework for any state or locality to create
the curricular coherence that could lead to massive gains in student learning.
And both can help school leaders ensure successful implementation of the new standards by promoting a focus on rigor, literacy - saturated learning experiences, and
curricular coherence.
The advantage of introducing such curricular concept maps into the planning process is that such maps provided a means for raising the degree of
curricular coherence of Science IDEAS instruction.
It facilitates
curricular coherence and allows different lessons to draw on the same data and resources.
Curricular Coherence and the Common Core State Standards for Mathematics Educational Researcher, November 2012 Exploring the relationship of the CCSS in Mathematics (CCSSM) to student achievement, these researchers found a high degree of similarity between CCSSM and standards of the highest - achieving nations on the 1995 Third International Mathematics and Science Study and that states with standards more like CCSSM have higher 2009 National Assessment of Educational Progress scores on average.
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Curricular Coherence and the Common Core State Standards for Mathematics
They assert that this approach produces wide variation in teacher quality, little
curricular coherence, and insufficient instructional time.
Sustainability may not provide true
curricular coherence, or an integration of knowledge — but it does provide a singular purpose: Save the Planet.
The dispute is over whether there is one, and what the ramifications are of this for
curricular coherence and hence for pedagogical effectiveness.
Not exact matches
One, articulated by the likes of Linda Darling - Hammond, Marc Tucker, David Cohen, and others, obsesses about
curricular «
coherence,» and the lack thereof in our nation's schools.
A major reason we support the Common Core is because we're confident that it will bring greater «intellectual
coherence,» in Noonan's words, to America's
curricular and instructional approaches.
Coherence of
curricular aims within and across disciplines, consistent feedback mechanisms, and models of quality work create clarity of expectations.
The extent to which the benchmarks / objectives reflect a developmental progression or
curricular path from kindergarten through grade 3 is important for the continuity and
coherence of local systems of curriculum, instruction, and assessment.
Research and best practice have shown us that the degree to which there is
coherence and alignment among the standards,
curricular materials, and instructional strategies used is directly correlated to opportunities for student learning.