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One of the many parenting challenges is letting the children lead.#LegoIdea2019

Literacy and numeracy are important but we need to embrace the breadth of skills that are able to put these skills to good use. #LegoIdea2019

Hello everyone! #iaScienceChat

As a veteran first grade teacher, the assessment that was most useful for me was formative assessment. #iaScienceChat

Formative assessment was useful in examining how effective I was in creating a learning environments that enabled my students to to engage in science and engineering practices. #iaScienceChat

For example, engaging young learners in observational drawing was a window into how observant they were. regentsctr.uni.edu/sites/default/… #iaScienceChat

Noting what kinds of questions the students were asking within an experience of a phenomenon told me h was to them. If they were asking questions and wanting to gather information, I knew I hit the mark. If their questions were few, I needed to make changes. #iaScienceChat

What about that, parents? What means more to you? A score on a test, or feedback on your child’s project? #iaScienceChat

Summative assessment of science knowledge was the norm. But now the NGSS is challenging is to also do summative assessment on student use of practices to get to the knowledge. This doubles as formative assessment for teachers in how they facilitate practices . #iaScienceChat

Lisa Chizek is amazing at providing authentic feedback for her students during and following an investigation. #iaScienceChat

Thank you everyone!#iaScienceChat

#iasciencechat investigating what is in the world (science) how it works (engineering) and how they interact with objects and systems in the world creating their own technology often draws on spatial thinking (mathematics). STEM makes sense to young children

In today's Financial Times, Anne-Marie Slaughter🇺🇦 New America offers a vision for prioritizing investments in the development of human beings -- tomorrow's citizens, workers, parents. The idea: Create the equivalent of a stock index to track ups & downs in *human capital* investments. x.com/psb_dc/status/…