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“… there were things that just didn’t make sense around what modeling is and what constructing explanations was supposed to be, but I couldn’t really put my finger on why. And I saw some of the why in those articles from Ambitious Science Teaching.”
“I am a believer in having just a few really good resources so that folks always know where to go, and we’re on the same page… And so I rely on the AST book for that context.”
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Ambitious Teaching—An overview
In this video we illustrate what Ambitious Teaching looks like in classrooms ranging from high school to kindergarten. The practices were developed through collaborations between teachers and researchers, and they are continually evolving as we learn more about how they work with young learners. There are several themes that you’ll see in all examples, such as a focus on puzzling and complex phenomena, opportunities to make sense through talk, making thinking visible, attending to who is participating, using various forms of scaffolding and tools, and much more.
This site is primarily funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) through Award #1907471 and #1315995
This site is primarily funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) through Award #1907471 and #1315995