The Annual NSTA will be in Philadelphia, PA this year, March 26-29 with the theme of 'For the Love of Science Education'. With sessions designed by educators, for educators, participants will walk away with a toolkit of practical, engaging strategies ready to apply in your classroom, school, or district! Conference information can be found here.
CREATE and WestEd will be represented! Joe Krajcik and Christopher Harris are doing an all-day workshop on Wednesday and a one-hour session on Thursday.
Wednesday, March 26
Time: 8:15 am - 3:15 pm, Pennsylvania Convention Center - 201 B
Christopher Harris (WestEd), Joseph Krajcik (CREATE for STEM), PLI-5: Creating Instructionally Supportive Assessment Tasks to Support 3D-Learning
What approach can science educators use to create assessment tasks that support instructional practice and students’ three-dimensional learning? Participants will experience an approach for designing 3-D assessment tasks that will help their students build toward the NGSS performance expectations.
Thursday, March 27
Time: 2:20 - 3:20 pm, Pennsylvania Convention Center - 126 B
Christopher Harris (WestEd), Joseph Krajcik (CREATE for STEM), Creating and Using Instructionally Supportive Assessments in NGSS Classrooms
What approach can science educators use to create assessment tasks that support instructional practice and students’ three-dimensional learning? Participants will be introduced to a process for designing 3-dimensional tasks for classroom use which will help their students build toward the NGSS performance expectations.
