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Rigor Through Convergence: Next Gen Science, ELA, and Math Standards

Written by Dr. Nancy Sulla

The Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) offer an opportunity to build academic rigor in ELA and math. Schools tend to address content by subject, with separate programs and texts for each subject. The brain thrives on making connections. “To learn new knowledge, a person must build on information that is already stored in the brain” (Erica […]

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#LATICinsights: Cultivating Rigor

Written by Dr. Nancy Sulla

When you first learn to design a Learner-Active, Technology-Infused Classroom, you are faced with the paradigm shift of launching each unit of study with an authentic, open-ended, real-world problem to solve. You start by thinking through the problems students could solve at the end of a five-week unit if they learned everything. Designing the problem-based task statement […]

Achievement, Authentic Learning, Dr. Nancy Sulla, LATI Classroom, PBL, Teaching, Transformational
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