In the last dozen years, research on formative assessment has provided evidence of its promise as a strategy for teachers to know more about their students as they plan and teach lessons. However, the words...
Revision of CRDG’s award-winning marine science curriculum is ongoing in the Laboratory School’s ninth grade marine science classes where surveys, testing of early drafts of new material, and direct student feedback allow the authors to...
Requests for professional development often come from school principals whose teachers identify a need. These requests frequently call for help with problem solving and tasks that promote higher-level thinking for students. CRDG staff traveled around...
[caption id="attachment_1082" align="alignright" width="160"] Teacher participants working in groups to count in different number systems (other than base ten) using area and length pieces.[/caption] The CRDG Mathematics Section has partnered with the Hawai‘i DOE Leeward Complex...
[caption id="attachment_1073" align="alignright" width="160"] “This is the best thing to happen to me since I started teaching science. It renewed my belief in my ability to teach science.”[/caption] Research has shown that learning through inquiry enhances...