Supporting Student Learning in the “Forgotten” Dimension
Jennifer Childress Self2023-11-07T21:29:56+00:00Do we have to assess CCCs? By Jennifer Childress Self | September 14, 2022 Since the release of A Framework for K–12 Science Education a decade ago, Crosscutting Concepts (CCCs) have become part of the national conversation about science education. Almost all states now include CCCs in their state science standards, and more instructional materials include CCCs every day. There is a difference, though, between including the CCC words (e.g., patterns, cause and effect) somewhere in a document and fully supporting students to learn CCCs. Ten years down the road, it still doesn’t seem like we as a field are [...]