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Student Talk in the NGSS Classroom


Date & Time: November 1st & 15th, 2022 (4:00pm – 5:30pm)
Location: Zoom Videoconference
Facilitator: Susan Holveck & Bradford Hill
Audience: High School Educators

This session will provide an overview of Student Talk in the NGSS Classroom.  It will include an overview of the importance of student talk and information on a few high leverage strategies.  It is a 2-part webinar that will give you a chance to try out a few strategies with your students between the sessions.

Participants will experience the Patterns Approach of using inquiry and exploration to teach content to students as well as how to integrate classroom discourse into their instructional design including  a variety of data discussion methods. Participants will also learn how to include instructional practices that support student scientific writing that advance equitable engagement of students as they grapple with real-world applications. These applications involve social and environmental justice themes and mathematical patterns and trends

*Oregon high school science teachers will be paid a stipend of $50/hour to attend.

Please contact Dr. Susan Holveck at susan.holveck@pdxstem.org with questions.