Common Core Standards and Implications for CaMSP

1. Common Core Standards and Implications for CaMSP Meeting the Challenge of Complexity, Coherence and Integration

2. Complexity • Science programs need to respond to various mandates in the very near future • California Science Content Standards (CSCS) • California Common Core Standards-ELA • NRC Conceptual Framework for Science Standards • California Common Core Standards- Math

3. CSCS (today) • Content strands focus on the four disciplines: biology, chemistry, physics and earth science • Laboratory experiences are to constitute 25% or more of science programs • The experimentation and investigations strand focuses on skills that evolve from the observation of phenomena, generation of results and logical reasoning

4. Investigation and Experimentation • Use a variety of print • Evaluate the reproducibility of data • Distinguish between hypothesis and theory as scientific terms • Recognize the cumulative nature of scientific evidence • Know that when an observation does not agree with an accepted scientific theory, the observation is sometimes mistaken or fraudulent and that the theory is sometimes wrong (Ptolemaic model)

5. Investigation and Experimentation • Formulate explanations by using logic and evidence • Communicate the logical connection among hypothesis, science concepts, tests conducted, data collected and conclusions drawn • Communicate in written reports and oral presentation

6. CA Common Core Standards-ELA • Standards Developed for Science • Specific for Grades 6-8 and High school • Writing Standard • Reading Standard

7. Reading Standards for Literacy Fundamental Text Analysis includes: • Key ideas and details; • Cite specific textual evidence to support analysis of science and technical texts. • Craft and Structure • Determine the meaning of symbols, key terms, and other domain-specific words and phrases as they are used in a specific scientific or technical manner

8. Reading Standard for Literacy Integration of Knowledge and Ideas • Compare and contrast findings presented in a text to those from other sources (including their own experiments), noting when the findings support or contradict previous explanations or accounts.

9. Writing Standards • Text types and purposed • Write arguments focused on discipline-specific content. • Write informative/explanatory texts, including the narration of historical events, scientific procedures/ experiments, or technical processes. • Production and Distribution • Produce clear and coherentwriting in which the development, organization, and style are appropriate to task, purpose, and audience.

10. Writing Standards • Research to build and Present knowledge • Conduct short as well as more sustained research projects to answer a question (including a self- generated question) or solve a problem; narrow or broaden the inquiry when appropriate; synthesizemultiple sources on the subject, demonstrating understanding of the subject under investigation.

11. Draft Framework for Science Standards ( NRC) • Asking Questions/Developing Hypothesis • Identifying Relationships • Using Archival Resources • Constructing and Defending Arguments • Reading Science • Communicating Science : Writing and Speaking

12. Constructing and Defending Arguments:

13. Critiquing Arguments:

14. Reading Science

15. Writing Science

16. CA Common Core Standards Mathematics • Probability and Statistics • Mathematical Modeling

17. Coherence • Can be achieved through analysis of the various standards • Requires identification of common elements • Work with Language arts and English teachers and or Mathematics teachers

18. Coherence • Both CSCS and CACCs-ELA have overlapping standards • English Language Development standards align with literacy and with E & I standards in both • Similar to converging vectors from different disciplines • Using similar terms but nested in different contexts

19. Some Common Elements • Statement of a Hypothesis and Collection of data • Development of reasoned argument from evidence gleamed from data • Presentation of conclusions through oral, visual and written formats

20. Integration • Focus on Literacy and Writing standards as well as CSCS when developing lessons • Work with both science and ELA teachers together to develop literacy and writing • Develop and adapt tools for assessing both science and literacy learning (e.g. rubrics, science writing heuristics)

21. Integration • Look at current PD programs and assure that a strong literacy component is integrated into content • Recruit Language arts or math teachers alongside science teachers. • Assure that the development of lab protocols focus on reading and writing skills and the appropriate mathematics • Understand that literacy and reading issues are different depending on students fluency and knowledge of English.

22. California Science Project csmp.ucop.edu/csp Maria Alicia Lopez Freeman mafreema@ucla.edu