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Susan M. SchelbleDepartment of Chemistry, (MSCD) Metropolitan State College of Denver Denver, Colorado
TExtending Chemistry is in the News
to High School Programs
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TDenver Public Schools(DPS)
Teacher Quality Enhancement Grant(TQE)
Te5 Year Collaboration through
TWHOxt
Teacher Education Department (TED)Liberal Arts School (LAS)
at MSCDText
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Populations
MSCD DPS22,500
Downtown Denver
300-40010-40
Enrollment
Campus
Education Majors
Science
78,000
Metro Denver
10 HS, 18 MS
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WHY
DPS MSCDImprove teacher
retentionIncrease science
licensure
Science redesign of
curriculum
Secondary scienceredesign
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HOW
Change current course structure for science curriculum at DPS
Grade 6Grade 7
Grade 8*Grade 9
Grade 10*Grade 11Grade 12
Mixture of all science topicsMixture of all science topicsMixture of all science topics
Life scienceElectiveElectiveElective
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HOW
New structure for DPS science curriculum (Field Testing 2006/07)
Grade 6Grade 7Grade 8*Grade 9Grade 10*Grade 11Grade 12
Weather, atmosphere, earthLife sciencePhysical scienceEarth science and/or electiveLife science and/or electiveChemistry or physics and/or electiveChemistry or physics and/or elective/none
* CSAP for Science given to all students
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STANDARDS
123456
Scientific inquiry & investigation
Text
Physical science
Life scienceext
Earth and space science
Interrelationips with IT, humanities
Connections among sciences
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Changing Strategies90/90/90 Schools*
Text
* Reeves, Douglas, Accountability in Action, 2006
1. Strong emphasis on achievement 2. Clear curricular choices3. Frequent assessment and chances to
improve.4. Strong emphasis on writing.5. External scoring of student work.
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Becoming Successful
Reality in most schoolsState Norm TestsPD daysTraditional gradingIndependent contentTeaching isolationTeaching is a secretTests only grading objective
Successful schoolsAssessment w/ shared rubricOn-going peer coachingSome shared assessmentIntegration of contentCollaboration Clear expectationsMultiple types of assessments are used
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EFFECTS OF GROUP INQUIRY
Term ACS %tile Retention
S 1998S 1999S2000S2001S2002S2003
616063636165
788389879496
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Challenges
Universal computer accessLibrary accessClass timeGroup grading???
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Funding1) NSFCCLI- A&I
2)Colorado Section ACSStudent Travel Grants
3)UCDHSCUndergraduate Research Opportunity Fund
4)US Dept. EducationSecondary Teacher Enhancement Project
5)ACSProject SEED
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Colorado Student Assistants
Elaine Martinez
Shannon Hopkins
Janene Filareki Filarecki
Eric Lupo Erik Angles
Cindy Hickel
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Collaborators
DPS MSCDSharon Sikora
Jim ShortDebbie Hearty
Angie Powers (TED)Nancy Sasaki (BIO)Melanie Haas (TQE)Dennis Dell (TQE)