The OpenSciEd High School Assessment System

The OpenSciEd High School Assessment System

Kate Henson, University of Colorado, Boulder
Zoë Buck Bracey, BSCS Science Learning
Michael Novak, Northwestern University

NSTA National Conference, Kansas City, October 2023

Questions and Crosscutting Concepts: How can we support students in asking good questions?

Questions and Crosscutting Concepts: How can we support students in asking good questions?

Whitney Mills, BSCS Science Learning
Jamie Deutch Noll, BSCS Science Learning
Dan Voss, Northwestern University

NSTA National Conference, Kansas City, October 2023

Why are oysters dying and how can we use chemistry to protect them?

Why are oysters dying and how can we use chemistry to protect them?

Nicole Vick, Northwestern University
Kerri Wingert, Good Question Research

NSTA National Conference, Kansas City, October 2023

Meeting the Challenges of Math & Computation with OpenSciEd High School

Meeting the Challenges of Math & Computation with OpenSciEd High School

Michael Novak, Northwestern University
Nicole Vick, Northwestern University
Wayne Wright, University of Colorado, Boulder

NSTA National Conference, Kansas City, October 2023

The Matter-Energy-Forces Triangle: A Common Approach to Make Sense of Physics, Chemistry, Biology, and Earth Science in OpenSciEd

The Matter-Energy-Forces Triangle: A Common Approach to Make Sense of Physics, Chemistry, Biology, and Earth Science in OpenSciEd

Whitney Mills, BSCS Science Learning
Deanna Lee-Rivers, University of Colorado, Boulder
Dan Voss, Northwestern University
Diego Rojas-Perilla, BSCS Science Learning

NSTA National Conference, Kansas City, October 2023

It's Electric! Firguing Out the Structure and Properties of Matter through Lightning

It's Electric! Firguing Out the Structure and Properties of Matter through Lightning

Rachel Patton, ASU Prep
Kerri Wingert, Good Question Research & Evaluation
Dan Voss, Northwestern University

NSTA National Conference, Kansas City, October 2023

Anchoring Science Professional Learning in Curriculum Materials Enactment: Illustrating Theories in Practice to Support Teachers’ Learning (chapter)

Anchoring Science Professional Learning in Curriculum Materials Enactment: Illustrating Theories in Practice to Support Teachers’ Learning (chapter)

Katherine L. McNeill, Boston College
Renee Affolter, Boston College
Brian Reiser, Northwestern University

In Teacher Learning in Changing Contexts: Perspectives from the Learning Sciences, 2023

Students' Use of Crosscutting Concepts to Develop Questions from an Anchoring Phenomenon

Students' Use of Crosscutting Concepts to Develop Questions from an Anchoring Phenomenon

Dan Voss, Northwestern University
Brian J. Reiser, Northwestern University
Joe Kremer, Denver Public Schools
Jamie Noll, Northwestern University
Dawn Novak, Science Educator
Michael Novak, Northwestern University
Nicole Vick, Northwestern University
Ann E. Rivet, Teachers College, Columbia University

Characterizing relationships between collectiveenterprise and student epistemic agency inscience: A comparative case study

Characterizing relationships between collectiveenterprise and student epistemic agency inscience: A comparative case study

Jessica L. Alzen, University of Colorado Boulder
Kelsey Edwards, Northwestern University
William R. Penuel, University of Colorado Boulder
Brian J. Reiser, Northwestern University
Cynthia Passmore, University of California Davis
Chris D. Griesemer, University of California Davis
Aliza Zivic, Northwestern University
Christina Murzynski, Northwestern University
Jason Y. Buell, Northwestern University

Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 2023

Kicking off the Year with OpenSciEd High School Chemistry

Kicking off the Year with OpenSciEd High School Chemistry

Dan Voss, Northwestern University
Samantha Pinter, Northwestern University

NSTA National Conference, Atlanta, March 2023

Explaining phenomena from a Matter, Energy, and Forces perspective in OpenSciEd Physics

Explaining phenomena from a Matter, Energy, and Forces perspective in OpenSciEd Physics

Diego Rojas-Perilla, BSCS Science Learning
Zoë Buck Bracey, BSCS Science Learning
Michael Novak, Northwestern University

NSTA National Conference, Atlanta, March 2023

Using Forces to Connect Energy and Matter in OpenSciEd Chemistry

Using Forces to Connect Energy and Matter in OpenSciEd Chemistry

Michael Novak, Northwestern University
Nicole Vick, Northwestern University
Dan Voss, Northwestern University

NSTA National Conference, Atlanta, 2023

Supporting Mathematics Thinking for All Students in High School Science

Supporting Mathematics Thinking for All Students in High School Science

Jamie Noll, BSCS Science Learning
Michael Novak, Northwestern University
Jim Ryan, OpenSciEd
Nicole Vick, Northwestern University

NSTA National Conference, Atlanta, March 2023

Connecting student interests and questions with science learning goals through project-based storylines

Connecting student interests and questions with science learning goals through project-based storylines

William R. Penuel, University of Colorado, Boulder
Brian J. Reiser, Northwestern University
Tara A. W. McGill, Northwestern University
Michael Novak, Northwestern University
Katie Van Horne, Concolor Research
Allysa Orwig, Denver Public Schools

Disciplinary and Interdisciplinary Science Education Research, 2022

Starting with complex macroscopic phenomena: A different approach to teaching Cells & Genetics & Evolution

Starting with complex macroscopic phenomena: A different approach to teaching Cells & Genetics & Evolution

Gail Housman, Northwestern University
Jamie Noll BSCS Science Learning
Dawn Novak, Science Educator
Michael Novak, Northwestern University

NSTA National Conference, Chicago, July 2022

How can we support and assess student growth in the practice of arguing from evidence?

How can we support and assess student growth in the practice of arguing from evidence?

Dawn Novak, Consultant
Michael Novak, Northwestern University
Brian J. Reiser, Northwestern University

NSTA National Conference, Chicago, July 2022

The Power of Phenomena: Spurring Questions to Drive the Class's Direction

The Power of Phenomena: Spurring Questions to Drive the Class's Direction

Brian J. Reiser, Northwestern University
Nicole Vick, Northwestern University
Dan Voss, Northwestern University

NSTA National Conference, Chicago, July 2022

Building Climate Understandings for Equity and Social Justice Across the High School Curriculum

Building Climate Understandings for Equity and Social Justice Across the High School Curriculum

Kate Henson, University of Colorado, Boulder
Ann Rivet, Teachers College, Columbia University
Diego Rojas-Perilla, BSCS Science Learning
Nicole Vick, Northwestern University

Scaffolding Students’ Progression Through CCCs and SEPs Using Resources From the OpenSciEd Toolkit

Scaffolding Students’ Progression Through CCCs and SEPs Using Resources From the OpenSciEd Toolkit

Gail Housman, Northwestern University
Jamie Deutch Noll, BSCS Science Learning
Dawn Novak, Science Educator

NSTA National Conference, Chicago, July 2022

Supporting Three-Dimensional Learning From Students’ Questions About Water With a Storyline Unit

Supporting Three-Dimensional Learning From Students’ Questions About Water With a Storyline Unit

Gretchen Brinza, Boulder Valley School District
Katie Larson, Elgin Area School District U-46
Amy McGreal, Chicago Public Schools and Northwestern University
Michael Novak, Northwestern University

Science and Children, 3/1/22

Storyline Units: An Instructional Model to Support Coherence from the Students’ Perspective

Storyline Units: An Instructional Model to Support Coherence from the Students’ Perspective

Brian J. Reiser, Northwestern University
Michael Novak, Northwestern University
Tara A. W. McGill, Northwestern University
William R. Penuel, University of Colorado, Boulder

Journal of Science Teacher Education, 9/24/21

Developing Research-Based Instructional Materials to Support Large-Scale Transformation of Science Teaching and Learning: The Approach of the OpenSciEd Middle School Program

Developing Research-Based Instructional Materials to Support Large-Scale Transformation of Science Teaching and Learning: The Approach of the OpenSciEd Middle School Program

Daniel C. Edelson, Brian J. Reiser, Katherine L. McNeill, Audrey Mohan, Michael Novak, Lindsey Mohan, Renee Affolter, Tara A. W. McGill, Zoë E. Buck Bracey, Jamie Deutch Noll, Susan M. Kowalski, Dawn Novak, Abraham S. Lo, Carolyn Landel, Andrew Krumm, William R. Penuel, Katie Van Horne, María González-Howard, and Enrique Suarez

Journal of Science Teacher Education, 9/24/21

Motivating Three-Dimensional Learning From Students’ Questions

Motivating Three-Dimensional Learning From Students’ Questions

Tara A.W. McGill, Northwestern University
Gail Housman, Northwestern University
Brian J. Reiser, Northwestern University

Science and Children, 9/1/21

Getting to Know Next Generation Science Storylines: How Did All These Bags of Chips Get Onto the Beach?

Getting to Know Next Generation Science Storylines: How Did All These Bags of Chips Get Onto the Beach?

Gail Housman, Northwestern University
Ashley Stanley, District 65 (Evanston, IL)

Using Phenomena to Drive Student Learning in a Unit of Instruction for Elementary School Students

Using Phenomena to Drive Student Learning in a Unit of Instruction for Elementary School Students

Katy Fattaleh, The Nora Project
Michael J. Novak, Park View School and Northwestern University

NSTA Virtual Conference, 7/28/18

Negotiating Epistemic Agency and Target Learning Goals: Supporting Coherence from the Students' Perspective

Negotiating Epistemic Agency and Target Learning Goals: Supporting Coherence from the Students' Perspective

Aliza Zivic, Northwestern University
John F. Smith, Northwestern University
Brian J. Reiser, Northwestern University
Kelsey D. Edwards, Northwestern University
Michael Novak, Northwestern University
Tara A. W. McGill, Northwestern University

ICLS, London, 6/26/18

An NGSS Bonding Experience

An NGSS Bonding Experience

Aliza Zivic, Northwestern University
Josh Rappuhn, Belvidere North High School

NSTA, GA, 3/17/18

How Do We Make NGSS Storylines Work by Pushing Students to Go Deeper?

How Do We Make NGSS Storylines Work by Pushing Students to Go Deeper?

Brian J. Reiser, Northwestern University
Michael Novak, Northwestern University

NSTA, 3/16/18

How Can Light Help Me See and Communicate with Others? A Storyline Designed to Support 3-D Learning in an Early Elementary Classroom

How Can Light Help Me See and Communicate with Others? A Storyline Designed to Support 3-D Learning in an Early Elementary Classroom

Sara Ivory, Ogden International School
Tara A. W. McGill, Northwestern University
Michael J. Novak, Northwestern University
Brian J. Reiser, Northwestern University

NGSS @ NSTA Forum, 3/16/18

Using NGSS Storylines to SUpport Students in Meaningful Engagement in Science and Engineering Practices

Using NGSS Storylines to SUpport Students in Meaningful Engagement in Science and Engineering Practices

Brian J. Reiser, Northwestern University
Tara McGill, Northwestern University
Michael Novak, Northwestern University

NSELA, 3/14/18

Journey to The Structure of the Atom: Motivating Chemical Thinking at All Levels

Journey to The Structure of the Atom: Motivating Chemical Thinking at All Levels

Aliza Zivic, Northwestern University
Brian J. Reiser, Northwestern University

NARST, 3/11/18

Co-constructing Investigations in a Fifth Grade Science Classroom

Co-constructing Investigations in a Fifth Grade Science Classroom

John F. Smith, Northwestern University
Brian J. Reiser, Northwestern University

NARST, 3/11/18

Supporting Students in Incrementally Developing Wave Models of How Matter Produces Sound

Supporting Students in Incrementally Developing Wave Models of How Matter Produces Sound

Michael J. Novak, Northwestern University
Tara A. W. McGill, Northwestern University

NARST, 3/11/18

Engaging 1st-Grade Students in NGSS Science and Engineering Practice through an Engineering Design

Engaging 1st-Grade Students in NGSS Science and Engineering Practice through an Engineering Design

Laura Zangori, University of Missouri
Kelsey Edwards, Northwestern University

NARST, 3/11/18

Designing for Coherence in NGSS Storylines: Supporting K-12 Students in Meaningful Sensemaking

Designing for Coherence in NGSS Storylines: Supporting K-12 Students in Meaningful Sensemaking

Brian J. Reiser, Northwestern University
Laura Zangori, University of Missouri - Columbia
Kelsey Edwards, Northwestern University
Michael Novak, Northwestern University
Tara A. W. McGill, Northwestern University
John F. Smith, Northwestern University
Aliza Zivic, Northwestern University

NARST, 3/11/18

Developing and Teaching with Biology Storylines

Developing and Teaching with Biology Storylines

Brian J. Reiser, Northwestern University

ISTA LSI 3/3/18

Helping Students Make Sense of the World Using Next Generation Science and Engineering Practices

Helping Students Make Sense of the World Using Next Generation Science and Engineering Practices

Christina V. Schwarz, Michigan State University
Cynthia Passmore, University of California Davis
Brian J. Reiser, Northwestern University

NSTA Press, 2017

How Can We Sense DifferentSounds from Across the Room? A Next Generation Science Storyline Unit

How Can We Sense DifferentSounds from Across the Room? A Next Generation Science Storyline Unit

Brian J. Reiser, Northwestern University

CCNY 12/15/17

Developing Coherent Storylines of NGSS Lessons

Developing Coherent Storylines of NGSS Lessons

Brian J. Reiser, Northwestern University
Michael Novak, Northwestern University and Park View School, Morton Grove, IL

NSTA Area Conference, WI 11/10/17

Developing and Teaching with Coherent Storylines to Support Three-Dimensional Science Learning

Developing and Teaching with Coherent Storylines to Support Three-Dimensional Science Learning

Brian J. Reiser, Northwestern University

MAST 11/2/17

Developing a Model of Teacher Learning to Support Classroom Enactment of Purposeful Sensemaking

Developing a Model of Teacher Learning to Support Classroom Enactment of Purposeful Sensemaking

Brian J. Reiser, Northwestern University
Cynthia Passmore, University of California, Davis
Michael Novak, Northwestern University and Park View School, Morton Grove, IL
Sara Michaels, Clark University
William Penuel, University of Colorado

James S. McDonnell Foundation Presentation, 8/3/17

How do I Develop a Storyline for a Unit?

How do I Develop a Storyline for a Unit?

Brian J. Reiser, Northwestern University
Michael Novak, Northwestern University and Park View School, Morton Grove, IL

NSTA Webinar 7/13/17

Supporting Teachers in Bringing Three- Dimensional Learning into their Classrooms Through NGSS Storylines

Supporting Teachers in Bringing Three- Dimensional Learning into their Classrooms Through NGSS Storylines

Brian J. Reiser, Northwestern University

BOSE Instructional Materials for NGSS 6/27/17

Bringing Three-Dimensional Learning Into Classrooms with NGSS-Aligned Curriculum Materials

Bringing Three-Dimensional Learning Into Classrooms with NGSS-Aligned Curriculum Materials

Brian J. Reiser, Northwestern University
Michael Novak, Northwestern University and Park View School, Morton Grove, IL

CCSESA 2/9/17

Supporting Next Generation Science Learning in K-12 Classrooms

Supporting Next Generation Science Learning in K-12 Classrooms

Brian J. Reiser, Northwestern University

Biological Sciences Seminar, Purdue University, 1/23/17

Developing Coherent Storylines for NGSS Lessons

Developing Coherent Storylines for NGSS Lessons

Brian J. Reiser, Northwestern University

Michael Novak, Northwestern University and Park View School, Morton Grove, IL

NGSS@NSTA Forum, NSTA Area Conference, OR, 11/10/16

Developing Coherent Storylines of NGSS Lessons

Developing Coherent Storylines of NGSS Lessons

Brian J. Reiser, Northwestern University
Michael Novak, Northwestern University and Park View School, Morton Grove, IL

NGSS@NSTA Forum, NSTA Area conference, WI, 10/27/2016

NGSS Storylines: Helping Students Build Science Ideas, Piece by Piece, By Investigating Their Own Questions

NGSS Storylines: Helping Students Build Science Ideas, Piece by Piece, By Investigating Their Own Questions

Brian J. Reiser, Northwestern University
Michael Novak, Northwestern University and Park View School, Morton Grove, IL
Tara McGill, Northwestern University
Dan Voss, Northwestern University

Poster from NGSS@NSTA Share-A-Thon 4/2/2016

Using storylines to Design or Adapt Curriculum and Instruction to Make It Three Dimensional

Using storylines to Design or Adapt Curriculum and Instruction to Make It Three Dimensional

Brian J. Reiser, Northwestern University
Michael Novak, Northwestern University and Park View School, Morton Grove IL
Michael Fumagalli, Leyden High School, Franklin Park IL
Tricia Shelton, Boone County High School; Florence KY

NGSS@NSTA, NSTA National Conference 4/1/2016

Supporting Adaptation of Curriculum Materials to Bring Three-Dimensional Teaching and Learning into K-12 Classrooms

Supporting Adaptation of Curriculum Materials to Bring Three-Dimensional Teaching and Learning into K-12 Classrooms

Brian J. Reiser, Northwestern University
Cynthia Passmore, UC Davis

Talk Presented at the NSF STEM Smart Conference 2/1/16

NGSS Storylines: How to Construct Coherence Instructional Sequences Driven by Phenomena and Motivated by Student Questions

NGSS Storylines: How to Construct Coherence Instructional Sequences Driven by Phenomena and Motivated by Student Questions

Brian J. Reiser, Northwestern University
Michael Fumagalli, Leyden High School
Michael Novak, Park View School

Presented at the Illinois Science Teachers Association 10/23/2015

What Professional Development Strategies Are Needed for Successful Implementation of the Next Generation Science Standards?

What Professional Development Strategies Are Needed for Successful Implementation of the Next Generation Science Standards?

Brian J. Reiser

2013

Paper presented at the International Research Symposium on Science Assessment, Washington, DC.

Making sense of the world through science and engineering practices

Making sense of the world through science and engineering practices

Brian J. Reiser, Northwestern University

Presented in the NGSS@NSTA Forum, NSTA conference, 3/13/2015

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The OpenSciEd High School Assessment System
Questions and Crosscutting Concepts: How can we support students in asking good questions?
Why are oysters dying and how can we use chemistry to protect them?
Meeting the Challenges of Math & Computation with OpenSciEd High School
The Matter-Energy-Forces Triangle: A Common Approach to Make Sense of Physics, Chemistry, Biology, and Earth Science in OpenSciEd
It's Electric! Firguing Out the Structure and Properties of Matter through Lightning
Anchoring Science Professional Learning in Curriculum Materials Enactment: Illustrating Theories in Practice to Support Teachers’ Learning (chapter)
Students' Use of Crosscutting Concepts to Develop Questions from an Anchoring Phenomenon
Characterizing relationships between collectiveenterprise and student epistemic agency inscience: A comparative case study
Kicking off the Year with OpenSciEd High School Chemistry
Explaining phenomena from a Matter, Energy, and Forces perspective in OpenSciEd Physics
Using Forces to Connect Energy and Matter in OpenSciEd Chemistry
Supporting Mathematics Thinking for All Students in High School Science
Connecting student interests and questions with science learning goals through project-based storylines
Starting with complex macroscopic phenomena: A different approach to teaching Cells & Genetics & Evolution
How can we support and assess student growth in the practice of arguing from evidence?
The Power of Phenomena: Spurring Questions to Drive the Class's Direction
Building Climate Understandings for Equity and Social Justice Across the High School Curriculum
Scaffolding Students’ Progression Through CCCs and SEPs Using Resources From the OpenSciEd Toolkit
Supporting Three-Dimensional Learning From Students’ Questions About Water With a Storyline Unit
Storyline Units: An Instructional Model to Support Coherence from the Students’ Perspective
Developing Research-Based Instructional Materials to Support Large-Scale Transformation of Science Teaching and Learning: The Approach of the OpenSciEd Middle School Program
Motivating Three-Dimensional Learning From Students’ Questions
Getting to Know Next Generation Science Storylines: How Did All These Bags of Chips Get Onto the Beach?
Using Phenomena to Drive Student Learning in a Unit of Instruction for Elementary School Students
Negotiating Epistemic Agency and Target Learning Goals: Supporting Coherence from the Students' Perspective
An NGSS Bonding Experience
How Do We Make NGSS Storylines Work by Pushing Students to Go Deeper?
How Can Light Help Me See and Communicate with Others? A Storyline Designed to Support 3-D Learning in an Early Elementary Classroom
Using NGSS Storylines to SUpport Students in Meaningful Engagement in Science and Engineering Practices
Journey to The Structure of the Atom: Motivating Chemical Thinking at All Levels
Co-constructing Investigations in a Fifth Grade Science Classroom
Supporting Students in Incrementally Developing Wave Models of How Matter Produces Sound
Engaging 1st-Grade Students in NGSS Science and Engineering Practice through an Engineering Design
Designing for Coherence in NGSS Storylines: Supporting K-12 Students in Meaningful Sensemaking
Developing and Teaching with Biology Storylines
Helping Students Make Sense of the World Using Next Generation Science and Engineering Practices
How Can We Sense DifferentSounds from Across the Room? A Next Generation Science Storyline Unit
Developing Coherent Storylines of NGSS Lessons
Developing and Teaching with Coherent Storylines to Support Three-Dimensional Science Learning
Developing a Model of Teacher Learning to Support Classroom Enactment of Purposeful Sensemaking
How do I Develop a Storyline for a Unit?
Supporting Teachers in Bringing Three- Dimensional Learning into their Classrooms Through NGSS Storylines
Bringing Three-Dimensional Learning Into Classrooms with NGSS-Aligned Curriculum Materials
Supporting Next Generation Science Learning in K-12 Classrooms
Developing Coherent Storylines for NGSS Lessons
Developing Coherent Storylines of NGSS Lessons
NGSS Storylines: Helping Students Build Science Ideas, Piece by Piece, By Investigating Their Own Questions
Using storylines to Design or Adapt Curriculum and Instruction to Make It Three Dimensional
Supporting Adaptation of Curriculum Materials to Bring Three-Dimensional Teaching and Learning into K-12 Classrooms
NGSS Storylines: How to Construct Coherence Instructional Sequences Driven by Phenomena and Motivated by Student Questions
What Professional Development Strategies Are Needed for Successful Implementation of the Next Generation Science Standards?
Making sense of the world through science and engineering practices

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