The Rhode Island Strategic Leadership Committee for the NGSS and the Rhode Island Science Teachers Association
are pleased to host
Rodger W. Bybee
With the April, 2013 release of the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS), educators have been asking many pressing questions about how the standards fit within curriculum, instruction, and assessments. Please join award winning educator and researcher Rodger W. Bybee as he shares from his latest book Translating the NGSS into Classroom Instruction (NSTA Press).
Rodger Bybee was the Team Leader for the NGSS Life Science Writing Team and was also the Team Leader of the Life Sciences Design Team for the Framework for K-12 Science Education.
Dr. Bybee has written widely, publishing in both education and psychology. He is co-author of a textbook titled Teaching Secondary School Science: Strategies for Developing Scientific Literacy. His books include Achieving Scientific Literacy: From Purposes to Practices, Learning Science and the Science of Learning, EVO Teachers Guide: Ten Questions Everyone Should Ask About Evolution, The Teaching of Science: 21st Century Perspectives, and The Case for STEM Education: Challenges and Opportunities.
More information on Dr. Bybee can be found here
Admission is free but seating is limited.
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