These documents come from the writing workshops held on the University of California at Berkeley campus in the summer of 2002.
During the spring of 2002, three Chicago-area elementary school (grade 6-8) teachers piloted water quality resources for the SCALE project. These resources included an existing water quality inquiry curriculum, along with access to several new real-time water quality data sources, additional teacher content background and support pages, student activity web sites, and newly aligned assessment tools from the SCALE partners. This paper is based on the observation, interview, and artifact data collected during these teachers' interactions with some of the new SCALE resources. It features a comparative analysis that focuses on their use and customization of our new assessment tools. By doing this analysis and sharing these three teachers' stories, the SCALE partners hope to identify potential universal supports that are necessary to help in the ongoing professional development of all of our teachers, especially in the area of effective project-based assessment. The findings from these case studies have implications for shaping future curriculum and assessment design, extending innovation, and supporting the adaptation of curricular innovations in local contexts.
These documents reflect presentations that were part of a structured poster session that explored the nature of customization across researchers, research partnerships, and teachers.
Baumgartner, E., & Li, A. (2002). Understanding how dimensions of curricular customization shape innovative teaching and learning. Paper presented at the Annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, New Orleans, LA. [Paper available shortly; poster available now.]
Bodzin, A. M. (2002). Designing a flexible web-based instructional system for watershed exploration and inquiry. Paper presented at the Annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, New Orleans, LA. [Download paper]
Cheng, B., & Rose, K., & Wlodarczyk, M. (2002). Customizing assessment tools for water quality education. Paper presented at the Annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, New Orleans, LA. [Download paper]
Luehmann, A. (2002). Understanding the appraisal and customization process of secondary science teachers. Paper presented at the Annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, New Orleans, LA.
Singer, J., Hug, B., & Wefel, A. (2002). Synergistic curriculum customization. Paper presented at the Annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, New Orleans, LA. [Contact Jon Singer directly for more information.]
Verona, M. E., & Curtis, D. (2002). Customization in the design and implementation of the RiverWeb Water Quality Sumulator (WQS). Paper presented at the Annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, New Orleans, LA. [Download paper]
Young, M. F., Wlodarczyk, M., Torgersen, T., & Branco, B. (2002). An ecological psychology framework for customizing anchored instruction with real-time authentic data. Poster presented at the Annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, New Orleans, LA.
The discussant for this session was Nora Sabelli. Her slides (which reflect a portion of her response to the presenters) are available here.
Baumgartner, E., & Bell, P. (2002). What will we do with design principles? Design principles and principled design practice. Paper presented at the Annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, New Orleans, LA. [Download paper]