Tuva

New standards don’t just change what students learn. They change who does the thinking.

In Tennessee science classrooms, students are now expected to:
ask questions → investigate → analyze data → defend explanations

Which means teachers move from delivering answers to guiding sensemaking.

One teacher shares what happened when she made that shift: https://tuva.la/4atDHMf

Have you seen this change deepen learning, create new challenges, or a bit of both?

Are you interested in helping students make sense of local phenomena? Are you looking for ways to incorporate more data in your instruction? Join the NSTA Professional Learning Team and Tuva at the NSTA Anaheim Conference for a series of sessions around using local data as evidence in making sense of complex phenomena. (https://tuva.la/45tsbPt)

Session 1: Finding Instructionally Productive Local Data
Session 2: Help Students Ask Questions to Unlock Local Data
Session 3: Use Math Skills to Uncover Insights from Local Data
Session 4: Workshop Your Own Lessons with Local Data

Whether you’re new to using local data with students or looking for new tools and strategies, these sessions will provide you with resources and ideas to bring home to your classrooms.