Centering a professional learning community on a learning progression for natural selection: Transforming community, language, and instructional practice

Learning in the Disciplines: ICLS 2010 Conference Proceedings - 9th International Conference of the Learning Sciences

Volumn 1, Issue , 2010, Pages 129-136

  Furtak, Erin Marie ^a   Morrison, Deborah ^a   Henson, Kathleen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

CLASSROOM PRACTICES; FEEDBACK STRATEGIES; FORMATIVE ASSESSMENT; INSTRUCTIONAL PRACTICES; INSTRUCTIONAL STRATEGY; LEARNING PROGRESSIONS; NATURAL SELECTION; PROFESSIONAL LEARNING;

TEACHING;

STUDENTS;

EID: 84880528652     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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