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ensure accuracy. Ready, Set, Science!: Putting Research to Work
in K-8 Science Classrooms draws on the teaching and writing of
high school physics teacher and science educator Jim Minstrell
(for more information, visit http://www.facetinnovations.com). 1
National Research Council. (1996). National science education
standards. National Committee on Science Education Standards and
Assessment. Washington, DC: National Academy Press. 2 American
Association for the Advancement of Science. (1993). Benchmarks
for science literacy. New York: Oxford University Press. 3
Schmidt, W., Wang, H., and McKnight, C. (2005). Curriculum
coherence: An examination of U.S. mathematics and science
content standards from an international perspective. Journal
ofCurriculum Studies, 37, 525-559. 4 Much more on this learning
progression can be found in Smit