This is the official twitter account for the Representations for Teachers as Learners (RepTal) Research Project. Funded by a generous grant from @jsmf.
Calling all science educators! Looking to mix up your science lessons?
Check out our guide for *meaningfully* using representations in your science lessons!
https://t.co/bkGZGDyYUR
>> big thanks to the @RepTaLProject team (funded by @JSMF) whose research informed this article
New article, co-authored with collaborating teachers where we explore the use of multiple-representations! Observing the Unobservable https://t.co/Xb9G8u7JY6
The summer McDonnell Foundation workshops have been incredibly productive for our team. We have lots of ideas for how to make sure we are working to thoughtfully translate our findings to highlight what is meaningful for teachers and administrators.
@jdanish We have heard so many of the same things - that teachers value the targeted, thoughtful, locally relevant instruction opportunities. But they don’t have the time, and have so many other pressures on them.
Just heard from a teacher that they didn’t think of themselves as a science teacher before our project. Now they do, and their students do too!! Also representations are now core to their thinking. Feeling good as a team today!!
First video club meeting tonight was so engaging that pictures were an afterthought! Great night talking about representations and science teaching with the group. #VURepTaLs
@SciEdHenry @OpenSciEd@tzouct @meganbang3 @AlbertoJRodrig8@GinaTeso@MikeHeinz3@LeeOl16 @educatordeb The full @OpenSciEd specs can be found on https://t.co/hCdBnSQoSR & through the tweet below. I am only detailing the equity-focused design specs for instructional materials in this thread — many intersect with the other dimensions, some stand alone.
https://t.co/bjpBIaNqUN
Grade level teams of teachers identified “big ideas” in PD today. Plus we got to eat the juice pops we made during Tuesday’s model unit. Planning with reps is next! - CN
We are doing some practice teaching sessions today to explore how representations can support teaching and learning. We are potentially having too much fun making noises with rubber bands to understand sound! —JD
Fantastic summary chart showing all the great things we did today in PD and all the ways they supported learning about states of matter through representation!