The national education standards 'quilts': A display method aiding teachers to link NASA educational materials to national education standards

摘要

The National Science Education Standards (NRC 1996) and National Council of Teachers of Mathematics T'rinciples and Practices for School Mathematics (NCTM 2000) were produced to meet a growing concern about consistency and comprehensiveness in American education. They represent a comprehensive and definitive framework for the creation and implementation of K-12 science and math education. The format of the publications is scholarly and well written. To many educators, the publications in their book form are difficult to use. A matrix format developed at Jet Propulsion Laboratory places these standards in a format that can be navigated intuitively by teachers seeking to integrate NASA materials into the structure of standards based education.