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Material evaluation form

Drawing from AAAS Curriculum Materials Analysis Procedure

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Category %& Providing a Sense of Pur'ose for Students

A Does the material convey an overall sense of purposeand direction that is motivating to students and aimed

at the learning goals?

B Does the material convey to the students a purposefor each lesson or activity (aimed at the learning

goals) and relate it to other lessons or activities?

C Does the material involve students in a sequence of

activities that takes the students perspectives intoaccount and systematically builds toard

understanding of the learning goals?

Category %%& (uilding on Student %deas

A Does the material specify and address the prerequisite

knoledge and!or skills that are necessary forunderstanding the learning goals?

B Does the teachers guide alert teachers to commonly

held student ideas (both troublesome and helpful) that

are relevant to the learning goals and described in thelearning research literature?

C Does the material include questions and!or tasks to

help teachers identify hat their students think aboutfamiliar situations and!or phenomena related to the

learning goals before these goals are introduced?

D Does the material assist teachers in e"plicitlyaddressing students ideas relevant to the learning

goals?

Category %%%& )ngaging Students wit# *eal +orld ),am'les-P#enomena

A Does the material provide multiple and varied real

orld e"amples!phenomena to support the learninggoals?

B Does the material provide an appropriate balance of

firsthand and vicarious e"periences ith real orld

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e"amples! phenomena that are e"plicitly linked to thelearning goals?

Category %.& Develo'ing and /sing Mat#ematical or Scientific %deas

A Does the material suggest ays to use evidence tohelp students develop a sense of the validity of the

learning goals?

B Does the material introduce terms and procedures inthe conte"t of e"periences ith real orld

e"amples!phenomena and use them to communicate

effectively about the learning goals?

C Does the material include accurate andcomprehensible representations of the learning goals?

D Does the material e"plicitly make appropriate

connections among individual instances of a single

learning goal and beteen specific learning goals?

# Does the material demonstrate skills and the use of

knoledge related to the learning goals?

$ Does the material provide questions and!or tasks in a

variety of situations for students to practice using

knoledge or skills related to the learning goals?

Category .& Promoting Student 0#ining aout ),'eriences and 3nowledge

A Does the material routinely include suggestions for

having each student e"press% clarify% &ustify% interpret%and represent his!her ideas about the learning goals

and for having students get feedback?

B Does the material include questions and!or tasks thatguide student interpretation and reasoning about

e"periences ith real orld e"amples!phenomena%

representations% and!or readings related to the

learning goals?

C Does the material suggest ays to have students

check and reflect on their on progress folloing

instruction related to the learning goals?

Category .%& Assessing Student Progress

A Assuming a content match beteen the curriculummaterial and the learning goals% are questions and!or

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