Science Curriculum Topic Study: Bridging the Gap Between Standards and Practice

This indispensable staff development resource provides a systematic professional development strategy linking science standards and research to curriculum, instruction, and assessment.

Keeley (Maine mathematics and science alliance) presents the curriculum topic study (CTS) process of studying readings from a core set of professional science education resources before writing a science lesson plan. She provides CTS guides that suggest sources for helping teachers refresh adult content knowledge, consider instructional implications, identify concepts, examine research on student learning, and clarify standards. The second half of the book provides study guides on 147 science topics, such as infectious disease, earthquakes, the solar system, chemical energy, experimental design, and technology. Annotation © 2006 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Page Keeley is the Senior Program Director for Science at the Maine Mathematics and Science Alliance (MMSA). Her work at the MMSA involves leadership and professional development for teachers and leaders in Maine and nationally, as well as the devel­opment of materials and tools to support science teaching and learning. She is the principal investigator and project director of three NSF-funded projects, including Curriculum Topic Study; The Northern New England Co-Mentoring Network; and PRISMS: Phenomena and Representations for the Instruction of Science in Middle Schools. She serves on several national advisory boards for science education and con­sults with schools and organizations throughout New England and nationally. She was a fellow in the first cohort of the National Academy for Science Education Leadership and serves as a mentor and learning colleague for new fellows. She has taught inquiry science as an adjunct instructor for the University of Maine. Prior to working at the MMSA, Page taught as a middle school and high school science teacher for 15 years. During that time, she served as president of her state science teachers association and served two terms on the Executive Board of the National Science Teachers Association. She received the Presidential Award for Excellence in Secondary Science Teaching in 1992, the Milken National Educator Award in 1993, and was the AT&T Maine Governor's Fellow for Technology in 1994. Prior to teaching, she worked as a research assistant in immunodeficiency diseases at the Jackson Laboratory in Bar Harbor, Maine. She received her undergraduate degree in life sciences at the University of New Hampshire and her master's inscience education at the University of Maine.