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MABLE B. KINZIE
- Measurement: Measuring and comparing the length, weight, and
area/volume of objects.
� MTP-Science Curriculum
Kinzie, M. B., Pianta, R. C., Whittaker, J. V., Foss, J., Pan, E. A., Lee, Y. Williford,
A., & Thomas, K. (2010). MyTeachingPartner-Science. Charlottesville, VA:
Center for Advanced Study of Teaching & Learning (CASTL).
Year-long curriculum (66 activities and 33 centers), builds young children’s
formal science knowledge and skills through the scientific process—asking
questions, observing, describing, collecting and analyzing data, and
communicating findings:
- Life Science: The characteristics, behaviors, and needs of Humans, Animals,
and Plants,
- Earth Science: The characteristics of Weather, Day/Night, and Earth
Materials, and how these elements influence living things, and
- Physical Science: Properties of Materials, Ways Materials Move, and the
Physical Changes materials are capable of.
� MTP-Math/Science Teacher Support System
Blended on-line and workshop-based supports shown to significantly
improve the quality of teachers’ classroom interactions in the instructional
support and classroom organization domains, as well as to favorably
influence the fidelity of their curricular implementation. Receipt of this
teacher support system also resulted in significantly better student
performance on both math and science assessments.
MTP-M/S teaching supports were designed for quick consumption:
- Within-Activity Curricular Supports: Explicitly framed inquiry, Scaffolded
open-ended questioning, Language to model and elicit, and Adaptations to
enable differentiated instruction.
- On-line Embedded Supports:
o Over 130 two to three minute video demonstrations of high quality,
high fidelity activity implementation; 130 Teaching tips of 25 words or
less focusing on best pedagogical practices, children’s cognition, or key
math or science concepts.
o 33 Weekly Five-Minute Quality Teaching Challenges: Featuring one of
the week’s curricular activities, these challenges present a practice
problem and a videotape of another teacher’s implementation to reflect
upon, with feedback from an educational expert.
o Monthly Quality Teaching Dimension: A one to two minute video
demonstration and description of a key aspect of high quality teacherchild
interactions, with library of 150 additional video examples.
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