additional resources
Got the "H.O.T.S." for Inquiry?
Gail B. Wortmann
The following may be helpful in setting up teacher study groups, action research projects, etc. for the purpose of digging deeper into understanding data by using visual tools.
Teacher Learning Models
Action Research:
http://www.nsdc.org/library/publications/jsd/glanz203.cfm
Another Action Research Site from the University of Central Florida
http://reach.ucf.edu/~CENTRAL/Action%20Research/index.html
Faculty Study Groups:
http://www.nsdc.org/library/publications/jsd/murphy202.cfm
Curriculum Resources
Federal Resources for Educational Excellence (FREE)
http://www.ed.gov/free/index.html
Just For Teachers
http://www.ed.gov/teachers/landing.jhtml?src=fp
The Gateway to Educational Materials
http://thegateway.org/
Lessons
Illuminations Marco Polo Site - NCTM
Consumer Investigations: What is The "Best" Chip?
Natural Disaster Bloom's Taxonomy Lesson
http://www.teachers.net/lessons/posts/355.html
Useful Websites
1st Virtual Congress of Cardiology
http://pcvc.sminter.com.ar/cvirtual/tlibres/tnn2528i/tnn2528i.htm
Assessment: Find Your Strengths
http://literacyworks.org/mi/assessment/findyourstrengths.html
Best Way to Study
http://www.igs.net/%7Ecmorris/best_way_to_learn.html
Bloom's Taxonomy Sites
http://www.coun.uvic.ca/learn/program/hndouts/bloom.html
http://edtech.clas.pdx.edu/presentations/frr99/blooms.htm
http://www.ops.org/reading/blooms_taxonomy.html
http://www.officeport.com/edu/blooms.htm
http://www.stedwards.edu/cte/resources/bwheel.htm
http://www.tki.org.nz/r/ict/pedagogy/thinking.pdf
http://www.i-learnt.com/Paradigm_Questioning.html
Gray's Anatomy - Henry Gray
http://www.bartleby.com/107/
How Technology Enhances Howard Gardner's Eight Intelligences
http://www.america-tomorrow.com/ati/nhl80402.htm
Howard Gardner
http://www.howardgardner.com/
Human Skeleton
http://www.ecsu.ctstateu.edu/depts/edu/textbooks/skeleton.html
Multiple Intelligences: Gardner's Theory, ERIC Digest Sep. 1996
http://www.parenting-baby.com/GardnerERIC.html
Robert Boyle and His Data
http://dbhs.wvusd.k12.ca.us/webdocs/GasLaw/Gas-Boyle-Data.html
Boyles Verification
http://web.lemoyne.edu/~giunta/classicalcs/boyleverify.doc
Spreadsheet with chart
http://web.lemoyne.edu/~giunta/classicalcs/boyleverifyans.xls
Workshop: Tapping into Multiple Intelligences
http://www.thirteen.org/edonline/concept2class/mi/
Standards
MCREL Compendium of Standards
Setting the Standards for Standards-Based Education
National Science Education Standards
National Educational Technology Standards
Research
Has Inquiry Made a Difference?
http://cse.edc.org/work/research/inquirysynth/default.asp
Making Sense of Graphs: Critical Factors Influencing Comprehension
Research article
Reforming Science Teaching: What Research says about Inquiry
http://web.cortland.edu/meyerd/anderson2002.pdf
Teaching Thinking Skills
http://www.nwrel.org/scpd/sirs/6/cu11.html
West Ed Use of Data Report in PDF format
What Works In Schools Resources - ASCD
