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    Spatial Thinking and the National Science Standards

    January 3, 2012

    Post by Brixovng &#13 &#13 &#13 &#13 &#13 &#13 &#13 &#13 &#13 The relationship of the science standards to the basic concepts of spatial thinking is by no implies as explicit as it is in the mathematics standards (NRC, 1996). A detailed reading of the science standards suggests that there is spatial thinking and spatial reasoning content, but neither phrase appears in the text, nor are the ideas addressed explicitly and systematically. The science standards are comparable in structure to those for mathematics. The 1 exception is that although the mathematics standards speak of “standards and principles,” the science standards broadly apply the concept of standards to each element of…

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    Weird Science – The Inner Workings Of The National Science Foundation

    October 22, 2011

    Post by Dave Klein &#13 &#13 &#13 &#13 &#13 &#13 &#13 &#13 &#13 The National Science Foundation is an independent government agency in the United States. The National Science Foundation is responsible for providing support to simple science investigation, which is primarily accomplished by means of study funding. The National Science Foundation mostly gives investigation funding in the form of grants. These grants are most typically given in the form of individual grants to graduate students and professors. In reality, with an annual spending budget of roughly .5 billion, the National Science Foundation supplies about 20% of federally supported funding for standard study to America’s universities and colleges. Under the…

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