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From: Paul Doherty (pauld@exploratorium.edu)
Date: Thu Mar 18 2004 - 14:28:33 PST 

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Date: Thu, 18 Mar 2004 14:28:33 -0800
From: Paul Doherty <pauld@exploratorium.edu>
Subject: hands-on

California recently amended its textbook recommendation language from
language that specified a maximum of 20% hands-on content,
the new requirements are for a minimum of 20%

What a difference one word can make.

California State Board of Education Votes Against Proposal
to Limit Amount of Hands-on Instruction in Future Textbooks

On Wednesday, March 10 the California State Board of
Education voted down the textbook adoption criteria language
recommended by the state's Curriculum Commission that would
have allowed no more than 20 to 25 percent of hands-on
material in future K-8 science textbooks. Instead, the state
board of education adopted new criteria language that says
"the California Science Standards can be comprehensively
taught from the submitted materials with hands-on activities
composing at least 20 to 25 percent of the science
instructional program."

The California Science Teachers Association (CSTA) was
instrumental in successfully working with the state
education board to change potential textbook adoption
language that could have had repercussions for science
education nationwide. NSTA and National Academy of Sciences also
submitted a letter to the California board outlining their concerns
(<http://science.nsta.org/nstaexpress/lettertocaliffromgerry.htm>http://science.
nsta.org/nstaexpress/lettertocaliffromgerry.htm). For more
information, go to
http://science.nsta.org/nstaexpress/california_letter.htm
and
<http://science.nsta.org/nstaexpress/ltr_to_commission.htm>http://science.nsta.o
rg/nstaexpress/ltr_to_commission.htm

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