CURRICULUM TOPIC STUDY
Welcome to Curriculum Topic Study!
The "Missing Link" in Implementing State and National Standards and Findings from Research on Student Learning
Curriculum Topic Study (CTS) is an NSF-funded Teacher Professional Continuum (TPC) project that is developing a coordinated set of science and mathematics materials to help K-12 educators deepen their understanding of the important science and mathematics topics they teach. CTS builds a bridge between state and national standards, research on students' ideas in science, and opportunities for students to learn science and mathematics through improved teacher practice.
Curriculum Topic Study (CTS) is an NSF-funded Teacher Professional Continuum (TPC) project that is developing a coordinated set of science and mathematics materials to help K-12 educators deepen their understanding of the important science and mathematics topics they teach. CTS builds a bridge between state and national standards, research on students' ideas in science, and opportunities for students to learn science and mathematics through improved teacher practice.
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Topic: Heat and Temperature
Category: Energy, Force, and Motion
Title: Teaching About Energy
Description: This paper can be used to supplement CTS Sections II and IV. The paper addresses commonly held ideas students have about energy, why the concept of energy is so difficult to learn, considerations for
Topic: Algebraic Modeling
Category: Algebra
Title: Teaching Realistic Mathematics Modeling: A Teaching Experiment with Fifth Graders
Description: This article can be used to supplement CTS Sections III and IV. The article describes the design and the results of an exploratory teaching experiment carried out to test the hypothesis that it is feasible to develop in pupils a disposition...
Science CTS Resources
Science CTS Study GuidesScience CTS Templates
Sample Science CTS Study Guides
Sample Science CTS Applications
Science CTS Source Material
Science CTS Supplement Database
CTS and Atlas Crosswalk (.pdf)
Mathematics CTS Resources
Mathematics CTS Study GuidesMathematics CTS Templates
Sample Mathematics CTS Study Guides
Sample Mathematics CTS Applications
Mathematics CTS Source Material
Mathematics CTS Supplement Database
What's New
Coming Soon: Science CTS Leader's Guide - CTS Team
CTS Action Research Monographs from K-6 TeachersDownload a copy of "Notes from the Field" featuring K-6 teachers' culminating CTS action research projects as part of a state MSP project. The CTS Action Research protocol is further described in the upcoming CTS Leader's Guide.
CTS Team
