American Institutes for Research
Center on Response to Intervention: Progress Monitoring and Decision Making
This 2007 PDF brief from Deborah Speece studies an RTI model as a method of identifying children for special education services. The brief illustrates the role of progress monitoring within RTI through two student profiles. This brief...
Council for Economic Education
Econ Ed Link: How E Commerce Influences Consumer Choice
In this instructional activity students learn decision making skills that will help them become better consumers. As consumers they have a variety of alternatives from which to choose. They learn about the importance of price information...
FNO Press
Fno.org: Develop a Family Decision Making Council
Brief article introduces PMI as a method of decision making. While the thrust of the article deals with building skills for the information age, the PMI model is an interesting way to go about family decisions.
American Institutes for Research
Center on Response to Intervention: Progress Monitoring: Leadership Team Content
The purpose of this module is to help Leadership Teams undertake the support activities necessary to enable classroom teachers to develop and effectively use student progress monitoring data. The module provides guidance on bringing...
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Lesson Summary: Scarcity, Choice, and Opportunity Costs
An introduction to the concepts of scarcity, choice, and opportunity cost.
Other
Natural Rights and the Limited Government Model of the Constitution
There is much to commend Professor Garry's essay. He is eminently correct in saying that the Constitution contemplated a limited government. Whether it adhered to a "limited government model" is a different issue. What is more than...
Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments: Pearson Prentice Hall Algebra 2: Exploring Exponential Models
Students will model exponential growth and model exponential decay. Students will make a visual choice of an appropriate model and then use the Transformation Graphing App to confirm their choice.
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: Tic Tac Toe Pick 3 in a Row Atomic Model Assignment
A choice menu assignment where students select between several extension activities that help understand the structure of the atom.
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Materials Properties Make a Difference
Students investigate the materials properties-such as acoustical absorptivity, light reflectivity, thermal conductivity, hardness, and water resistancea-of various materials. They use sound, light and temperature sensors to collect data...
Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments: Numb3 Rs: The Perfect House
Based off of the hit television show NUMB3RS, this lesson introduces students to the concept of Multi-Attribute Compositional Models, in which market experts determine what features are most in demand for a given product. The lesson is...
Other
Best Evidence Encyclopedia: K 12 Comprehensive School Reform
Research analysis of the overall effects of 29 widely implemented models of comprehensive school reform, or CSR. Models include direct instruction, accelerated schools, montessori, and America's Choice programs.
Concord Consortium
Concord Consortium: Stem Resources: Atomic Structure
Introduces learners to atomic models of the past and present, focusing on the orbital model and an explanation of its basis. Learners then have the opportunity to "make an atom" and contrast it with an ion, followed by an isotope. The...
Harvard University
Individual Rationality as a Useful Approximation
Comments on Tversky's "Rational Theory and Constructive Choice," by Alvin E. Roth, Economics professor at Harvard. This paper was originally presented at the IEA Conference on "Rationality in Economics," IEA 16-18, 1993, Torino, Italy,...
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Rockets
This unit teaches students how and why engineers design satellites to benefit life on Earth as well as allows students an opportunity to explore motion, rockets and rocket motion. Students discover that the motion of all objects...
Other
Lincoln Public Schools: Applied Technology & Engineering: Mousetrap Car It's a Snap! [Pdf]
This is an engineering activity that requires students to build a mousetrap car based on certain constraints. Constraints include students having a virtual budget that they use to buy approved parts for their car, the car having...
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Atomic Model and Orbital Quiz
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart contains a 20 point multiple choice quiz on atomic history and modeling.
Starfall
Starfall: Starfall: Subtract Machine
In this learning game children use models to subtract one number from another and fill in the answer from choices given.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Simple Probability
Try these simple probability multiple-choice practice problems.
Council for Economic Education
Econ Ed Link: No Extra Room on the Mayflower
Choose what to bring on a voyage. Space is scarce, so choices must be made about what to leave behind.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Analyzing Structure With Linear Inequalities
Students can practice analyzing structure with linear inequalities with these multiple-choice practice problems.
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Energy Efficient Housing
We all know that it takes energy to provide us with the basics of shelter: heating, cooling, lighting, electricity, sanitation and cooking. To create energy-efficient housing that is practical for people to use every day requires...
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Truss Destruction
Students work within constraints to construct model trusses and then test them to failure as a way to evaluate the relative strength of different truss configurations and construction styles. Each student group uses Popsicle sticks and...
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Biodomes
Students explore the biosphere's environments and ecosystems, learning along the way about the plants, animals, resources and natural cycles of our planet. Over the course of lessons 2-6, students use their growing understanding of...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Solar Racing
This is an extensive project in designing and building a solar-powered car model. Young scholars must make detailed calculations and design decisions about wheel size, gear ratio, how to get the most energy from the sun, air drag,...