Energy and Environment Performance Task

  • Robert Mayes
  • James Myers
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Abstract

We have presented an overview of the QR STEM project so STEM professional development leaders and teachers reading this have a sense of the big picture, including our goals, methods, and expected outcomes. We now turn to providing a detailed discussion of leading teachers in developing a performance task within the context of energy and environment using the Understanding by Design assessment framework (Wiggins and McTighe, 2005).

Keywords

Performance Task Energy Resource Design Tool Grand Challenge Renewable Energy Resource 
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Authors and Affiliations

  • Robert Mayes
    • 1
  • James Myers
    • 2
  1. 1.Georgia Southern UniversityUSA
  2. 2.University of WyomingUSA

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