3. Why are the national standards' More Emphasis conditions important for my teaching?

Dr. Robert Yager’s Foreword, More Emphasis on the How vs. What, explains that the teaching More Emphasis conditions are essential for addressing any standards as they are simply good teaching practices. The teaching More Emphasis conditions guide teachers to focus on those actions and activities to introduce, continue, or eliminate in the classroom. The teacher authors in Look at Us Now! Making Scientific Practices Matter in the Classroom…and Beyond identify the More Emphasis conditions they met and the steps they took to get the rigorous outcomes they achieved.

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