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Once you're familiar with ACRES, your module guides will be your go-to resource to facilitate coaching sessions. The modules can be facilitated in any order, but Asking Purposeful Questions is the foundational module.
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Asking Purposeful Questions
Asking Purposeful Questions
In this foundational module, participants examine the structure and process of questioning and discuss how to better listen and follow up with youth throughout STEM learning experiences.
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Facilitating Science Practices
Facilitating Science Practices
Participants are introduced to approaches for supporting youth as they explore science through a series of connected investigations. They examine the role science practices play in helping youth connect and make sense of their developing science ideas.
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Facilitating Engineering Practices
Facilitating Engineering Practices
Participants gain first-hand experience with engineering by solving a design problem. They examine the components of the engineering design process and discuss ways to model the process with youth.
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Make Math Engaging
Make Math Engaging
Participants will build on their practice of asking purposeful questions and explore strategies for making math engaging, accessible, and connected to the world around us.
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Elevating Youth Voice and Choice
Elevating Youth Voice and Choice
Participants try out strategies for giving youth voice and choice and apply the ideas as they redesign a STEM activity to incorporate a greater variety of youth input.
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Nurturing STEM Identity and Making Career Connections
Nurturing STEM Identity and Making Career Connections
Participants experience several easy-to-implement strategies including a photo elicitation activity, learn about how youth form STEM identities, and then learn how to conduct related activities with youth.
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Exploring Youth Understanding
Exploring Youth Understanding
Participants first clarify the purpose of formative assessment and then learn several easy-to-implement strategies for monitoring youths’ understanding. They’ll revisit the water filter activity from the Asking Purposeful Questions module to see the strategies in action.
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