What do our university researchers say about the NVSEF?

The Common Core State Standards and Next Generation Science Standards are based on the premise that understanding is more than just knowing "things”. Students must be able to use their knowledge in authentic ways. NVSEF and NVSEF5 are built around NGSS's Science and Engineering Practices and require students to put their science knowledge to use through a novel science investigation or to use engineering design to solve a problem.

—    Dr. Eric Brunsell, Associate Dean, College of Education and Human Services, University of Wisconsin Oshkosh, and past NSTA Executive Board Member.

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The NVSEF promotes a collaborative, interactive online community that supplements and enhances the daily face-to-face interactions between science teachers and students in the middle school classroom. A primary goal of the NVSEF is to expand students' knowledge of science and transform their science habits of mind, i.e., learning how to think like a scientist, as well as provide a motivation for students to commit themselves to their research project and expand their options for potential career paths in science. The NVSEF fosters deeper learning and critical thinking in a collaborative, higher order inquiry format that can increase student achievement.

—    Professor Mark Spaid, College of Teacher Education and Social Work, Middle Georgia State University, and Co-Founder of the NVSEF.

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