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The use of crosscutting concepts in teaching is one of the major recommendations found in the U.S. National Research Council’s (2011) A Framework for K-12 Science Education (Framework) and Achieve’s (2013) Next Generation Science Standard (NGSS) (see also) developed from the Framework.
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Achieve, Inc. (2013). The Next Generation Science Standards. Washington, DC: Author. Retrieved from http://www.nextgenscience.org/three-dimensions
National Research Council. (2011). A framework for K-12 science education: Practices, crosscutting concepts, and core ideas. Washington, DC: National Academies Press.
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McComas, W.F. (2014). Crosscutting Concepts. In: McComas, W.F. (eds) The Language of Science Education. SensePublishers, Rotterdam. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6209-497-0_25
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