Meagan Karvonen

The purpose of this project is to develop the 5E Model Professional Development in Science Education for Special Educators (5E-SESE), an online system of professional development for special education teachers who are teaching science to students with significant cognitive disabilities (SCD). With many states adopting rigorous Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS), science achievement expectations for students with SCD are increasing. Yet teachers are not prepared to provide instruction t...