Teacher's Experiences: Implementing Reform Curricula:

Imagine implementing a new, middle-school, environmental science curriculum, which is based on inquiry, empirical data collection about one's local environment, and data visualization. Both the content and the technologies involved are new to you. This experience is becoming more commonplace for teachers who are committed to keep striving for effective ways to teach their students.

However, as a field we do not understand very well why teachers make the choices they do and how that leads to consequential variation in the implementation of reform curricula. In my collaborations with teachers to design and test new learning environments I often attempt to document some aspects of their experience.