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Thu, Dec 26, 2019 10:48 PM in Teaching a Topic against one's belief
I hypothesize that one key reason for much of the skepticism of scientific theories (like evolution by natural selection) in the United States is that most adult U.S. citizens were taught the conclusions of scientific study by rote without ever learning to understand the scientific process. They have no idea why scientists "believe in" important theories, so they can very easily d...
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Thu, Dec 26, 2019 10:18 PM in Increasing Student Engagement in Science Lessons
I've used Kahoot sometimes and have also found that many of the kids get thoroughly engaged. However, I've had a hard time getting everybody in a middle school class to join the games. They use unrecognizable names to join so it's hard to find out which 12 kids in a class of 25 are refusing to join. I think it tends to be the kids who do not know the subject or are s...
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