Sat, Mar 30, 2013 11:59 AM in Asking better Questions
Such good suggestions thank you all so much. I am learning so much reading your replies. I have been teaching 5 years and can't believe how much I still have to learn. I had a little epiphany last year after showing my kids a picture of a family, both parents little people and 3 kids, 2 not little people and one a little person. We discussed this picture before studying genetics. My class had ...
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Sun, Mar 24, 2013 8:29 AM in Asking better Questions
I have recently been challenged by my administrative team to ask higher level and more authentic questions of my students. Basic questions do serve a purpose in my classroom, because my students do not do well on tests and I am trying to get them to a basic level of getting the material. Concrete suggestions of specific ways to increase the rigor or authenticity of science questioning would be ...
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Fri, Feb 01, 2013 9:00 PM in Scientific Argumentation in the Biology Classroom
Thank you Adah and Pat. I will look at the articles and the resources you suggest. We did a lot with dichotomous keys this year but not so much having the kids explore the concept of species. I have run out of time for my taxonomy unit. Perhaps I can do the birds activity and some of your suggestions and tie it all in to evolution.......which is coming up.
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