Wed, Apr 18, 2012 10:09 PM in SCCPSS- Concept Development
Kymberly-
I have to agree with you. I'm going broke trying to effectively teach my students and provide them with hands on activities. I work in a school where the parents can't help or send very much in because they are having a hard time keeping food on their tables.
If I don't buy stuff, we don't do experiments. I have raided the FOSS kits, even from other grade levels, and there simpl...
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Wed, Apr 18, 2012 10:05 PM in SCCPSS- Concept Development
Catherine -
I also found the statement, "Students will likely not develop accurate concepts on their own from the exploration..." to be interesting.
I think that it depends on what they are exploring. If I give them a wire, a battery and a lightbulb, my students are going to accurately figure out how a circuit works. Yet, I'm not going to expect them to be able to accurately figure out the...
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Wed, Apr 18, 2012 9:57 PM in SCCPSS- Concept Development
Article Review of Being Deliberate About Concept Development
How do we learn? It is scientific knowledge that repeated exposure to a stimulus causes one to learn. Ivan Pavlov learned this when he repeatedly rang a bell while presenting a hungry dog with its dinner. After a repetition, the dog learned to associate the bell with food. Then it began to salivate whenever the bell rang, even in ...
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