Fri, Nov 20, 2020 3:39 PM in Setting Teachers Apart
Hi Hannah! This is really a thought-provoking question! I think that teachers don't start on Day 1 as "great", and I've never seen a rubric to assess "greatness." Writing curriculum and doing lab investigations are certainly important components of science teaching, but in my experience the characteristics of great teachers relate to their unrelenting passion for what ...
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Fri, Nov 20, 2020 3:14 PM in How to Save Money as a New Teacher
Hi Sidney -- Interesting and relevant activities and investigations don't necessarily involve expensive or elaborate equipment. Check out the articles in NSTA's journals ( https://www.nsta.org/science-and-children " target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Elementary , https://www.nsta.org/science-scope " target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Middle , https://www.nsta.org/science-teacher " target="_blan...
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Sun, Oct 18, 2020 3:38 PM in Assessment Tips for a Struggling Preservice Teacher
Hi Lexi -- The type of assessment you use really depends on the learning objectives. For those that ask students to explain or describe (rather than recall), perhaps encouraging them to draw and label a response may work. For example, in my middle school life science class, a task was to describe how cephalopods (squid, octopus) move. A student said to me that he had a hard time finding the...
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