Did you push the marble or let it go ?

Peggy Ashbrook weaves visual and language literacy together by asking young students to use the language they have and drawing their ideas about how a ball moves on a level ramp. She descri... See More

Peggy Ashbrook weaves visual and language literacy together by asking young students to use the language they have and drawing their ideas about how a ball moves on a level ramp. She describes her questioning techniques to help students develop vocabulary and to think through what their drawing are 'saying' . Includes procedures to develop children's ability to describe what they know through drawing. Take home message:"Be patient. Most children experiment with the same problems of force, motion, and the like for some time before they construct complex knowledge about the phenomena.”