Homework for Monday night

Read Chapter 1 of How Students Learn: Science in the Classroom (handout)

Write your answers to the following questions in your notebook. We’ll discuss these tomorrow. How do you see the 3 principles of How Students Learn

informing your own teaching practices? Of these, where do you see yourself having the most

difficulties fulfilling these ideals? How can this project help you address these difficulties?

How could you use the 3 principles of How Students Learn to help you develop learning progressions in your classroom?

Evaluate

Tuesday morning homework discussion

Briefly discuss clearest/muddiest point from Monday

Discuss your answers to the homework questions with a neighbor. How do you see the 3 principles of How Students

Learn informing your own teaching practices? Of these, where do you see yourself having the most

difficulties fulfilling these ideals? How can this project help you address these difficulties?

How could you use the 3 principles of How Students Learn to help you develop learning progressions in your classroom?

Ideas

How do you see the 3 principles of How Students Learn informing your own teaching practices? Informing the kids more, making it more intentional, helping kids

see the big picture Ask probing questions, make them think more Need to find out where the kids are coming from Look at cultural biases, take these into account Don’t assume the kids have the same experiences as we did or as

each other State standards seem to push us toward principle 2 When doing inquiry, we must also stress content Students have misconceptions during inquiry, must address these Students have poor observational skills Relate the “big picture” to the facts Teach metacognition through modeling. When we teach the same

thing time after time, it becomes habit and we forget how we learned it

How could you use the 3 principles of How Students Learn to help you develop learning progressions in your classroom?

When you teach something, reflect on what went well We fall short of the metacognition Thing about questions to ask (learning triggers)

Homework to discuss Thursday morning

Read Chapter 9 of How Students Learn: Science in the Classroom (handout)

Write your answers to the following questions in your notebook. We’ll discuss these Thursday. Which of the student conceptions in box 9-1 are

common to your classroom? Based on what you learned from this chapter, how can you address one of these common conceptions in your classroom this year?

How is your classroom learner-centered? Knowledge-centered? Assessment-centered? Community-centered? Based on what you learned from this chapter, how can your classroom improve in one of these areas?

Thursday morning homework discussion

Discuss your answers to the homework questions with a neighbor. Which of the student conceptions in box 9-1 are

common to your classroom? Based on what you learned from this chapter, how can you address one of these common conceptions in your classroom this year?

How is your classroom learner-centered? Knowledge-centered? Assessment-centered? Community-centered? Based on what you learned from this chapter, how can your classroom improve in one of these areas?

Ideas

Which of the student conceptions in box 9-1 are common to your classroom? Based on what you learned from this chapter, how can you address one of these common conceptions in your classroom this year?

Ideas

How is your classroom learner-centered? Knowledge-centered? Assessment-centered? Community-centered? Based on what you learned from this chapter, how can your classroom improve in one of these areas?