HERE, HERE! The head of that nail didn't know what hit him!
I can't agree more. Kids HAVE to explore and discover FIRST and on their own
terms! Most everything else is edu-babble.
Daryl L. Taylor, Fizzix Guy
PAEMST '96
Internet Educator of the Year '03
Williamstown HS, NJ
Engineering Academy, Rowan University
www.DarylScience.com <http://www.DarylScience.com>
609.330.9571
-----Original Message-----
From: Forum for Physics Educators [mailto:PHYS-L@lists.nau.edu]On Behalf
Of John Clement
Sent: Sunday, August 17, 2003 11:33 AM
To: PHYS-L@lists.nau.edu
Subject: Science explanations by non scientists (RE: Explanation of
electricity)
(abbreviated...)
...Apparently he had not read any of the science education research whic=
h shows
that students must explore first, then get the definition of the term=
, and
finally do applications (AKA the learning cycle). In addition studen=
ts need
multiple representations of the idea (graphs, descriptions, pictures,
equations).