Re: Extra Credit (was Where Have All the Boys Gone?)

["Robert W. Harris" <rwharris@CATH-MEM.ORG>]

I would like to point out that this is true in high school also.  A couple
of years ago our school was contemplating block scheduling.  Only the
science teachers were not intimidated by the large blocks of time which the
block schedule provides.  Science teachers have been dealing with longer
periods for many years, we call them double lab periods.

While I agree with what was said below, we can't be complacent.  We do need
to examine our methods from time to time and try new things, if only for the
sake of variety.   After all, students come and go.  We, sometimes like the
Duracell bunny,  keep going, and going, and going...

Br. Robert W. Harris
Catholic Memorial High School
rwharris@cath-mem.org
http://www.cmphysics.org

Michael Edmiston <edmiston@BLUFFTON.EDU> wrote:

> I maintain that far from being "out of the educational mainstream," science
> teachers have led the pack for many years.  We have always tried to
"engage"
> the students with hands-on activities... we call it "lab."  We have always
> tried to get students to work in teams... we call it "lab partners."  We
> have always tried to have students work problems in groups and discuss
> solutions... we call these "recitation sections," "help sessions," and
> "study groups."   We've been doing this so long that people seem to have
> forgotten about it.  Then they look at our 50-minute lectures and say,
> "Geez, you guys are out of it... all you do is lecture."
>
> I want to shout, "Goodness... open your eyes and take a lesson from us!"