sara
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Post by sara on Jun 22, 2010 17:56:23 GMT -5
Miss Brown needs to seat down and assess herself and a teacher of science as well as her students. Miss Brown must first see science as a practical and hands on subject rather than as a note taking subject. Miss Brown can find interest ways to teach concepts since the students are repeated students such as field trips to places relating to the content area, mini experiments, more knowledgable individuals in the specific field of research. Miss Brown can also have documentaries and other films at the students disposal to make learning more fun and meaningful. Miss Brown can also have the students teach each other as if is a well known fact that people learn from people (Vygotkzy)
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Post by Angelina Polius on Jun 22, 2010 19:43:39 GMT -5
Well done all of you . Your advice to Ms Brown is sound, researched based and practical. I am happy that you mentioned that Science is a practical subject and that students need to be doing things. Incorporating vocabulary strategies such as the concept map, frayer model etc will really help the students. Morphemic analysis will also be beneficial as Science contains specialized vocab that students need to analyze, pronounce and deduce the meaning of. Sometimes studying the etymology of the word would be necessary for comprehension We are still awaiting ideas from the other participants
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Post by vall on Jun 22, 2010 21:44:57 GMT -5
I would agree with all the comments by my colleagues. For any class to be interesting to the students, it must be interactive. The students should be able to manipulate materials especially in science. There are different learners. Some students learn through visual aids, auditory or hands on materials. Miss Brown should try to use hands on materials with the students so they can remember the content of science. Science has to do mostly with hands on and little with lectures. I would also suggest that Miss Brown should use graphic organizers to help the students retain the information. Some of which can be concept map or vocabulary BINGO. She should also use the various vocabulary strategies like the Frayer Model or semantic feature analysis. Another thing miss Brown can do is to have the students work in pairs, so they can help each other. She can also use the study skills strategies to help them remember the information even if they dont have exams.
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Post by tasha on Jun 25, 2010 7:32:32 GMT -5
I would like to agree with Cyana...I believe that Miss Brown should have/ can use the constructivist approach in order to teach science. In order to explicitly build on students' existing knowledge is one of the ways to encourage deep approaches to learning (Biggs, 1995). To achieve this, teachers should have a clear idea of what students have already known and understood so that they can engage students in activities that help them construct new meanings (von Glaserfeld, 1992). Additionally, teachers who employ constructivist teaching try to help pupils to learn meaningfully. They should encourage pupils to accept the invitation to learn and to take action on what they have learnt, by providing them with opportunities to explore, discover and create, as well as to propose explanations and solutions.
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Post by blanch on Jun 26, 2010 6:17:10 GMT -5
I can see why the students will lose interest. Students may find it difficult to make sense of some of the scientific concepts such as atoms and molecules and the terminology is challenging. For this reason, Ms. Brown should incorporate a variety of text such as using models, diagrams and even other reference books during her lessons which will expose the students to different perspectives. In turn, the students will choose which perspective is better suited to their learning styles. During the micro teaching exercise, i realized that the graphic organizers are great tools to help students understand the content. According to Joe Joe, these graphic organisers can help them organise their thoughts. Furthermore, Ms Brown can structure her lessons in a more student centred way. By activating students prior knowledge and real life experiences they have an idea of the concept as a result they are more likely to participate and share their information in class. The students will be motivated and gain confidence. Finally, Ms. brown can simplify the content to reduce the students' frustration.
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Post by Angelina Polius on Jun 29, 2010 18:05:51 GMT -5
I have no doubt that your sound and valuable ideas or suggestions will definitely make the teaching and learning of Science more fun and meaningful to both Miss Brown and her students. All of you have pointed out the need for Ms Brown to adopt a constructivist approach to teaching. Well done all of you
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Post by marci on Jun 30, 2010 9:42:17 GMT -5
Hi, After reading some of the replies, I have to agree with most of my fellow classmates. It might not be that students lack interest in science, but that students may be demotivated. They may be demotivated partly because they are reapeating the class and are being taught in the same conventional manner.
Therefore miss brown should make her lessons more interesting by using alot of activities to help engage students in active learning. She should also make use of relia. This will enable students to make connections and see the importance of what they are learning(what relevance it has for them).
Some of the strategies that she can use are : KWL (to help activate prior knowledge), graphic organizers (to help students organize their thoughts) and exit slips( to find out what students learn during the lesson and what they liked or did not like).
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tasha
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Post by tasha on Jul 3, 2010 10:42:51 GMT -5
I would just like to agree with del...Presentation of the text in various forms can help cater to the different learners thereby making the lessons more interesting and hence this can motivate students.
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Post by indi on Jul 3, 2010 23:02:21 GMT -5
In addition, to what my colleagues have said I just want to add that Mrs Brown should try simplifying the science text for her struggling readers. So that they will be better able to understand the vocabulary which can cater to learning in content areas.
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Post by marv on Jul 5, 2010 11:05:35 GMT -5
Ms Brown needs to have hands oon activities to get the students engage and the during the different activities have reading strategies to implement the reading
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Post by crianth on Jul 1, 2012 13:49:05 GMT -5
Miss Brown needs to guide her students and engage them in many activities as possible. She needs to use many strategies into her teaching. For example engaging students into shared reading, using more visuals and hands- on in the classroom. She may also allow students to use graphic organizers for note taking and strategies such as Cornell notes and the anticipation guide.
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