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Misconceptions: How They Hinder Student Success And How To Overcome Them As An Educator

By Fergy on May 3, 2013 2

Misconceptions are one of the most difficult things we as educators face.  "It is only reasonable that students would not accept a new idea without first feeling that their existing views are unsatisfactory in some way” (NARST).  Due to many factors including time restraints, lack of creativity and laziness, many teachers simply tell their students the correct answer and expect them to dispel their own previous views automatically.   Pedagogically speaking however, that is a very bad idea. It … [Read more...] about Misconceptions: How They Hinder Student Success And How To Overcome Them As An Educator

Exploring Current Scientific Ethical Issues In Society

By Fergy on April 30, 2013 0

“Modern practice shows that new conceptions arrived at over time or through guided inquiry and student discourse are in fact stable and do in fact come to replace old conceptions” (Mason, 2006). Engagement through application is my moto and therefore, as an educator I feel that it's vitally important to expose my students to content-related real life situations as often as possible.  This brings us to a task I recently assigned my students which deals with current ethical issues in society. … [Read more...] about Exploring Current Scientific Ethical Issues In Society

Human Digestion Demonstration – The Bread In The Bag

By Fergy on April 17, 2013 4

Human Digestion Demonstration - The Bread In The Bag. In the first post, I talked about a demonstration I use with my science class to show what digestion looks (and feels) like in the mouth.  Click here to read Part 1. In this post, I will be talking about a digestion demonstration I use to show my students what digestion looks like in the rest of the digestive system. The student reactions are even better than with Crackers and as I said before, when they're done your course, they may … [Read more...] about Human Digestion Demonstration – The Bread In The Bag

Human Digestion Demonstration – Mushy Crackers

By Fergy on April 10, 2013 4

Do you really want to show your students what digestion looks like? Do you want really interesting digestion demonstrations?  These hands-on digestion demonstrations are extremely simple to do and show clearly what happens to food between the time it enters your mouth until it passes into your small intestine. The student reactions are great and when they're done your course, they may forget many things, but they will never forget the crackers & the bread in the bag demonstrations! In … [Read more...] about Human Digestion Demonstration – Mushy Crackers

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