Posts Tagged by critical thinking
Evidence of Learning – A Case Study
| March 29, 2011 | Posted by Brian Bennett under All, Observations |
As a teacher, students constantly want the easy answer…we’ve all experienced this. It is difficult to go day after day and hear complaints and whining about class being hard. But, I find it encouraging (and actually a point of pride) that my class is hard. more
The Mol Project
| November 18, 2010 | Posted by Brian Bennett under All, Projects |
I started teaching the concept of the mol (not the animal…the amount) in chemistry this week. The problem is, the mol is such an impossibly large number to comprehend (6.02 x 10^23, or 602 sextillion, or 602 followed by 21 zeros) students often don’t grasp the quantity of things we are attempting to count. So,… more
Periodic Table of Cereals
| October 11, 2010 | Posted by Brian Bennett under All, Projects |
A couple of weeks ago, I posted about students putting together a periodic table of cereals for a project. Well, the final drafts are in and I got some work this year that blew my mind. Some of the best are shown below if you’re interested in browsing through some. As an overview, students picked… more
Coming Up: Student Periodic Tables
| September 13, 2010 | Posted by Brian Bennett under All, Projects |
Part of the mastery system is assessing students through their own, unique work. For this next unit (beginning today) students have an opportunity to show me what they know through their own digital periodic tables based on…cereal. While this isn’t true student-driven assessment, it’s a step in the right direction for my class. I’m hoping… more
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