Articles Tagged with science teaching

In the back of the book

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The right answer

How did the answers in the answer key get there?

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Four elements, four humors

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Before the revolution

We conclude that it can be useful to teach something that is actually wrong.

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Rules, principles and recipes (II)

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The scientific way

Scientific rules, like all rules, must be applied intelligently.

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More of the story

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Help from an old textbook

Knowing just a little more is sometimes helpful.

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The synthesis project

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Ways of being intelligent

We present an idea that won’t work.

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How did you do that?

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Doing and teaching

Watching yourself think takes effort and attention.

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Making assumptions

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What’s reasonable?

We have to start somewhere.  Sometimes the exact place isn’t important.

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Solving the problem

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Standardized tests (again)

When does learning become rote?

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Teaching to the test

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Standardization and its discontents

We face some of the dilemmas of test season.

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Science is big

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Collecting the tools

What you need to learn before starting your research gets larger all the time.

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