tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9539359.post5475461226712648952..comments2023-10-24T10:06:05.391-05:00Comments on Instructivist: Making connectionsInstructivisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01652458042291988959noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9539359.post-52265374488326547922007-05-04T14:32:00.000-05:002007-05-04T14:32:00.000-05:00It's Truthy Science.It's Truthy Science.rightwingprofhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12419372059353408855noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9539359.post-36604484963460194312007-04-30T00:06:00.000-05:002007-04-30T00:06:00.000-05:00Well, how did you expect them to calculate or meas...Well, how did you expect them to calculate or measure anything in an experiment after they've had TERC for math?<BR/><BR/>Clearly, you have to have fuzzy science because any more would have to be predicated on real math. This is just the way to use what they "learned" in math appreciation.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9539359.post-9625581822943419092007-04-29T08:55:00.000-05:002007-04-29T08:55:00.000-05:00As a science teacher (7-8) i am supposed to use fu...As a science teacher (7-8) i am supposed to use fuzzy curriculum developed based on standards. But as a person educated abroad and a formar veterinarian with long experience in learning science myself, I tend to ingnore that curriculum map. I sequence and determine the prerequizite for each unit myself.<BR/>Again, I can do it because I know that without knowing the elementns, atoms, bonds, molecules one cannot get the difference between glucose and an aminoacid, without understanding of which one cannot get an understanding of proteins etc.<BR/>But what do other teachers, whose experience in sciences is limited and who teach middle school science being certified in arts? Oh, here you you go - quality of a teacher issue... A snowball.Exohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15038129156747357013noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9539359.post-54161659023058185502007-04-29T06:43:00.000-05:002007-04-29T06:43:00.000-05:00"Last week I had occasion to witness a classroom i..."Last week I had occasion to witness a classroom in the inner city run by an admittedly incompetent substitute that was completely thrashed by pupils running wild like atoms flying around in a heated substance."<BR/><BR/>Ah, a student-centered classroom!rightwingprofhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12419372059353408855noreply@blogger.com