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Chapter 3: Linking Teaching with Learning
Pages 21-26

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... The sidebar at the end of the chapter suggests some additional reading for those who wish to know more than we present here. A FRAMEWORK FOR LEARNING Traditionally, college teachers have assumed that students learn through lectures, assigned readings, problem sets, and lab work.
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... A show of hands then quickly reveals the percentage of correct answers. After the discussion, the number of correct answers and the confidence level typically rise dramatically.
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From page 23...
... Scientific research involves active investigation of the natural world and social interaction with members of the scientific community. Scientific debates are eventually resolved because the community agrees on what constitutes acceptable evidence, as well as protocols for interpreting that evidence.
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... has summarized major physical science misconceptions and developed a suggested teaching sequence based on Posner's research for helping students con front these ideas. His model of teaching is parallel to the way Posing Questions about Reading scientists conduct research and how they resolve discrepancies Assignments between their current views and new information they are en countering.
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From page 25...
... You can give your students this experience by asking them to write a short summary paper addressed to a non-scientist in which they attempt to clarify difficult concepts like mass, molecule, or homeostasis. This exercise helps students understand new concepts as they connect their current knowledge with recently learned information.
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... Washington, D.C.: APA Press. Building on the active learning work by Gelman and Lee cited earlier in this sidebar, this paper emphasizes discovery processes in which learners engage, and sug gests ways that teachers can facilitate this kind of learning: Schauble, L
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