After watching the videos, I'm still not sure how I want to feel about Common Core teaching. I hear a lot about people who hate the practice of teaching common core, that it's ineffective in teaching kids how to think and become problem solvers, but I think that most of those issues are related to other things such as overall funding and teaching styles of the teachers. There is a huge generation gap forming right now between how teaching was done before and how teaching will be in the future, and establishing things like Next Level Science Standards will be important going forward in my classroom.
From the content of these videos, what can you infer about the following?
- What constitutes the essential elements of mathematical and scientific thinking?
The essential parts of mathematical and science teaching are knowledge, content, and progression. All of which go into great PBI lessons, computer model assistance, and discovery. They are the core for building the fundamentals of science and the progression to higher learning.
- How are external representations related to the elements of mathematical and scientific thinking?
External representations include: computer softwares, PBI lessons, and constructive field trips. They all build up knowledge across the student's own pace, while having them discover on their own the fundamentals that make science and math so consistent.
- What defines the role for external representations in the knowing and learning of STEM?
The role of external representations is to construct and affirm the student's understanding as it relates to the course material and standards. The standards are set in place only to make sure the essential concepts are included in these external representations, and making such lessons effective is one of the hardest puzzles of teaching. I will for sure be using a lot of external reference tools for my students to discover concepts and science on their own.
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