Ditto. I am very interested in getting the information for the Modeling
Curriculum and looking at the first unit.
Thanks for sharing!
Angela Stockam
Chemistry Instructor
USD 266 Maize High School
11600 W. 45th St. N.
Maize, Kansas 67101
316.722.0441 ext. 2253
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From: kact-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:kact-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
Behalf Of London Reif
Sent: Wednesday, August 23, 2006 11:02 AM
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Subject: [KACT] Re: Getting students to participate
I would be interested in seeing that information. Could that be
something presented at the conference?
>>> "Cline, Brad" <bcline@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> 8/23/2006 11:00 AM >>>
I do whiteboarding in all my courses. Chemistry I, Chemistry II, and
Physics. I have found this to be very effective in getting students to
come out of their shells. Start out with simple things that they can
relate to. I use whiteboarding for presenting lab results and
conclusions, presenting assigned problems from their homework, and
simply discussing what happened in a class demo. One of my colleagues,
who adopted whiteboards after I began to use them, stated that it is
like putting the slate into the hands of the student in the old one room
school house.
I got the original idea from the Arizona State Modeling Physics Project.
ASU now has a Chemistry Modeling Curriculum out which I have found has
some real promise. I really like the first unit. This curriculum
centers on the use of whiteboards as well. If anybody is interested in
seeing part of this curriculum, let me know and I will email the first
unit to you for review. I can also give you the passkey to get all
materials from the ASU website, but would prefer not to give that out on
the listserv.
I plan to put an article concerning the ASU project in the next
newsletter... I better get busy on that, huh? :)
Bradley L Cline
Chemistry I, Chemistry II, Physics Instructor Goddard High School 2500 S
199th St West PO Box 189 Goddard, KS 67052-0189 bcline@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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Sent: Wednesday, August 23, 2006 9:40 AM
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Subject: [KACT] Re: Getting students to participate
I do the white board thing too, and it is a great way to get kids
involved.
>>> Paul Ogle <pogle@xxxxxxxxxx> 8/23/2006 9:19 AM >>>
Small group activity using little white boards and markers usually help
mine get to where they will answer. Also, we do something called PBS
and give support like tootsie rolls for answering, either right or
wrong. After a while they will pipe in and feel comfortable enough to
interact.
I hope that helps.
Paul
On Wednesday, August 23, 2006 8:39 AM, Kelly Deters
<kellymdeters@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>I'm teaching freshman for the first time ever and it's an "empirical
>science" course (pre-chemistry content) that focuses on deriving
>understanding from lab experiences and class discussions. My problem
>is they don't discuss! I ask a question and the room is dead silent!
>I have an incredible wait time and they still don't answer! I'm so
>used to my upper-classmen that jump in all the time and I never have to
>push. I know they'll loosen up eventually, but any tips?
>Kelly
>kellymdeters@xxxxxxxxx
>
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