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Introducing: Good Thinking!
The Smithsonian Science Education Center presents: Good Thinking! a new...
The Smithsonian Science Education Center presents: Good Thinking! a new original series and professional development resource for science educators.
Join dedicated science teacher Isabella Reyes as she explores the inner ...workings of her students’ minds, identifies common pitfalls in the teaching of complex scientific topics, and learns new techniques for effective classroom practices grounded in the latest education research.
That’s great science education – that’s Good Thinking!
Explore the research: http://s.si.edu/1IwH5zS
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Good Thinking! — Conceptual Change: How New Ideas Take Root
Conceptual Change: How New Ideas Take Root — explores the ways...
Conceptual Change: How New Ideas Take Root — explores the ways students learn and develop new conceptual understandings, and shows how student misconceptions can be uncovered and addressed as a ...part of effective learning.
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Good Thinking! — Sending "Learning Styles" Out of Style
Sending "Learning Styles" Out of Style — explains how education...
Sending "Learning Styles" Out of Style — explains how education research debunks the myth that teaching students in their preferred styles (e.g. “visual learners,” “auditory learners”) is an effective classroom ...practice.
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Good Thinking! — Natural Selection: Common Misconceptions
Natural Selection: Common Misconceptions — reveals common pitfalls in...
Natural Selection: Common Misconceptions — reveals common pitfalls in the teaching of evolution through natural selection and suggests effective practices for identifying and addressing student misconceptions.
Explore the research: http://s.si.edu/1IwH5zS
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Good Thinking! — Fired Up About Energy
Fired Up About Energy – explores common student misconceptions...
Fired Up About Energy – explores common student misconceptions related to the study of energy and suggests methods for effectively representing and discussing the topic in the classroom.
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Good Thinking! — Falling 101
Falling 101 – investigates why and how things fall, and explores...
Falling 101 – investigates why and how things fall, and explores common student misconceptions about gravity, inertia and air resistance.
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Good Thinking! — Make it Rain!
Make it Rain! – explores student misconceptions about phase changes,...
Make it Rain! – explores student misconceptions about phase changes, weather, and the water cycle, and reveals some of the pitfalls of common representations.
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Good Thinking! — Attack the Knack
Attack the Knack — investigates student motivation in science, and...
Attack the Knack — investigates student motivation in science, and explores how the types of feedback students receive can influence self-perception, effort, persistence and learning.
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Credits: http://s.si.edu/1SGMX0J ...
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Good Thinking! — Photosynthesis: Blinded by the Light
Photosynthesis: Blinded by the Light — explores student...
Photosynthesis: Blinded by the Light — explores student misconceptions about matter and energy in photosynthesis and strategies for eliciting student ideas to address or build on them.
Explore the research: ...http://s.si.edu/1IwH5zS
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Good Thinking! — Why Right Brained is Wrong…Brained
Why Right Brained is Wrong…Brained — explains that the popular...
Why Right Brained is Wrong…Brained — explains that the popular differentiation between “left” and “right brained” people discredits the complexity of the human brain. Science — just like history, art, ...math, or literature — requires both sides of the brain.
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Good Thinking! — Science: A Work in Progress
Science: A Work in Progress - shows how science isn’t produced...
Science: A Work in Progress - shows how science isn’t produced through one linear method, but through an interconnected set of practices, and examines ways that teachers can make learning ...science in the classroom more authentic.
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Good Thinking! — What’s the “Matter” with Cells and Atoms?
What’s the “Matter” with Cells and Atoms? — investigates the...
What’s the “Matter” with Cells and Atoms? — investigates the difficulties students have with applying ideas about matter consistently and appropriately across the life and physical sciences, and with ...interpreting and relating different representations of microscopic structures.
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Introducing: Good Thinking!
The Smithsonian Science Education Center presents: Good Thinking! a new original series and professional development resource for science educators.
Join dedicated science teacher Isabella Reyes as she explores the inner ...workings of her students’ minds, identifies common pitfalls in the teaching of complex scientific topics, and learns new techniques for effective classroom practices grounded in the latest education research.
That’s great science education – that’s Good Thinking!
Explore the research: http://s.si.edu/1IwH5zS
Credits: http://s.si.edu/1SGMX0J
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If you enjoyed our Good Thinking! videos, share them with a friend, colleague, or a teacher in your life. And be sure to connect with us online!
Our Website: http://s.si.edu/1RtrHsO
STEMVisions Blog: http://s.si.edu/1de3GIH
Facebook: http://s.si.edu/1Hc9Rt0
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