To give or not to give, that is the Question!

            Chapter three in our book made us really reflect upon teachers giving students the answers to problems while doing work and what kind of things students may be doing while completing assignments.

            Teachers are facilitators, they are mediators, they are there to scaffold their students learning. Teachers need to encourage their students to think and experiment with their work. Teachers need to let students know that having alternative conceptions is not such a bad thing! There are  no wrong answers!! The story about Mr. Wilson not letting the students know they were using the wrong procedure is a perfect example of this.

              He was there to guide them through the activity, by allowing them to have the freedom to explore and experiment on their own. If he had stopped and told them, he would be taking that freedom and exploration of their own ideas away from them. He is promoting the development of the children’s own ideas, not discourage them from doing their own thinking!!!!

Do students do what??????

YES THEY DO!!!!!!!!!

I myself, as a student, have written something in an essay and on an exam because I thought it was the answer the teacher wanted. I have done this numerous times, especially in two history classes I took. Both teachers were passionate about the areas of history they were teaching us about, and both had certain views which favored certain ideas. Naturally, I wrote about the things they showed favoritism for to be sure I got the grade. I believe this is very common for students to do.
 

Artifacts of nature are all around me!!!

I am surrounded by several types of trees; from them, I could bring in bark, seeds, leaves, branches etc.; science is everywhere!!!!!
It's even in you and me!!!!!!!!!