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Group #1 How to assess argumentative statements? What is wrong and why, what is right and why?
This was a reading assignment. Newspaper article with an argumentative statement. Students have 2 choices to read: 1. 2010 article describes how Jodi tablets disappeared from the store selves and storage. 2. Keski-uusimaa.fi newspaper published an article "Building a Nuclear Power Plant." Tyyne Jaakkola wrote the article, artist.
In each article, what are the misinterpretations and why?
Group #2 Problem. Students
are given a table with resistance values for certain wire size. Questions:
how is the resistance affected with different sizes of wire? Any effect of the thickness to
resistance? Calculate the resistance of
one meter long wire. How to assess these
questions? Class discussions between
students and teacher. Is this a good
assignment?
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Group #3: 7th grade experiment. Design & perform an experiment to measure speed and write a report. Explain and analyze results. What instruments should be used? How?
Class work: ”Tutkimisen taidot and kokeellisuus”:
In groups, get familiar with instructions to students. Teachers used a middle school book and evaluated the information in the book.
Findings:
-lack of open ended questions
-looks like a receipt.
-Does not gives students understanding of the material.
How to do it better?
-learning can follow hierarchy
-learn to use equipment
-design an experiment and do it
-evaluate the results critically.
After presentations, teacher gave a new lecture on the skills of research and experiments.
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What is excellent in these lectures is that all the answers come from students. The instructor's role is a moderator. He corrects the misinterpretations and adds his own opinions on the answers.
