Zoe Armstrong - MET Posts

One of the most powerful takeaways from researching and reading about embodied learning has been from Winn (2003), in sharing that “our physical behavior often…

Topic: Heat and energy transfer: tackling misconceptions about “cold” being transferred. Students have a hard time deciphering the fact that cold cannot transfer in the…

Tackling Earth Science misconceptions: Why the Learning for Use framework can provide support A number of conceptual challenges exist amongst students in the field of…

The motivation for WISE largely came from the need to incorporate inquiry practices into the science classroom. As Linn et al. (2003) discuss from Becker…

After reading through the multiple perspectives of my classmates in the anchored instruction symposium, it is clear to me that the kids are in fact…

What evidence exists regarding anchored instruction and its effectiveness as a pedagogical design?  In her 2021 article, Anchored Instruction, Kathryn Cook discusses the research conducted…

The Jasper series is a pedagogical method designed to get students thinking, problem-solving and collaborating. It is rooted in anchored instruction, a technique described by…

The definitions that appeal the most to me are the ones from Roblyer (2012) and from the Association for Education Communications and Technology (AECT). When…

Our group was tasked with creating a project on the topic of energy impasse. We decided to create a website to share with our classmates…

Mrs. A is in her 21st year of teaching. She has spent all of her career at the middle school level in both the French…