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At the beginning of the course, a lot of my attention was on more general educational challenges. Many of the themes that I picked out…

One of the biggest questions that comes to mind when I think about the tools and resources for information visualization that are used in the…

Speculate on why role playing activities may not be promoted in math and science and elaborate on your opinion on whether activities such as role…

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…