learning-science-concepts· Regarding aspects of learners' scientific conceptions; understanding the learning process; and facilitating science learning.
Thanks for the response Jenny. But I am now confused. It seems to me that you did more or less say that. How is your new version a clarification of your...
Sorry, I'd forgotten what I'd said before. Someone seemed to suggest that there was science knowledge 'out there' which was not a human construct....
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Dear Eric et al, As a 'lurker' on this list rather than an active contributor, I've pricked up my ears with the latter part of this thread, as the nature of...
"Better still, are you actually saying anything at all or just typing symbols onto an empty space for your own amusement?" Now, now. Dr. Keith S. Taber ...
I'm relieved to find that there are people who think that 'chalk and talk' could be constructivism-it's social constructivism by whole- class interactive...
I am not the organizer of the following venture but recently discovered it and thought others might be interested. An article recently appeared in Chemical &...
Yes, 'chalk and talk' could be consistent with constructivism- it has a large spectrum one end of which is where chalking and talking is entirely by one...
The journal Foundations of Chemistry, now in its fifth year of publication, is currently soliciting articles, commentaries and book reviews on chemical...
John Cruden and others Over the last couple of decades, a major shift has been taking place in the way learning is viewed, away from seeing it as a process ...
I am a graduate student working on my thesis. The focus of my study is teaching with analogy particularly the mole concept and stoichiometry. My choice of...
Juliana If you are studying the use of analogy in learners' application of procedural knowledge (which sounds fascinating!) does this mean that the analogy...
Juliana Have you searched the net? When I serched for 'analogy in problem solving' there seems to be a number of useful websites. But then this whole concept...
Folks .....Probing Questions take us below the surface to the "heart of the matter." They operate somewhat like the archeologist's tools - the brushes which...
Folks ....the scaffolding is ours but the building is theirs..... ....the scaffolding is secondary and the building is primary..... ....a scaffolded lesson is...
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Faculty of Education Seminar Series Meeting the needs of the most able in science (**) Easter Term Seminar: Saturday 10th May The role of questions in...
Keith Taber
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... -- Dr. Keith S. Taber Faculty of Education, University of Cambridge to contact me (rather than the whole list) reply to: kst24@......
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Dear Colleagues I have just found that the following review is freely available on the www. I haven't had a chance to look at it yet, but first impressions are...
Hi Keith and colleagues, I hope our review is of help to people, it was written for a specific purpose - to inform the Ministry of Education's policy group....
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(If anyone is able to help Sandra then please e-mail her directly: Keith) May you please help me? I am studing master in education, I need to investigate ...
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... Surely Martyn knows that we are all relativists and constructivists in science education these days. Microwaves can be whatever we decide we want them to...
Dr. Keith S. Taber
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... in ... In some cases it seems science does just the opposite - constructs inconsistent categories and concepts so that everybody gets confused and only...
Hm, of course scientific ideas evolve which means that (a - if trivially) they change over time, and (b) sometimes they have not reached a mature state within...
Dr. Keith S. Taber
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Dear Colleage, I would like to introduce you to our network for science teachers working in secondary schools in the UK. We are a group of full time (mostly...
