Models help the teacher make changes going forward because they can recognize student thinking. One idea I want to tyr going forward and put into my practice is providing a checklist that has ideas in which my students incorporate in their final project. This will gives students reassurance of what they need in the end. Also provides a great way to scaffold. The readings reminded me that students always need to be visible in the classroom reminding me that we cannot become robots.
One idea I found interesting was making every kid in the group making the model draw in a different color - keeps them in check and the thinking going. This really engages those kids who usually do not get involved. Allowing and providing an idea rather than worrying so much about what it looks like. This goes along with the last idea I would like to try in my classroom. Much of what we learn happens at a level where we can not see it with our naked eye. It is my job to help my students to start thinking about these processes and models at the level in which they actually occur. That is the only way they will become scientist and acquire this special skill of processing and synthesizing information.
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