People constructing new knowledge and understanding based on what they already know and believe.
What is constructivism
100
A strategy used to enhance acess to prior knowledge.
What is rehearsal
100
Paying close attention to student's ideas to learn their prior knowledge, as well as their misconceptions.
What is identifying alternative conceptions
100
The theory that the understanding of Science tasks grows and develops across the childhood and adolescent years.
What is Piaget's Theory of Cognitive Development
200
Being able to remember or recall something so that is can be accessed and used when needed
What is knowledge
200
The use of previously learned knowledge in new situations.
What is transfer
200
Encouraging students to test their own ideas through observation and investigation to learn from their misconceptions, rather than merely providing correct explanations.
What is promoting dissatisfation with alternative conceptions
1. Relating concepts to real-world experiences
2. Interpreting what they are learning and expressing it in their own words
3. Planning and conducting investigations to answer investigation questions
What is examples of what students can do when truly understand an idea.
300
Outlines, spider maps, webs, Venn diagrams
What is graphic organizers
300
After students have collected data about prior knowledge and misconceptions, teachers formally teach key scientific concepts, principles, and explanations related to the topic.
What is introducing scientific conceptions
300
The stage where students maintain sensorimotor capabilities, begin to represent objects and actions with words and sentences, and make judgements based on perceptions.
What is the Preoperational Stage
400
1. Proficient
2. Satisfactory
3. Limited
4. No
What is levels of understanding.
400
Teachers supplying external support that helps learners to be successful with the various learning tasks.
What is scafolding
400
A hands-on activity that allows students to integrate the science content they learned into the real world.
What is providing integration of new conceptions
400
The stage where students engage in higher-order thinking, forms hypotheses, and deals with ratios, proportions, and probabilities.