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Full-Text Articles in Education
A Lab Skills Diagnostic Test, John Zwart
A Lab Skills Diagnostic Test, John Zwart
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The American Association of Physics Teachers recommends that physics majors have proficiency in the following lab skills: constructing knowledge, modeling, designing experiments, analyzing and visualizing data, and communicating physics. I have developed a brief multiple-choice questionnaire to assess incoming students’ lab skill level in these areas. It was administered as both a pre-test and post-test for the first semester of introductory calculus-based physics. Preliminary results indicate that little improvement on the skills tested occurs without explicit instruction.
Iron Sharpens Iron: Co-Teaching In A Teacher Education Program, Patricia C. Kornelis, Gwen R. Marra, Ed Starkenburg
Iron Sharpens Iron: Co-Teaching In A Teacher Education Program, Patricia C. Kornelis, Gwen R. Marra, Ed Starkenburg
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Recently the Education department at Dordt College revamped its program. We were implementing co-teaching during our year-long student teaching experience for seniors, but we felt it would be more effective if students had experience with co-teaching before being one of the main participants. As changes were discussed, we were challenged to look for opportunities to implement co-teaching so students would benefit from it as a student as well as seeing it modeled and explained. As a result of this, Ed Starkenburg and Gwen Marra have been co-teaching an undergraduate Children’s and Adolescent Literature course. They will share their experiences of …
Resources Preservice Teachers Use To Think About Student Writing, Leah A. Zuidema, James E. Fredricksen
Resources Preservice Teachers Use To Think About Student Writing, Leah A. Zuidema, James E. Fredricksen
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This article identifies five categories of resources that preservice teachers drew on as they considered student writing and planned their own approaches to assessing and teaching writing. Identifying these resources helps us better understand how beginning writing teachers think about student writing—and better understand mismatches that commonly occur between what teacher educators teach and what new teachers actually do. Our study builds on literature that considers how writing teachers are prepared, extends research about how preservice teachers use what they learn,and adds layers of detail to literature about the resources that beginning teachers draw upon to aid and support them …
Negotiating For Release Time And Leave, Maura Mast, Nathan L. Tintle
Negotiating For Release Time And Leave, Maura Mast, Nathan L. Tintle
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Many large-scale research projects require a course release or a complete reduction in teaching responsibilities for a semester, year or more. This article suggests some ways to get them.
Yearlong Student Teaching: Boom Or Bust?, Patricia C. Kornelis, Joshua E. Bowar
Yearlong Student Teaching: Boom Or Bust?, Patricia C. Kornelis, Joshua E. Bowar
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The Iowa Department of Education awarded Dordt College and a second institution of higher learning a grant to implement a yearlong student teaching pilot program. This presentation describes the implementation of the program and examines the benefits and challenges that resulted from it.
Analyzing Unique-Matching Games Using Elementary Mathematics, Calvin Jongsma, Tom Clark
Analyzing Unique-Matching Games Using Elementary Mathematics, Calvin Jongsma, Tom Clark
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We present here an analysis of the game of Spot It! that can be used as background information for the purpose of leading a math circle around the game. The presentation here follows the progression of solving the puzzle for simple cases first and culminating in the solution of the original game.
At-Risk Writer Program That Benefits Both The Students And The Educators, Bill Elgersma, Luke Hawley
At-Risk Writer Program That Benefits Both The Students And The Educators, Bill Elgersma, Luke Hawley
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This session presented a small-college writing workshop model centered on increasing at-risk writers' persistence and motivation as they improved their writing through the use of pre-service teachers. An important component of the presentation was the one-on-one interactions that occurred and the value of these to both parties.
Critical Thinking And High-Level Discourse In A 1:1 Environment, Ryan G. Zonnefeld, Valorie L. Zonnefeld
Critical Thinking And High-Level Discourse In A 1:1 Environment, Ryan G. Zonnefeld, Valorie L. Zonnefeld
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Learn about our experiences co-teaching a K–8 methods course using 1:1 tablets in a high-tech lab. This innovative course included a move away from a textbook to a dynamic research-based curriculum supported by NCTM resources and CCSSM as well as integral utilization of apps, web 2.0 tools, and professional learning networks.
Case For Professional Development Schools: Transforming Teaching And Learning, Patricia C. Kornelis
Case For Professional Development Schools: Transforming Teaching And Learning, Patricia C. Kornelis
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Advocacy Blogging: Writing & Editing For The Public, Leah A. Zuidema
Advocacy Blogging: Writing & Editing For The Public, Leah A. Zuidema
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Presentation given as part of a faculty workshop at Dordt College in Sioux Center, Iowa, on January 9, 2015, about advocay blogging which is based on a previously published article (available at http://scholarworks.wmich.edu/wte/vol3/iss1/10/).
Contentious Conversations, Leah A. Zuidema
Contentious Conversations, Leah A. Zuidema
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The idea of joining a conversation through reading and writing is not new; in his 1941 book "The Philosophy of Literary Form: Studies in Symbolic Action," Kenneth Burke suggests that the acts of reading and writing are like entering a parlor where others are already conversing. The author explores the place of professional debate within NCTE and in the pages of "English Journal". Regardless, by reading these pages, one is entering into a conversation that is already underway.