Jan Hansen, Education:

Science Methods – Day 1 exercise with black-eyed peas

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What do I know? What do I want to know? What did I learn?

Analysis of Jan’s exercise

What worked?

Personal

Thoughtful

Interactive

Active learning

Multi-media

Inter-disciplinary

“Real science”

Value discussions

Questioning is really important

Physical involvement

Accessible

Range of Bloom’s thinking skills

Challenge personal opinion

Change of pace

Meta-cognitive

Good “first-day” exercise

How to use it?

Perfect for research class (use the whole thing)

Human graph is cool

Basis for probability/confidence topics

Reinforce – do, use various ways to reinforce

Wonder, inquiry