Yes, But Do They Understand? How Children View The World: Topic #3: How Steep Is That Hill? Cultivating Children's Reasoning - Couverture souple

Olson Ph.D., Meredith

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0998462772 ISBN 13 : 9780998462776

Editeur : Glenhaven Publishing, 2017

Synopsis

We live in a world of hillsides. But we don’t talk about hills. And we rarely study them. How do we see hillsides? Does everyone see them the same way? Apparently not. We usually find people’s vision is more accurate for horizontal and vertical lines Early experience can affect our brain development. How steep a hill can you walk up? When do trucks tip over? What is the steepest street in the world? But train tracks are never that steep. Why is that? How can steepness of a mountain tell us that that we have plate tectonics on Earth? Or on another planet? How can the course of a river in a satellite image tell us the slope of the land without ever setting foot on the planet? Actually, there are lots of interesting ideas out there that a little understanding of the “lay of the land” and the slope of hillsides can explain. And all you need is a 59¢ protractor, a piece of string, and a little knowledge. Far from being a dull topic, hillside angles open worlds of new understandings. www.DocOsBooks.com

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

About the Author Meredith Olson Ph.D. Dr. Meredith Olson, known affectionately as Doc "O" to her students, has taught elementary, middle school and high school math and science in Seattle for nearly 60 years. Her primary goal is in improvement of pre-college engineering education. By going to lab to work on contraptions every day, her students come to understand properties of the mechanical world. “It has been a long and interesting trip. Studying some metallurgy in grad school. Evening classes. After a full day of high school teaching. Consulting for JPL as the Mars Pathfinder Educator. Weekends. Working in the summer with UNESCO in Zimbabwe, Kenya, and Uganda. Teaching dozens of weekend and week-long summer teacher workshops in South Carolina and Montana. Being a consultant and curriculum designer for Health and Physiology education in Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Montana, and Alaska. Being a summer adjunct University instructor for more than 20 years in Seattle, Idaho and Montana. Teaching teachers. Teaching students every day, every year for 59 years. Observing how learning happens. Becoming aware when real learning isn’t happening. When it is just “show.” When it is just teacher–pleasing to get a grade. To get a credit. To get a university degree.” See Dr. Olson’s open letter outlining her philosophy of lesson design, available on the JPL website - Exploring Preface pp 11-13 http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/education/modules/GS/GS07-19_preface.pdf Dr. Olson believes that children must construct their own understanding from active design and assemblage of contraptions. By testing, failing, remodeling, and trying again, we come to see the structure when we look. By carefully examining materials we have, we may perceive how to use them in new and unexpected ways. Children begin to understand the engineering process. Besides, it is fun!

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Glenhaven Publishing
• Date d'édition: 2017
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0998462772
• ISBN 13: 9780998462776
• Reliure: Broché
• Numéro d'édition: 1
• Nombre de pages: 80
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