The science community needs to develop better ways to assess students’ understanding and skills, not just their science factual knowledge.
For many years, education has traditionally been about standing in front of a classroom and giving a great lecture, or just a lecture. What people rarely do is try to work out whether or not the [...]
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The following are discrepant events that does not turn out as expected.
These anomalies challenge students’ beliefs and makes them more receptive to learning what you want them to learn.
Alcohol and Water Miscibility: Discrepant Event
Miscibility means how completely two or more liquids dissolve in each other.
Materials Needed per Group: two 50 mL beakers, 0ne 100 mL [...]
This discrepant event to provides concrete evidence of the Meniscus effect of liquids in containers, along with surface tension.
Materials:
one clear glass, one small cork, and tap water.
Procedures:
Students fill glass two thirds full of water
They now place the cork in the glass of water and try to keep it floating in the center
Ask students if they [...]
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When I was teaching one of my students’ favorite events in science was when they would be challenged with discrepant events. So what are discrepant events?
It is something that surprises, startles, puzzles, or astonishes the students as they observe the event.
Often, a discrepant event is one that does not appear to follow basic “rules of [...]
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