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Barriers to learning

Promoting learning as an ongoing process

October 26, 2012by scifryer 2 Comments

As teachers, we often throw around statements that we are teaching students to become ‘lifelong learners’. However, the key to students becoming lifelong learners is them realising that learning is […]

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General, Modeling Instruction, Project Based Learning

Teaching physics for depth versus breadth

October 23, 2012by scifryer Leave a comment

Throughout my trip I have visited some fantastic schools and met some great teachers who are teaching Physics in deep, meaningful ways using methods such as Project Based Learning and […]

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General, Modeling Instruction, Project Based Learning

Developing conceptual understanding with whiteboards

October 21, 2012by scifryer 1 Comment

One of the cornerstones of Modeling Instruction is the use of group whiteboards which students use to explore and explain their conceptual models. I have seen this in action in a […]

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Project Based Learning and Modeling Instruction: are they compatible?

October 11, 2012by scifryer 1 Comment

Those who have read all of my posts to date (yes, all seven of them) will have noticed that I have enthusiastically discussed two different teaching methods: Project Based Learning […]

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Modeling Instruction, Project Based Learning

Modeling Instruction at Arizona School for the Arts

October 11, 2012by scifryer Leave a comment

  Yesterday morning I visited Arizona School for the Arts in order to see two Modeling teachers in action. Arizona School for the Arts is a charter school, which means […]

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What is Modeling Instruction?

October 10, 2012by scifryer Leave a comment

So in the last few days I have been speaking with and visiting various people in Phoenix who are involved in Modeling Instruction, a teaching method primarily designed for teaching […]

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Welcome

October 1, 2012by scifryer 1 Comment

Who am I?   I’m a teacher from Sydney, Australia who teaches general science to years 7 to 10, and physics to years 11 and 12. Before becoming a teacher […]

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Modeling Instruction, Project Based Learning, SMALLab, STEM

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