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Terri Johnson

Worksheets for Middle School Students - 5 views

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Chemistry science worksheets Physical

shared by Terri Johnson on 04 Nov 11 - Cached
  • Terri Johnson on 04 Nov 11
     
    Yes, Worksheets!  But, I like the Ionic, Covalen, Metallic Lab.  Some of these lessons can be made more student-friendly.
Terri Johnson

Black, White Brothers Are Actually Twins - Kansas City News Story - KMBC Kansas City - 3 views

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shared by Terri Johnson on 30 Sep 11 - No Cached
  • Terri Johnson on 30 Sep 11
     
    genetics science skin_color 
Terri Johnson

Wolfram Demonstrations Project - 2 views

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science math visualization graphics physics

shared by Terri Johnson on 08 Sep 11 - Cached
  • Terri Johnson on 08 Sep 11
     
    Great online demonstrations/simulations we could use in our classes. 
Terri Johnson

Kinematics - a gallery on Flickr - 3 views

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professionaldevelopment scienceliteracy physics reading flickr gallery

shared by Terri Johnson on 07 Sep 11 - No Cached
  • Terri Johnson on 07 Sep 11
     
    Beautiful set of images with explanations via a Flickr set to explain why and how things move.
Carla Johnson

Reading the Reader | Academic Commons - 2 views

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shared by Carla Johnson on 25 Jul 11 - Cached
  • These comments reveal the student doesn’t have the background knowledge to make sense of the letter.
  • e student recognizes Washington as a
  • But that is precisely what I am asked to do: it’s my job to shift the focus from product to process and look at the connections between the two.
    • Kara Anderson
      Kara Anderson on 27 Jul 11
       
      I need to model the process.  
  • ...21 more annotations...
  • he heart of Critical Inquiry is annotation.
  • Microsoft Word’s comment feature, an easy and powerful tool for annotating texts
  • With digital annotations the deconstructionist distinction between “strong misreadings” and “weak misreadings” seems a pragmatic one
  • Electronic annotations confirm what research tells us about proficient readers, that they 1) clarify their purpose for reading; 2) activate relevant background knowledge; 3) allocate attention to the important ideas; 4) evaluate content for internal consistency and compatibility with prior knowledge; 5) self-monitor to verify comprehension; and 6) draw and test inferences.1
  • “[T]he truth is that reading is one of the more complicated of the higher cognitive functions
  • “[T]he truth is that reading is one of the more complicated of the higher cognitive function
  • Reading is the active construction of meaning.
  • Most reading process analyses incorporate the following three components: pre-reading, during reading, and post-reading. Pre-reading is the foundational stage.
  • Digital annotations are pedagogically flexible and portable. They can be used as a method of inquiry, diagnosis, and instruction. Texts can be annotated individually or in groups, at home or in class. These products can be easily transported from person to person and location to location and, unlike written annotations, are harder to lose.
    • Carla Johnson
      Carla Johnson on 27 Jul 11
       
      I don't remember ever annotating anything I read when I was in school.  
  • How then do we evaluate whether students have successfully read a text?
    • yoda4277
      yoda4277 on 27 Jul 11
       
      Testing
  • (fix-up or p
  • focus from product to process and look at the connections between the two.
    • Duane Kimble
      Duane Kimble on 27 Jul 11
       
      I have no clue what nexus means
    • yoda4277
      yoda4277 on 27 Jul 11
       
      I believe nexus means the core of what the reader brings to the text
  • my project. In looking more closely and systematically than I ever had at what students were doin
  • a way of seeing reading as socially constructing meaning and engagement, rather than as employing a set of discrete skills.3
  • understand the reading process
  • I confirmed for myself the utility of asking students to commit to the Critical Inquiry annotation method
  • They help me diagnose reading strengths and weaknesses around a given text and decide where to place the focus of discussion and assignments.
  • “Ignorance is not so much not knowing an answer as not knowing that there is a question, not being able to think when thinking is required. Ignorance is a blind dependence that someone else will be able to tell you what to do.”5
    • Carla Johnson
      Carla Johnson on 27 Jul 11
       
      These annotations would be great for guiding small group instruction and putting discussion groups together.
  • Joshua Callaway on 27 Jul 11
     
    Describes the importance of student reading with emphasis on the process.
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