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SamG

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3. I think good teachers have always tried to...

Reply to cleanhippie (Original post)

Sun Apr 8, 2012, 12:02 PM

Apr 2012

teach these skills to their students, be it in science class or history or language arts or math classes.

Teaching the skills of critical thinking and research methods, together with problem solving and open-mindedness has been how I have distinguished the really good teachers in any number of fields of study.

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Teaching Skepticism In Science Classes Instead Of Facts [View all] cleanhippie Apr 2012 OP

The answer is 9. 8 + 1 = 9 RobertEarl Apr 2012 #1

+1=10 cleanhippie Apr 2012 #2

complex frameworks like these are too hard for the average schmuck to learn. provis99 Apr 2012 #4

I think good teachers have always tried to... SamG Apr 2012 #3

Does anyone know if the math piece has been tried? Jim__ Apr 2012 #5

That jumped out at me as well - "Spend much less time on geometry" bananas Apr 2012 #9

Has high school geometry already been watered down this much? bananas Apr 2012 #11

I took the geometry described in that article. Jim__ Apr 2012 #17

Sounds like bullshit to me izquierdista Apr 2012 #6

I think you may have missed the point. cleanhippie Apr 2012 #7

Rote memorization has its place. izquierdista Apr 2012 #8

They don't learn the facts on their own. Igel Apr 2012 #12

I am glad people are thinking about the problem, but I think this isn't the solution HereSince1628 Apr 2012 #10

I think the 8+1 developers are mainly not biologists caraher Apr 2012 #13

I think scientific process has often been misreprented in biology HereSince1628 Apr 2012 #14

I see this as a problem of integration and organization.... mike_c Apr 2012 #15

Yes, IMO scientific understanding is more a conceptual scaffolding than a pile of facts. HereSince1628 Apr 2012 #18

Also.. regarding starting with the familiar... caraher Apr 2012 #16