1. Misconceptions In Science
Lecture 3

2. Start Up
Research has found that sugar does not, in fact, cause hyperactivity in children. A double blind study found that even children with diagnosed ADD and ADHD demonstrated no differences in behavior based on a sugar free or sugar laden diet. (Fullerton-Smith, J. (2007). The Truth About Food.)
Given overwhelming social beliefs regarding the impacts of sugar on children’s behavior how would you go about sharing this information with the parents of your students? Or would you not? Why?

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4. What To Do?
Discuss why you think these students have these misconceptions.
How teachers should address misconceptions with their students?
What makes effective feedback?

5. Misconceptions We know there are many of them.
We know they are commonly held.
We know they are difficult to change and robust to change.
We know that teachers and parents are the leading promoters of them.

6. Effective Feedback Classroom linguistics and power structures
Self efficacy vs. Self esteem
QAE patterns
Saying No vs. QAERqAE
Correct mistakes directly
Be explicit never implicit (remember Clark!)

7. Break
15 minute break…

8. Scientific Demonstrations
What is a demo?
Why do we do them?
How do you teach one?
What you will need to do for your microteaching demos…. Project discussion.

9. What is a demo?
There are times when you cannot, for safety, time, or cost considerations, have an entire class conduct independent labs to experience or observe a scientific phenomena.
A demo (short for demonstration) is a science activity that is teacher lead and conducted by the teacher to show students, usually visually, a specific scientific phenomena.

10. Why do a Demo
The chosen demonstration allows students to experience in some first hand way a natural phenomena.
Phenomena is dangerous and should not be done by students
Phenomena is expensive to have students do individually
It would be too time consuming to do a full class lab.

11. Demoing a Demo….
Hard boiled egg in a bottle….

12. Feedback
Take five minutes and give me feedback on my demonstration in writing. What can I do better? What did I do well? Thoughts? Comments?

13. Micro Teaching Groups of 4-5
You will write lesson plans prior to micro teaching covering your topic and demonstration.
You will evaluate your peers using rubric provided
Rewrite lesson plans and deal with feedback.
Reteach
Feedback again.