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Post by seanege on Feb 25, 2007 14:52:56 GMT -5
i dont want to be too harsh mr fishe, but sometimes you get a little off topic. usually the topics are fun but sometimes they are a waste of time. also sometimes you get distracted alot. if we want you to help us, you stay attached to something else. these are just a few observations of mine
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Post by Mr Fisher on Feb 25, 2007 20:04:52 GMT -5
Agree! I do find it's easy to get distracted when I'm multiprocessing. At times I feel like a short order cook at McDonalds during the busy lunch hour! Or like a one-arm paperhanger. I know at times I am a moving target, yet at other times, like Friday, I am sitting around watching certain students churning instead of learning. That bothers me!
It helps me when students help each other....and when I can work with a small group of students who all have the same questions. One thing I don't like to do, but I do, is to repeat information for students who don't hear it the first time (or second) time because they are distracted and not listening.
I seem to have the most challenge from students who get easily distracted as that is one of the areas that I also need to work on. Kind of like the blind leading the blind.
On tangents -- I'm resigned to the fact that I will always be tempted to share information that does not seem directly related to learning physics, but is perhaps more about approaches to life. Some students tell me that is what makes the class so interesting...please keep the tangents; other students don't care to hear any tangents. My compromise is to keep tangents to minimum.
I think what I struggle with is that I'm more interested in teaching students about approaches to learning, than I am about teaching physics in that if I teach my students how to learn how to learn, they will learn physics.
I also trust my students to assume ownership of their learning, do the right things, and accept responsibility for their actions.
Thanks Sean for reminding me of things I need to think about to help create a student-centered classroom.
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Post by Mr Fisher on Feb 25, 2007 20:06:41 GMT -5
i dont want to be too harsh mr fishe, but sometimes you get a little off topic. usually the topics are fun but sometimes they are a waste of time. also sometimes you get distracted alot. if we want you to help us, you stay attached to something else. these are just a few observations of mine Which topics do you consider fun? Which to you are a waste of time? It would help me if I had specifics. Thanks.
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Post by Vignesh Sivasubramaniam on Feb 26, 2007 18:53:02 GMT -5
Hi Mr. Fisher,
I think that physics quizzes, lvd, and mac's are all extremely helpful, but I was wondering if we would be doing any more labs. I think that labs really make things stick and prove to be extremely effective, and of course fun. Hopefully, we can do a lab once every other contract set just to see how various concepts are really incorporated in every day life.
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Post by Hannah on Mar 7, 2007 19:40:22 GMT -5
Mr. Fisher, I think that it would be alot of help if at the begining of units we did more "do now' problems ,as a class, with you explaining them to us. I think this would help us all understand what is going on a little better, before we get lost.
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Post by seanege on Mar 19, 2007 17:34:19 GMT -5
i agree with vignesh sivasubra whattttt!!! jk lol. anyways, the mac and physics quizes really do help seeing that the whole last pg of our 2-d test came from physics quizes.
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Post by Thomas t on Mar 20, 2007 18:46:57 GMT -5
I like the idea of a class note taking session the day we start a unit to get us acquainted with the different formulas we will be using and the topic we are covering.
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Post by Brandon Weil on Mar 21, 2007 18:08:43 GMT -5
I think that it would help if at the beginning of each unit Mr. Fisher told us which resource he thinks would best educate us on that particular subject.
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Post by Mr Fisher on Mar 24, 2007 15:08:38 GMT -5
I think that it would help if at the beginning of each unit Mr. Fisher told us which resource he thinks would best educate us on that particular subject. Actually, it depends. Most students find Physics Quizzes helpful and in all cases HOMEWORK trumps everything else as the BEST WAY to learn physics. But for some students the MAC rocks and other students avoid the MAC unless it's required. Occasionally some contracts seem better suited for ALL, and in those cases I'll assign those contracts as required. I can give general guidance as to types of contracts that match up well with certain learning styles. Example, visual learners seem to perfer the LVD, while auditory learners get a lot out of the Hewitt lectures. In the end, learning is personal, and one of my goals is to help each student work towards their strengths and explore new ways to learn.
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Post by Suman Siva on Apr 12, 2007 21:42:26 GMT -5
I like the freedom given by the new style of contracts. However, I feel that this freedom could be increased to a greater level by giving the opportunity for students to choose their strengths and do more contracts dealing with these strenghts. For example, I am not very good with arts so some of the building contracts wouldn't really help me.
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Post by Lindsay Albright on Apr 22, 2007 18:02:45 GMT -5
My suggestion is to keep this new style of contracts. I think it helps for students to have options and see all the oportunites for extra credit.
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Post by Chiraag on Apr 22, 2007 19:37:11 GMT -5
I think that Bloom's Taxonomy should be optional, but definitely not mandatory. Personally, I did not benefit from it, but I know people who did.
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Post by Lindsay on May 9, 2007 19:40:38 GMT -5
I know you are leaving teaching soon and dont need many more suggestions, but it is kind of hard to find extra credit for units that are so short, especially when we dont have a test (not that i want a test or anything haha) so this 4 day unit was kind of hard. just letting you know
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Post by Mr Fisher on May 10, 2007 18:54:24 GMT -5
Agree, 4-5 day units in a week make XC a little more challenging! That's the downside of the 4x4 and a major reason I think the A/B day schedule for honors level classes works better to help students learn.
You can still do extra GQ/PQ, traditional contracts, etc.
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Post by Chiraag on May 15, 2007 20:08:50 GMT -5
It was a little hard to cover electricity in two short units and I feel that we probably should have had a little more time. We have two "free" weeks after the electricity test (our last EOC unit) before exams. We probably should have cut out some of that "free" time and instead extend the electricity unit.
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