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Lisa-Z commented on the post,
What is Science?!?!?!?!?!? 6 months, 3 weeks agoOMG I LOVE IT!!!!!
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Lisa-Z commented on the post,
Assessments 
6 months, 4 weeks agoGreat ideas and questions here ladies. Jasmin, kudos for bringing in Alexis’s previous post into this conversation as well. I think we all need to take a step back and remember that learning is a social process. […]
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Lisa-Z commented on the post,
Best Times <3 6 months, 4 weeks agoGreat pictures!
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Best Times <3 7 months ago
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Alexis commented on the post,
Assessments 7 months agoYes I think that there are those that seem like they are well rounded, but are they truly? If school has become a system of memorizing and spitting out facts for the various assessments thr thrown at students, and […]
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Alex commented on the post,
Assessments 7 months agoI believe it has to do with the fact that we have been taught to simply comply with what we are supposed to do. The students who do well, even when assessments aren’t properly aligned, have been taught that in […]
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Jasmin Ganti commented on the post,
Assessments 7 months agoWhy is it……even with these assessments seemingly not aligning with information presented……are there still students that succeed? Alexis is clearly right in saying that “my brain works differently than […]
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Alex wrote a new post,
Assessments 7 months agoIn an idealistic world, we wouldn’t be the only ones feeling bad about a failing grade; your teacher would be right there with you asking what he or she did wrong. Unfortunately, we live in a pretty selfish, […]
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Lisa-Z wrote a new post,
Camp Cory ’12 was Waavvvyyyy 7 months agoCamp Cory last weekend was such a blast! Here are a few of my favorite moments captured in pictures!
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Lisa-Z commented on the post,
My brain works differently than yours?!? 7 months, 2 weeks agoGreat thoughts ladies! I loved this conversation during class and I am glad that you continued it on your blog, Alexis. I also agree with Jasmin’s final comment about the various forms of support from parents– […]
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Jasmin Ganti commented on the post,
My brain works differently than yours?!? 7 months, 2 weeks agoYou make a great point Alexis. My way of learning is completely different from the next person’s way of comprehending the world around them. I think here you shed more light on how some teachers get caught up in […]
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Alex commented on the post,
My brain works differently than yours?!? 7 months, 2 weeks agoI completely agree with you Alexis, sometimes teachers forget that everyone learns differently and they limit themselves by measuring a student’s ability by a score. This is such a hard topic to handle: Who can […]
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Alex commented on the post,
Experimenting as a Valuable Way of Doing Science 7 months, 2 weeks agoJasmin I think you did an amazing job in asking the reader to take an active role in their scientific pursuits. Rather than blaming the education system or the teachers themselves, you give the reader a sense of […]
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Alexis wrote a new post,
My brain works differently than yours?!? 7 months, 2 weeks agoAccording to Barton’s reading, “Creating Hybrid Spaces for Engaging School Science among Urban Middle School Girls”, young ladies tend not to identify in science education and face certain barriers that may […]
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Lisa-Z commented on the post,
Experimenting as a Valuable Way of Doing Science 7 months, 3 weeks agoJasmin, your post took my breath away. You’ve done such an inspiring job relating the readings and our classroom discussions into your own understanding, making it accessible to anyone reading. Great, great, job! […]
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Lisa-Z commented on the post,
The Nature of Science 7 months, 3 weeks agoI love your comment Jasmin about teachers taking a step back and remembering themselves what it was like to be a student. It’s a very introspective reflection that some people are afraid of.
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Alexis commented on the post,
Experimenting as a Valuable Way of Doing Science 7 months, 3 weeks agoThis is exactly what we discussed in class on Saturday… why would people want to venture out or push themselves in science if hey cannot see the value in it? What is the benefit? I think the only way students […]
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Jasmin Ganti wrote a new post,
Experimenting as a Valuable Way of Doing Science 7 months, 3 weeks agoIt wakes me up by barking at me. It reminds me 10 minutes before every class where I should be. I can ask it a question and it responds with endless answers from the web. It’s a wonderful and breakthrough HANDHELD […]
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Jasmin Ganti commented on the post,
The Nature of Science 7 months, 4 weeks agoI completely agree as well. But……Hmmmm I wonder how many teachers take a step back and let themselves remember what it was like to BE the student, bored out of their mind or easily distracted? I guess we all […]
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