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Math, Science and Technology Gifted and Talented. Mrs. Elaine Frederick. Class Meetings. Classes will meet biweekly. Students will meet by grade level. Classes will meet in the Technology Lab. Goals and Objectives:.
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Math, Science and Technology Gifted and Talented Mrs. Elaine Frederick
Class Meetings • Classes will meet biweekly. • Students will meet by grade level. • Classes will meet in the Technology Lab.
Goals and Objectives: • Students will understand that collaboration is an essential part of the scientific process and scientists do not work in a vacuum. • Students will understand that there is a scientific process consisting of developing a question, forming a hypothesis, performing investigations or experiments, gathering of data, and analysis or evaluation of data.
Continued • Students will understand that the scientific approach is not utilized only in the science laboratory but used to solve problems in any real life situation. • Students will understand that there are patterns all around them. • Students will understand that being correct is not a requirement and that there is value in being wrong.
Developing the Three Story Intellect • Enhance the cognitive levels of classroom interaction • Make sense out of the information gathered • Apply and evaluate actions in a novel situation
Wait Time • What is it? • Control wait time
Design Process • Identify the Need or Problem • Research the Need or Problem • Develop Possible Solution(s) • Select the Best Possible Solution • Construct a Prototype • Test and Evaluate the Solution(s) • Communicate the Solutions • Redesign
The 16 Habits of Mind identified by Costa and Kallick: • Persisting • Thinking and communicating with clarity and precision • Managing impulsivity • Gathering data through all senses • Listening with understanding and empathy • Creating, imagining, innovating • Thinking flexibly • Responding with wonderment and awe
Habits of Mind-continued • Thinking about thinking (metacognition) • Taking responsible risks • Striving for accuracy • Finding humor • Questioning and posing problems • Thinking interdependently • Applying past knowledge to new situations • Remaining open to continuous learning
Sites of Interest • http://www.hoagiesgifted.org/hoagies_kids.htm • http://www.ehhs.cmich.edu/~tvantine/edgt.html • http://gtworld.org/?