Grade 7 Science

Durham University, tax accountant, author, science teacher, enrichment coordinator ~ Always question. Always wonder.

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@SoLInTheWild The key is generating epistemic curiosity. I use discrepant events/challenge throughout the explicit teaching sequence in science. The brain is a natural prediction/Bayesian hypothesizing machine. It's not obscure if it connects with prior knowledge. Start & finish with curiosity

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@sharemath I highly recommend Being You (Anil Seth) & The Experience Machine (Andy Clark) & Adam Wray's substack Predictably, Correct. Adds another dimension or step to the simple model of the mind. Epistemic curiosity and prediction errors trigger learning to reduce uncertainty.

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@dperkinsed Focus on epistemic curiosity through appropriate challenge not engagement.

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@dperkinsed Because you don't have to ... set a single challenging objective and scaffold teaching so that all students attain the objective.

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@ShakinthatChalk It would be much fairer and better for society if everyone were equally as rubbish ... totally agree. Millfield School has had at least one Olympian since 1956. They had 41 Olympians in total at the last three Olympics!

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@VinceBoley Differentiate or scaffold? Give easier work to some students (differentiate) or help all students attain the same challenging learning objective (scaffold)?

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@dylanwiliam @rpondiscio Isn't it about input vs process? Diet can be different but the biological digestive process is the same. The biological process of learning in the brain is the same for all of us but we can present content, for example, in smaller or larger chunks to help the learning process.

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@greg_ashman How about Greg & Ralph teach a 4-week unit to a class of similar students (all early-stage novices) the same topic in a controlled setting and see which group of students make the most gains? Would you put your money on explicit instruction or inquiry-learning?

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