8. Valid & Powerful Knowledge “… Instruction must provide experiences and information from which learners can build new knowledge. Instruction helps to focus those processes so that the resulting knowledge is both valid and powerful . Valid in the sense of describing the world well…and powerful in the sense of being useful and reliable for those students in many diverse settings.”
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16. Learning Cycle Engage student interest. Explore content and learn lab skills through relevant and concrete experiences Explain questions generated by introducing content Elaborate by applying concepts and lab skills to new inquiry situations Evaluate content, process, and communication skills
27. Most people learn best in a concrete manner involving personal participation, physical or hands-on activities, and opportunities for personal discovery.
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29. Everyone makes mistakes!! Mistakes leads to new scientific discoveries Scientific discoveries takes place in lab