{"content":{"sharePage":{"page":0,"digests":[{"id":"37032868","dateCreated":"1301867607","smartDate":"Apr 3, 2011","userCreated":{"username":"crystalgremillion","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/crystalgremillion","imageUrl":"https:\/\/ssl.wikicdn.com\/i\/user_none_lg.jpg"},"monitored":false,"locked":false,"links":{"self":"https:\/\/klam-emeralds.wikispaces.com\/share\/view\/37032868"},"dateDigested":1532763048,"startDate":null,"sharedType":"discussion","title":"Carlson et. al.","description":"There are 6 principles related to MEAs. Focus on 2 and explain how those 2 principles are related to constructivism and other theories you have learned about.","replyPages":[{"page":0,"digests":[{"id":"37048268","body":"The Reality Principle suggests that MEA problems should be meaningful and relevant to the students lives. This principle is similar to social cognitive learning. This principle can be related to constructivism in that this principle helps student construct their knowledge easier. If the problem is relevant to the students livies, it is probably dealing with something in the enviornment and constructivism is constructing understanding based on ones interactions with the environment.
\nModel Construction Principle suggests that problems should be made that allow the creation of a model that has elements, relationships, and patterns. This is very similar to constructivism in that it focuses on learning through interactions of elements.","dateCreated":"1301893743","smartDate":"Apr 3, 2011","userCreated":{"username":"HalaSiddiqui","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/HalaSiddiqui","imageUrl":"https:\/\/ssl.wikicdn.com\/i\/user_none_lg.jpg"}},{"id":"37050122","body":"The "self evaluation principle" is very similar to self-regulation in the constructivism theory. Self-regulation requires that a student evaluate themselves and understand the steps required for them to reach a particular goal, whether it be school related or not. The self evaluation principle requires students to form a hypothesis, and test it using their own projects.
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\nThe Construct Generalization Principle (CGP) asks that students summarize their findings. This is related to constructivism in the area of organizing information. In order to effectively organize information, a student must have a general understanding of the concept. Furthermore, the CGP allows students to apply their knowledge to other areas. An expert (based on constructivism theory) is able to generalize concepts and apply them to similar situations, exactly what the CGP facilitates.","dateCreated":"1301902444","smartDate":"Apr 4, 2011","userCreated":{"username":"Caseyb.crittenden","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/Caseyb.crittenden","imageUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/pic\/1296425910\/Caseyb.crittenden-lg.jpg"}},{"id":"37054398","body":"Constructivism is building on to the prior knowledge by learning from the environment. The reality principle allows the student to make sense of the situation by extending their own knowledge and experiences.
\nThe Model Construction Principle allows the students to manipulate, redefine or modify their experiment to get to the result the expected . This is a example of accommodation where the student experiences disequilibrium and later accommodates the new knowledge by making modification as they learn.","dateCreated":"1301917415","smartDate":"Apr 4, 2011","userCreated":{"username":"Ebbybaby","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/Ebbybaby","imageUrl":"https:\/\/ssl.wikicdn.com\/i\/user_none_lg.jpg"}},{"id":"37061292","body":"One principle related to constructivism is the Model share ability and reusability principle. The goal of this principle is to get a student to truly change the way they think, and teach them something that they can apply to various situations throughout the rest of their life. Constructivism is about building knowledge through the thing that happen in your life. So by using this principle, it can prepare students to be able to learn constructively through out out there learning experiences.
\nThe Reality principle is another one that i feel closely coincides with constructivist views. The reality principle seeks to make the problems that a student encounters real and meaningful to them. By doing this the student can relate to the topics and be able to use what they learned in real life, aiding the constructivist method of learning.","dateCreated":"1301925114","smartDate":"Apr 4, 2011","userCreated":{"username":"admiller2","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/admiller2","imageUrl":"https:\/\/ssl.wikicdn.com\/i\/user_none_lg.jpg"}},{"id":"37061922","body":"Model constructing principal is most similar to Piaget's theory of cognitive development. Learning is a process of building their knowledge. By making models to investigate and to find relationships, the students build their own knowledge by modifying their schemes as new information is gathered. This also relate to social cognitive learning. As the teacher demonstrates the model, the students do not have to perform the task, the can just watch to be able to get the concept. Simplicity principal relates to social learning since the task have to be performable so the teacher can help the students perform them. This is related to behaviorism also in that the teacher promote certain behavior in their students.","dateCreated":"1301925457","smartDate":"Apr 4, 2011","userCreated":{"username":"TuyenN","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/TuyenN","imageUrl":"https:\/\/ssl.wikicdn.com\/i\/user_none_lg.jpg"}},{"id":"37173716","body":"Amanda,
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\nI like where you were going with your description of the reality principle. I feel that it is important to present real problems to students, rather than solely from chapter 10. Furthermore, effective use of the reality principle will inspire students to analyze occurrences in reality regularly. Constant exercising of the brain will benefit students in and out of the classroom.","dateCreated":"1302053928","smartDate":"Apr 5, 2011","userCreated":{"username":"Caseyb.crittenden","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/Caseyb.crittenden","imageUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/pic\/1296425910\/Caseyb.crittenden-lg.jpg"}},{"id":"37191710","body":"Hala,
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\nI also agree that both reality principle and model construction principle allows the student to interact with the environment this allows the students to construct knowledge. I also believe that making the lesson student based will make the student want to learn and the lesson also becomes interesting.","dateCreated":"1302093362","smartDate":"Apr 6, 2011","userCreated":{"username":"Ebbybaby","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/Ebbybaby","imageUrl":"https:\/\/ssl.wikicdn.com\/i\/user_none_lg.jpg"}},{"id":"37197348","body":"Ebby, I like how you simply described the relation of the two principles to accommodation and disequilibrium. That makes a lot of sense to describe it that way, because that is what students are doing when they come up with a hypothesis, find out its wrong and learn from that instance.","dateCreated":"1302097778","smartDate":"Apr 6, 2011","userCreated":{"username":"admiller2","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/admiller2","imageUrl":"https:\/\/ssl.wikicdn.com\/i\/user_none_lg.jpg"}},{"id":"37197608","body":"Casey,
\nI thought self-regulation is in the social cognitive learning. You might have it mixed up. I think that you mean to say social learning, which is a part of constructivism theory? But yes I like how you point out that self evaluation principal is similar to self-regulation.","dateCreated":"1302098028","smartDate":"Apr 6, 2011","userCreated":{"username":"TuyenN","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/TuyenN","imageUrl":"https:\/\/ssl.wikicdn.com\/i\/user_none_lg.jpg"}}],"more":0}]},{"id":"37032862","dateCreated":"1301867594","smartDate":"Apr 3, 2011","userCreated":{"username":"crystalgremillion","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/crystalgremillion","imageUrl":"https:\/\/ssl.wikicdn.com\/i\/user_none_lg.jpg"},"monitored":false,"locked":false,"links":{"self":"https:\/\/klam-emeralds.wikispaces.com\/share\/view\/37032862"},"dateDigested":1532763049,"startDate":null,"sharedType":"discussion","title":"Websites","description":"Elaborate on how you think MEAs are different from typical in-class activities used to teach statistics, math or science? See Table 1 for help. OR How are MEAs similar and different from Clinical Interviews?","replyPages":[{"page":0,"digests":[{"id":"37046966","body":" MEA's are different from regular classroom activities on several different grounds. You can decide whether to use an MEA or a regular activity depending on the results you are seeking and why you are doing it. The purpose of a MEA is to analyze the way the student tries to solve the problem given to them, and to find out how their thought process works. In this sense it is like a clinical interview. A regular classroom activity doesn't really seek these types of answers, its more for the student not the teacher, to be able to work with and grasp a certain idea.
\n Another difference is how they seek to teach the students two different concepts. With a MEA, the purpose is to have the student discover a type of scientific method (asking questions, and testing the questions) that they can apply not only to the problem they're working on, but also problems that have a similar concept. MEA's encourage a student to look broadly and be able to take what they learned and for it to make a impact. A regular activity is very focused and really is only supposed to pertain only to the task that is being worked on. Because of this, an MEA will better prepare the student for the future.
\n MEA's also encourage different solutions to the same problem. One student might see something a little different then another, and because of that there can be multiple solutions to any given problem. There is just one conclusion to come to for the usual in-class activity, and usually the activity keeps them on a narrower path as they go about it.
\n The last thing that is definitely different is the fact that regular activities are not as discussion\/debate orientated. With an MEA students have to talk to others about their theory and justify why it is correct. MEA's have a more social side to them.","dateCreated":"1301889302","smartDate":"Apr 3, 2011","userCreated":{"username":"admiller2","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/admiller2","imageUrl":"https:\/\/ssl.wikicdn.com\/i\/user_none_lg.jpg"}},{"id":"37047374","body":"MEAs are very similar to Clinical interviews. They both provide grounds on which student thinking can be viewed. The questions are open-ended and there are no wrong answers.Another similarity is their low frequency of occurring only a few times. However, they are different in their purpose. Clinical Interviews focus on allowing teachers to learn about student misconceptions and gray areas. MEAs focus on bettering student understanding of the concept. They also defer in that Clinical interviews involve only one student without help from peers and MEAs depend on group work.","dateCreated":"1301890518","smartDate":"Apr 3, 2011","userCreated":{"username":"HalaSiddiqui","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/HalaSiddiqui","imageUrl":"https:\/\/ssl.wikicdn.com\/i\/user_none_lg.jpg"}},{"id":"37048780","body":"MEAs differ from typical in-class activities regarding science in many aspects. To me, MEAs give students a better idea of what true science is. In science, a "correct" solution is rarely known before a test is performed. With MEAs, students are given the opportunity to construct their own hypotheses, and then test their hypotheses with regards to other students' tests. Typical in class activities typically have concrete instructions to be followed by students that allow little room for student creativity. With MEAs, students are given a great opportunity to use their creativity to solve a real life problem. This will be much more effective than having students complete worksheets or other similar exercises. Furthermore, MEAs better prepare students for life outside of high school. They gain experience constructing models, while gaining understanding of a concept. MEAs should not replace normal in class activities, rather expand upon.
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\nTrue science requires that students construct a question, and answer that question with models. Typical in class activities require students to follow someone else's procedure of solving a problem or answering a question. MEAs allow students to think for themselves, a much more useful skill than being able to follow instructions for an experiment they already know will work. In the real world, workers are not given a procedure to carry out their job like students are in a classroom. MEAs prepare students for science much better than typical in class activities.","dateCreated":"1301895886","smartDate":"Apr 3, 2011","userCreated":{"username":"Caseyb.crittenden","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/Caseyb.crittenden","imageUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/pic\/1296425910\/Caseyb.crittenden-lg.jpg"}},{"id":"37052616","body":"Similarities between clinical interviews and MEA are that students' prior knowledge and intuitions often conflict with new learning. that is the student experiences a disequilibrium as the learning happens. In both these process students come up with answers to the open ended question.
\nOne of the differences i find between MEAs and clinical interviews is that clinical interview is designed to help the student clarify any misunderstanding after the learning has taken place. MEAs are designed to help the student understand better as they learn.","dateCreated":"1301912444","smartDate":"Apr 4, 2011","userCreated":{"username":"Ebbybaby","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/Ebbybaby","imageUrl":"https:\/\/ssl.wikicdn.com\/i\/user_none_lg.jpg"}},{"id":"37062236","body":"It is very difficult to apply MEA to statistics class because statistics is all about probability and making guesses. There's really no room for open-ended questions since the answer that we want tin statistics are very specific","dateCreated":"1301925633","smartDate":"Apr 4, 2011","userCreated":{"username":"TuyenN","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/TuyenN","imageUrl":"https:\/\/ssl.wikicdn.com\/i\/user_none_lg.jpg"}},{"id":"37169164","body":"Casey
\nI completely agree with you about MEAs and their relevance to science. I hadnt thought about MEAs in that way but you are absolutely right. MEAs correctly show how science should be conducted and what science is.","dateCreated":"1302049374","smartDate":"Apr 5, 2011","userCreated":{"username":"HalaSiddiqui","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/HalaSiddiqui","imageUrl":"https:\/\/ssl.wikicdn.com\/i\/user_none_lg.jpg"}},{"id":"37174096","body":"Amanda,
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\nI agree that MEAs open to students up to mulitple explanations for a problem. However, I feel that typical in-class activities can do this as well. No question, an MEA definitely does a more effective job, but I feel that teachers can shape typical in-class activities to promote group work or other multiple-solution type problems.","dateCreated":"1302054354","smartDate":"Apr 5, 2011","userCreated":{"username":"Caseyb.crittenden","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/Caseyb.crittenden","imageUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/pic\/1296425910\/Caseyb.crittenden-lg.jpg"}},{"id":"37191168","body":"Casey,
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\ni agree that normal activities gives less room for creativity therefore they need to expand MEA's upon the norma; activities.","dateCreated":"1302092761","smartDate":"Apr 6, 2011","userCreated":{"username":"Ebbybaby","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/Ebbybaby","imageUrl":"https:\/\/ssl.wikicdn.com\/i\/user_none_lg.jpg"}},{"id":"37196650","body":"Casey, I see what your saying about how MEA's teach students true science and how they can explore the scientific idea a little more then in a straightforward type of classroom activity. It gets students to think on their own more.","dateCreated":"1302097383","smartDate":"Apr 6, 2011","userCreated":{"username":"admiller2","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/admiller2","imageUrl":"https:\/\/ssl.wikicdn.com\/i\/user_none_lg.jpg"}},{"id":"37198008","body":"Amanda,
\nI love how you point out that it widen the experience of the students. I enjoy school more when the teacher make the lesson more exciting. By applying the lesson to my everyday life, it makes it not as abstract. And for me that is the most crucial thing in teaching.","dateCreated":"1302098402","smartDate":"Apr 6, 2011","userCreated":{"username":"TuyenN","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/TuyenN","imageUrl":"https:\/\/ssl.wikicdn.com\/i\/user_none_lg.jpg"}}],"more":0}]},{"id":"37032848","dateCreated":"1301867573","smartDate":"Apr 3, 2011","userCreated":{"username":"crystalgremillion","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/crystalgremillion","imageUrl":"https:\/\/ssl.wikicdn.com\/i\/user_none_lg.jpg"},"monitored":false,"locked":false,"links":{"self":"https:\/\/klam-emeralds.wikispaces.com\/share\/view\/37032848"},"dateDigested":1532763051,"startDate":null,"sharedType":"discussion","title":"Greenstein et al.","description":"How would you have solved the problem presented? Which of the different solutions is your solution strategy most similar? Which did you not really consider as a good solution strategy? Why not?","replyPages":[{"page":0,"digests":[{"id":"37048474","body":"In order to solve the problem I would make both vertical sections and horizontal sections and then number in terms of wins versus loses. My solution is most similar to table 1. I dont think table 3 would be as effective because it seems prone to more inaccuracy. In the strategy, you rank based on what distance looks like rather than the accual rank between wins versus loses","dateCreated":"1301894544","smartDate":"Apr 3, 2011","userCreated":{"username":"HalaSiddiqui","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/HalaSiddiqui","imageUrl":"https:\/\/ssl.wikicdn.com\/i\/user_none_lg.jpg"}},{"id":"37048920","body":"If this bracket contained other information such as date of loss, team lost to or won against, each of those variables would be taken into consideration (similar to BCS football rankings). However, the only parameters here are wins\/losses.I would solve this problem by making a table for each team with one column as wins, the other as losses. Then, I would calculate the ratio of wins:losses the team with the highest win\/loss ratio that played at least x amount of games would be the champion. If a team plays two games and wins them both, they should not win over a team that won 14\/20 games.
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\nMy problem solving strategy is most similar to strategy 2 because it depends on total number of games played and wins\/losses. Strategy 3 is the most ineffective because it places no importance on the number of games played. By strategy 3's logic, a team that went 1-0 would be better than a team that went 19-1.","dateCreated":"1301896782","smartDate":"Apr 3, 2011","userCreated":{"username":"Caseyb.crittenden","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/Caseyb.crittenden","imageUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/pic\/1296425910\/Caseyb.crittenden-lg.jpg"}},{"id":"37056804","body":"I would approach this problem by calculating the total number of games played and find the percentage of wins and losses, Then i would rank the teams in the order of the percent wins. My solution strategy is most similar to strategy 2 because the also consider the total number of games played by each team. I would say the first strategy is not really consider as a good solution strategy because they only compare the relative wins and losses of each teams. They don't account the number of games played by each team.","dateCreated":"1301919892","smartDate":"Apr 4, 2011","userCreated":{"username":"Ebbybaby","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/Ebbybaby","imageUrl":"https:\/\/ssl.wikicdn.com\/i\/user_none_lg.jpg"}},{"id":"37060010","body":"The way I would approach this problem is to find the ratio of wins vs. losses of teams. Whichever team has the highest ratio will be the winning team. This solution is most similar to solution three when they connect the points to the origin. Strategy number one is not a good approach towrad this problem because it does not account for the number of games each team played. Therefore, finding the team with the most wins to determine whos in the lead is not accurate","dateCreated":"1301924001","smartDate":"Apr 4, 2011","userCreated":{"username":"TuyenN","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/TuyenN","imageUrl":"https:\/\/ssl.wikicdn.com\/i\/user_none_lg.jpg"}},{"id":"37169448","body":"Everyone
\nI always complicate things... lol. Anyways I see how everyone used ratios and that would be the most effective way. I guess the reason I went the different route was because I am a more visual person.","dateCreated":"1302049738","smartDate":"Apr 5, 2011","userCreated":{"username":"HalaSiddiqui","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/HalaSiddiqui","imageUrl":"https:\/\/ssl.wikicdn.com\/i\/user_none_lg.jpg"}},{"id":"37173536","body":"Hala,
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\nI see where you were going with your solution to this problem, and yes, I think you did over think it a bit. However, since this question is likely meant for junior high students, the simpler solution is probably the best. I think that the simpler solution to this problem can be answered pictorially (and it was).","dateCreated":"1302053676","smartDate":"Apr 5, 2011","userCreated":{"username":"Caseyb.crittenden","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/Caseyb.crittenden","imageUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/pic\/1296425910\/Caseyb.crittenden-lg.jpg"}}],"more":0}]}],"more":false},"comments":[]},"http":{"code":200,"status":"OK"},"redirectUrl":null,"javascript":null,"notices":{"warning":[],"error":[],"info":[],"success":[]}}