Think outside the Box: A Logic-Defying "Impossible" Solution

Autor/in	Raje, Sonali
Titel	Think outside the Box: A Logic-Defying "Impossible" Solution
Quelle	In: Journal of College Science Teaching, 41 (2012) 6, S.10-11 (2 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0047-231X
Schlagwörter	Stellungnahme; Thinking Skills; Science Teachers; Preservice Teachers; Scientists; Science Education; Science Instruction; Higher Education; College Science + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Denkfähigkeit; Science; Teacher; Teachers; Science teacher; Wissenschaft; Lehrer; Lehrerin; Lehrende; Scientist; Wissenschaftler; Naturwissenschaftliche Bildung; Teaching of science; Science education; Natural sciences Lessons; Naturwissenschaftlicher Unterricht; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen
Abstract	"Think outside the box" is a very common phrase, routinely used to convey the idea of finding creative and unconventional solutions to problems. Although widely used as a cliche in the business world, this phrase is significantly applicable to people who do science for a living, because scientists are constantly developing and testing new ideas. Science educators and teachers want their students and future science teachers to possess excellent analytical and reasoning skills and become independent thinkers while developing their content knowledge. Occasionally, when students fail to understand discipline-specific concepts, they become frustrated with them. Although students might not display their thinking skills as applied to science-specific content knowledge, it is critical to acknowledge that students do not come to classes as blank slates. In this article, the author presents a case of one science lesson where a small group of preservice teachers enrolled in her class demonstrated just how much students can think outside the box, even in seemingly impossible situations. (ERIC).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10