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When you have to write that formal lesson plan with the
standards it addresses and a rationale for why you chose the
standards, choose them randomly--just click on any 3 off of
an online list-- and then rationalize what you have. It
works--since any standard can be used to justify almost any
topic you are teaching-- and it saves time by not making you
hunt for the right standards.

When your teacher goes over how to teach "concept
development" by telling you "4 legs" is an "essential
characteristic" of a dog--i.e. part of the "concept"-- ask
him/her if the dog you saw in the park with 3 legs is still
a dog.. watch the face drop in shock.

Go ahead and laugh during break if you see a class that's a
textbook model of direct instruction outlining the reasons
why direct instruction is not a good method to use in class.

Ask the questions you really want answered:
What is "higher order thinking"?
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Shannon /blockquote>

On 1/07/07, obnoxious and fed up education student wrote:
>
> Go ahead and laugh during break if you see a class that's a
> textbook model of direct instruction outlining the reasons
> why direct instruction is not a good method to use in
class.
>

Oh, don't you worry, I've been ...See More
Feb 8, 2007
JAM /blockquote>

> Do you care that Bloom admits he has absolutely no evidence
> to support his multiple intelligences theory?

Gardiner did the multiple intelligences thing and Bloom had
his Taxonomy.

To which do you refer?
Nov 3, 2007


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