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Science Characters, Part 3: Reflections | Fishing for Rainbows
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Teaching that centers social justice, science, and play. Science Characters, Part 3: Reflections. April 10, 2016. April 10, 2016. Part of what inspired me to do this project was an article I read in Quartz magazine, “There’s a way to get girls to stick with science and no, it’s not more female role models.”. 8220;In a study of 7,505 high school students, Geoff Potvin, a researcher at Florida International University. Measured the effect of a handful of common interventions on students’ interest in physic...
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Science Characters, Part 2: Learning and sharing STEM stories | Fishing for Rainbows
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Teaching that centers social justice, science, and play. Science Characters, Part 2: Learning and sharing STEM stories. April 10, 2016. April 10, 2016. In addition to studying the implications of how socialization and institutional bias affect outcomes in STEM fields. Students were asked to choose a particular scientist, engineer, or mathematician to study and share out their story to the broader school community. When making the list, I prioritized a couple of factors:. Students’ projects were awe...
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August | 2016 | Fishing for Rainbows
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Teaching that centers social justice, science, and play. Fighting impostor syndrome by providing meaningful feedback. August 18, 2016. August 25, 2016. Let’s talk for a minute about impostor syndrome. For any teacher, this phenomenon will be present to some extent, but in STEM it is especially dangerous for female-identified students. And students of color. However, one article. The trap of impostor syndrome in this scenario is that by choosing to believe that you are an unqualified coder but continuing ...
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July | 2016 | Fishing for Rainbows
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Teaching that centers social justice, science, and play. Think like an expert: teaching kids to see the big picture, Part 1. July 28, 2016. July 28, 2016. I mentioned in a previous post that I am currently enrolled in a(n awesome) physics class. On the first day, our professor showed us this photograph:. Take a look… what do you see? I have been blown away by how clearly this has been taught in my physics course, which uses the Physics by Inquiry curriculum. Developed by Lillian McDermott. At the Univers...
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On spatial reasoning & the gender gap in STEM | Fishing for Rainbows
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Teaching that centers social justice, science, and play. On spatial reasoning and the gender gap in STEM. July 27, 2016. July 28, 2016. I’m taking a physics course right now that is reminding me, repeatedly, that I have strong spatial reasoning skills compared with many other people. Now, I’m not writing this to brag – I’m writing it because it has made this physics class. Whose Engineering Inclusive Teaching. Turns out this is not an isolated finding. Many. 8220;Spatial skills are an early indicator.
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Teaching that centers social justice, science, and play. April 18, 2016. April 18, 2016. Not All Fields Created Equal: an evening with Sapna Cheryan, PhD. Leave a Reply Cancel reply. Enter your comment here. Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in:. Address never made public). You are commenting using your WordPress.com account. ( Log Out. You are commenting using your Twitter account. ( Log Out. You are commenting using your Facebook account. ( Log Out. Notify me of new comments via email.
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Think like an expert: teaching kids to see the big picture, Part 1 | Fishing for Rainbows
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Teaching that centers social justice, science, and play. Think like an expert: teaching kids to see the big picture, Part 1. July 28, 2016. July 28, 2016. I mentioned in a previous post that I am currently enrolled in a(n awesome) physics class. On the first day, our professor showed us this photograph:. Take a look… what do you see? I have been blown away by how clearly this has been taught in my physics course, which uses the Physics by Inquiry curriculum. Developed by Lillian McDermott. At the Univers...
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GeekClass | Fishing for Rainbows
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Teaching that centers social justice, science, and play. April 18, 2016. April 18, 2016. Not All Fields Created Equal: an evening with Sapna Cheryan, PhD. Leave a Reply Cancel reply. Enter your comment here. Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in:. Address never made public). You are commenting using your WordPress.com account. ( Log Out. You are commenting using your Twitter account. ( Log Out. You are commenting using your Facebook account. ( Log Out. Notify me of new comments via email.
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Fighting impostor syndrome by providing meaningful feedback | Fishing for Rainbows
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Teaching that centers social justice, science, and play. Fighting impostor syndrome by providing meaningful feedback. August 18, 2016. August 25, 2016. Let’s talk for a minute about impostor syndrome. For any teacher, this phenomenon will be present to some extent, but in STEM it is especially dangerous for female-identified students. And students of color. However, one article. The trap of impostor syndrome in this scenario is that by choosing to believe that you are an unqualified coder but continuing ...
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Teaching that centers social justice, science, and play. April 18, 2016. April 18, 2016. Not All Fields Created Equal: an evening with Sapna Cheryan, PhD. Leave a Reply Cancel reply. Enter your comment here. Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in:. Address never made public). You are commenting using your WordPress.com account. ( Log Out. You are commenting using your Twitter account. ( Log Out. You are commenting using your Facebook account. ( Log Out. Notify me of new comments via email.