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Cliffg37 Inner circle Long Beach, CA 2491 Posts |
Speaking as a science teacher, and I am... I need to learn how to talk to my students such that I will maintain the integrity of the lesson and topic, while understanding that if the kids don't understand my words, the topic is lost. The other day I was trying to think of a way to explain somthing to my 12 year old daughter. My wife jumps in with the analogy of a shovel scraping snow off of something. That was very easy for my daughter to understand, but sadly it was totally wrong. I don't want my daughter, or my students, getting bad info for the sake of an easy analogy. This is why scientists sometimes seem like they use high falutin language.
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Jonathan Townsend Eternal Order Ossining, NY 27297 Posts |
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On 2012-04-14 17:29, critter wrote: What prestigious peer reviewed technical journals have such long articles? Physical Review Letters C?
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EsnRedshirt Special user Newark, CA 895 Posts |
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On 2012-04-14 19:11, Cliffg37 wrote: Cliff, my son, at three years old, is in the "Why?" phase. And, geek that I am, I always try to explain things to him accurately. Of course, last Friday he asked a why question involving gravity, and I was out of my depth. (Actually, I think most people would be out of their depth explaining gravity.) Sadly, I had to tell him I could only explain it when he was older and had more background knowledge. I'm still waiting for the day he asks a why question, and when I start to answer, he tells me to shut up and let mommy answer instead. That may not happen now- my wife has already said he's starting to sound like a geek, too... It does a father proud
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critter Inner circle Spokane, WA 2653 Posts |
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On 2012-04-14 19:01, LobowolfXXX wrote: Just some of my early class assignments. It's not such a problem anymore. Well, for CJ it is, but I get to do my own stuff in psych now. There were a few times when I'd explained everything but still had to fill space so I ended up writing just to write when the point had already been made four pages ago. When I did my senior capstone I had the opposite problem. In that case there was a max length and I had to figure out what to cut.
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tommy Eternal Order Devil's Island 16544 Posts |
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landmark Inner circle within a triangle 5194 Posts |
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On 2012-04-14 21:17, critter wrote: 'Twas a Lobo joke.
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LobowolfXXX Inner circle La Famiglia 1196 Posts |
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On 2012-04-15 09:36, landmark wrote: Thank God Landmark's awake.
"Torture doesn't work" lol
Guess they forgot to tell Bill Buckley. "...as we reason and love, we are able to hope. And hope enables us to resist those things that would enslave us." |
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critter Inner circle Spokane, WA 2653 Posts |
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On 2012-04-15 09:36, landmark wrote: Oh yeah. Sorry, was tired. From writing 20 pages
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Pakar Ilusi Inner circle 5777 Posts |
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On 2012-04-14 12:30, landmark wrote:
"Dreams aren't a matter of Chance but a matter of Choice." -DC-
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