Imagine That You Are a Science Teacher Who Wants to Teach

question 32

Essay

Imagine that you are a science teacher who wants to teach students about gravity. From past experience, you know that some of your students probably believe that because Antarctica is at the "bottom" of the world, people who go to Antarctica are likely to fall into space. Describe three strategies you might use to promote students' conceptual change about the concept of gravity.

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Definitions:

Stimulus

A stimulus is anything in the environment that one can respond to.

Behavior

The range of actions and mannerisms made by individuals, organisms, systems, or artificial entities in conjunction with themselves or their environment.

Frequency

The rate at which a vibration occurs that constitutes a wave, either in a material (as in sound waves), or in an electromagnetic field (as in radio waves and light).

B.F. Skinner

An influential American psychologist known for his work in behaviorism, particularly the development of the theory of operant conditioning.