Kings

Good in theory but difficult to do. May need to go back to one room school house. Every teacher teaches differently and all students are different
 * Learning Progressions - Why do we like it?**

K-graduate stream line - High school working with college to help stream line studies. This might help eliminate Gen. Ed class in college and be able to focus more on Major. Maryland - student may move out of state. Understand the big basic concepts

Grade school teacher loop - have the same teacher for a number of years.

Learning progessions is not necessary new. It is basically a different way to teach. It is a little more confluent but may still focus on the current subject matter. LP may allow the next teacher in line to continue on at what ever level the new class is at.

Don't like it - push student through to college to quickly - not enough exploring of different subject.


 * Transfer students?** Curricula should be based on this minority group. In some areas there may be a high turn over of students.

Study a topic and have it relate to the next topic. Always be incorporating the data previously learned. Not always having to review, by always incorporating the data, new student wouldn't have such a hard time learning it?

Transfer - Example - Biol 110 - Students that had good high school biology class have an easier time then those that don't.

Discussion of year round school - would this help the learning process. Retention over the summer months - probably nonexistant. - Energy problem in summer - Air conditioner What about winter break - should high school switch to semesters; mentally different then summer, know they are coming back to the same subject - still okay Does occur in the South - 9 weeks on 3 weeks off; problems for parents with kids having different subjects.

Every district is different currently - one may be better than another


 * Science as not process or content, but something else. Does this clarify inquiry or not**?

Mostly people in politics. Text book companies tell us what to teach. Should students have the choice about what to learn? High school does not provide enough choice? Still think there need to be standards so that the kids can get exposed to a wide range of topics
 * Standards?**

How do we introduce the different career paths to the students? More directed classes, clubs with activities, is it the teachers job??

AP classes - teach to the test - not good

High school students should know what field they want to focus in - shouldn't they be able to focus more on what they are interested?

- Discovery - Ask a question - Rigorous science definition - scientific method - experiment, hypothesis, etc.
 * Inquiry -**

Student centered (Not science specific - good teaching) 1. students have choice about topics 2. students ask questions 3. active role (do something) 4. Age appropriate

{Current Research (?) -Actually contribute to field - bioassay}

Open-ended to investigation (students point of view) - not procedual - not predictable (results)

What is science - science is a method in which you obtain your information (Andy) includes natural science and social sciences, philosophy Question comes back to practices??? - skills, norms