Guidelines for Weekly Directed Reflections

(Last updated 7/13/11, cjw)

PHY 302 students must write 12 weekly reflections (one each week - paragraph 3 of the Lab Notebook) based upon the following questions. The reflections need not be addressed sequentially, but all 12 questions should be addressed at some point during the semester. Be certain to include the number and the question itself as you respond to each.

1. What do you see as the role of technology in the modern science classroom?
2. What do you feel is the impact of technology on student learning in a modern science classroom?
3. How can a teacher best incorporate technology so as to maximize student learning?
4. How should technology be used so as to get students to work together in groups productively?
5. What technological factors do you believe influence the motivation and engagement of students in the modern science classroom?
6. How do diverse student characteristics and abilities of students affect the processes of inquiry and influence the pattern of learning in a modern science classroom?
7. How would you adjust the practice of a lab activity (please identify and describe) encountered in this course to better meet the needs of each student in the content area?
8. What benefits arise from the use of instructional technology in the modern science classroom?
9. How can technology be used to provide for differentiated instruction that takes into account diversity among learners?
10. Describe and explain argument(s) can you make that scientific technology in the classroom (probes, Graphical Analysis, etc.) has value for student learning?
11. What role might the use of scientific technology in the classroom play in the recruitment of the next generation of scientists and/or teachers?
12. What role does the use of scientific technology in the classroom play in achieving scientific literacy among all students?