Research Article Review

"To develop skills of teaching science effectively you need to follow the research on the current issues in science education." 

Read the entire article here!

Research is super important for not only teachers, but for any profession. Researchers find new innovative ways to approach new standards or strategies and share their findings with us. Once we receive their research, it's up to us to decipher it and use it effectively. Sometimes research is equivalent to proof because research is typically done over a long span of time and requires numerous amounts of data collection which prove or disprove a specific theory or idea. 

The reason I selected this piece is because one of my fellow classmates actually talked about this article in one of her blogs (which you can read here) and I was very engaged in reading about it. In her blog, she outlines a 5E lesson plan that she could implement into the classroom and uses this article as an outline for it. For me personally, I take this article as a challenge to take something that is overdone and overdone, like a field trip to the zoo, and turn it into a fabulous learning opportunity. Digital cameras are amazing tools and could be used in an ELA project or a math lesson. I love the fact that after the students took the pictures they were able to view them and were able to create digital stories. In my classroom, I could use the digital stories idea and apply it to social studies or an ELA assignment in which the student talks about their family or their daily routine. Being trained in special education as well as elementary education, I have seen the wonders the pictures can do and children with or without love to take them, look at them, or make a craft out of them. Speaking from experience, a picture really is worth a thousand words!