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How can laboratory research in cognitive and developmental psychology contribute to science education.(and vice versa)?

 
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Slide 31

What to hold and what to fold?

  • Pedagogy:
    • Same goal – teach CVS
    • Same type of instruction: direct instruction
  • Assessment:
    • Same as laboratory
    • Plus, some new assessments in classroom
  • Context (many differences):
    • Scheduling
    • Student/teacher ratio
    • Group work
    • Record keeping
    • Error and multiple trials