It's been a while since I've revisited the Taxonomy of Problems I threw together a while back, but I think it'll be helpful to spend some time there when considering the following Most-Wanted question around Problem-Based Learning: At what point after allowing the students to work on a problem do I scaffold the content knowledge? … Continue reading When to scaffold, if at all
The Struggle for Productive Struggle
This NPR radio spot confirms much of what we already know about struggle. There's so much good stuff in this report, I'd encourage you to go listen to it or read it. Here are a couple nuggets I found particularly illuminating (emphasis mine). ================= For example, Stigler says, in the Japanese classrooms that he's studied, … Continue reading The Struggle for Productive Struggle
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