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Tips from experienced flipping teachers – meriSTEM facilitated PD

Given our background in providing flipped classroom physics resources, and our local community of highly experienced flipping teachers, the meriSTEM team decided to host a workshop in October last year. We held a short Q&A with expert flippers, then moved on to a problem solving exercise, seeding an expert at Read more…

By Jay Ridgewell, 2 years1 year ago
Active Learning

Metacognition and self-regulated learning

Because using the flipped classroom approach can be different for students, more than ever it is important to be explicit about the whys, hows and how-tos. Evidence for Learning is an Australian education research group and they have 7 recommendations for metacognition and self-regulated learning in the classroom: 7 recommendations Read more…

By Jay Ridgewell, 2 years1 year ago
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Science inquiry – rhetoric or reality?

Inquiry in science classrooms: Rhetoric or reality? (Goodrum, 2006) summary While there’s been plenty of talk about science inquiry learning for decades, there has been limited evidence of it eventuating*. A pilot program called the Collaborative Australian Secondary Science Program (CASSP) and a study into its impact on student learning paved the Read more…

By Jay Ridgewell, 3 years1 year ago
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