Science Challenge Day

Autor/in	Siegel, Deborah
Titel	Science Challenge Day
Quelle	In: Science Teacher, 80 (2013) 9, S.51-55 (5 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0036-8555
Schlagwörter	Science Instruction; Advanced Placement Programs; Discipline; Teamwork; Reflection; Self Evaluation (Individuals); Motivation; Budgets; Persistence; Science Process Skills; Science Laboratories; Critical Thinking; Competition; High School Students + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Teaching of science; Science education; Natural sciences Lessons; Naturwissenschaftlicher Unterricht; Disziplin; psychologische; Motivation (psychologisch); Finanzhaushalt; Ausdauer; Kritisches Denken; Wettkampf; High school; High schools; Student; Students; Oberschule; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin
Abstract	Science fairs can be good motivators, but as extracurricular activities, they leave some students behind. However, by staging a Science Challenge Day at school, educators can involve all students in doing everything from choosing activities to judging projects. This article presents a model for running a successful Science Challenge Day. The author and her colleagues conducted a Science Challenge Day during a recent year to meet the International Baccalaureate Organization's requirement to assess personal skills: self motivation, perseverance, teamwork, and self-reflection (IBO 2007). The event can be used for much more, however. It could help assess any number of laboratory process skills, or, with a specific theme, it could reinforce classroom concepts. They found the event to be genuinely fun while also letting students work in teams, apply their critical-thinking skills, and compete in a non-traditional manner. (ERIC).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10