Delve into summer learning with tips and strategies from a few of your favorite ASCD authors. The first session in the ASCD Summer Boot Camp Webinar Series kicks off Thursday, July 18 at 3 p.m., eastern time, and presents a strategic approach to direct vocabulary instruction that helps students master key concepts and retain new terms. Other topics include teacher-led walk-throughs, curriculum, and motivation and engagement from a developmental science perspective.
Learn more about each session and register today!
- "Vocabulary's CODE: A Core Six Strategy for Mastering Academic Concepts and Terms" with Harvey Silver on July 18
- "Walk-Throughs for Teachers Observing Peers" with Donald Kachur on July 30
- "Upgrade Your Curriculum" with Mike Fisher and Janet Hale on August 7
- "Children Are Born to Learn: Motivation and Engagement from a Developmental Science Perspective" with Wendy Ostroff on August 13
Exciting New Perspectives on the Scientific Method in Interdisciplinary Learning
There has been some progress in the last few years for interdisciplinary studies. It's a trend still in its infancy, but it is beginning to catch on due to great successes from early adopters. Schools are challenging their students with problems requiring learning from traditionally disparate subjects. What will be the next technology in education design to use the best methods of learning in siloed core subjects and apply those methods to other subjects? The first, and most obvious example, will be the use of the scientific method in traditionally nonscience classes.
Since birth, every child understands the scientific method at its core. Not only that, they're supreme practitioners of it. Beg to differ? Well, if you understand the basic principles, it's easy to see that even the smallest of children conduct "scientific experiments" to understand the world around them.
Picture a toddler left unsupervised in her family's kitchen. What is this? It's shiny and a strange color! She crawls
Since birth, every child understands the scientific method at its core. Not only that, they're supreme practitioners of it. Beg to differ? Well, if you understand the basic principles, it's easy to see that even the smallest of children conduct "scientific experiments" to understand the world around them.
Picture a toddler left unsupervised in her family's kitchen. What is this? It's shiny and a strange color! She crawls
