1. What are two strategies for helping students 'unlearn' misconceptions and how might these look in your classroom? (understanding/applying)
2. Examine your own content area. What are/could be some common misconceptions your students may approach you with? Create a specific intervention strategy to address one of these issues. (applying/creating)
#2 Answer: Deaf students come to school with MANY misconceptions about the world. A lot of their misconceptions center around being deaf or hearing. Depending on the environment they came from, deaf children could see me and believe I am deaf just because I use ASL. Other misconceptions could include: all deaf people use sign language, hearing people want to "fix" deaf people, and so forth. In order to address these misconceptions, I would expose the students to as many "types" of deaf and hearing people as possible and encourage them to ask questions as to why each person signs/doesn't sign, uses/doesn't use a hearing aid or cochlear implant, etc.
ReplyDelete#2 Comment: I believe that the first part of your question is more than simple application. I think it moves us into the Evaluate category as it asks us to step into the shoes of our students and predict or make judgments as to what their misconceptions might be without even knowing them yet. It is a great question!