Comments on: Knowledge vs Know HOW http://avenue4learning.com/2009/03/25/knowledge-vs-know-how/ Ideas for Teaching Students in THEIR World... Sat, 31 Jul 2010 15:47:30 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.2 hourly 1 By: BK-Teach http://avenue4learning.com/2009/03/25/knowledge-vs-know-how/comment-page-1/#comment-130 BK-Teach Thu, 26 Mar 2009 00:14:26 +0000 http://avenue4learning.com/?p=79#comment-130 Right on! I teach a class called AVID. Two days a week, we have small groups lead by grad student tutors. The students bring questions from core classes. Then they work with other students with tutors to discover their own answers. Today I had one group work through this question: "What are other ways to turn a liquid to gas without evaporation?" They decided after 20 minutes of awesome discussion and analogies that evaporation is the only way. Right or wrong doesn't really matter. The discussion, thought, and process of getting the answer were outstanding. I think that is what you are getting at and I believe that is the key to education. Right on! I teach a class called AVID. Two days a week, we have small groups lead by grad student tutors. The students bring questions from core classes. Then they work with other students with tutors to discover their own answers.

Today I had one group work through this question: “What are other ways to turn a liquid to gas without evaporation?” They decided after 20 minutes of awesome discussion and analogies that evaporation is the only way.

Right or wrong doesn’t really matter. The discussion, thought, and process of getting the answer were outstanding.

I think that is what you are getting at and I believe that is the key to education.

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