Higher-level (creating): Describe and design a problem or
project based learning activity you may use in your own classroom.
Lower-level (knowing, applying): In your own words define a
concept. Then, give an example of a concept that children may undergeneralize
or overgeneralize.
Lower level: A concept is the "idea" of a thing or process. It is a way of grouping objects, events, and ideas in a way that makes sense. A concept can represent something to a particular culture. A child might think that "dog" is the name for their dog, or that "dog" only describes a particular breed of dogs. This that "dog" described all furry animals. (I think that this is a good lower level question. You have to know something, and then apply it.) would be an undergeneralization. An overgeneralization would be if a child thought
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The following is an example of problem based learning:
You are ordering pizza for the end-of-the-year class party. But how much to order? The students know that there are eight pieces per pizza, and that each of the 20 students will get two pieces. How many pizzas does the class need to order?
The students need to solve a problem that they might face in the real world, and it is even more relavent because the teacher needs to know how much pizza to order. The students will feel invested in the problem and in the outcomes.
This question is a higher level question because it requires you to use creativity to create something related to the subject matter.
I just realized that some unintended copy pasting happened. I meant to say that an overgeneralization would be if a child thought that a dog referred to all furry animals, and an undergeneralizataion would cover the first examples that I listed. Sorry, it must have cut what I was saying and reordered it without me noticing.
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