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    Finding The Sweet Spot

    By Learning Forward
    April 2016
    Earlier this year, I engaged in professional learning with a group of elementary school teachers. We were investigating Madagascar hissing cockroaches and how they behave under different conditions. Throughout the experience, teachers gathered observations to help construct a scientific explanation and developed additional questions to be researched and investigated. One of these questions had to do with the differences between male and female cockroaches. As the teachers worked independently, my curiosity took over. I went to the National Geographic Kids website and began to read about hissing cockroaches. Suddenly, the room became disturbingly quiet. It turns out that my computer was connected to a projector, and all of the participants were reading along with me. Although having learners read from a projected website isn’t best

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    John Eyolfson

    John Eyolfson is president of Learning Forward’s board of trustees.


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