Hi guys,
I'm an educator in high school and I found that it is critical to find out if a students really understood what the teacher has taught!
What is meant by understanding? Mere regurgitation? that stops at 1...
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Can explain ? justify phenomena, facts, data Can interpret ? offer translation through different modes of representation Can apply ? use/adapt in new situations Have perspective ? see/hear points of view critically; see the big picture Can empathize ? sensitive perception from the basis of prior personal experience Have self -knowledge ? awareness of what might shape/impeded our own understanding For example, I'm teaching physics in school , the questions that I want to ask is
To understand physics is to be able to
Make connections between ideas/facts to explain a phenomenon Make interpretations in respect of a phenomenon Apply the knowledge to new situation Understand the value/limitation of the knowledge in focus Ability to understand different perspectives/worldview of the knowledge Have self-knowledge of one?s limitation in understanding the knowledge
