From Green Blazers To Blue Corduroys

Lab Reflections: Problem Solving Approach Problem: How do you demonstrate a problem solving approach lab in just 20 minutes?  Keeping in mind that a good problem solving lesson also has students given prior background knowledge which will make them even more affective learners - I think that my attempts at demonstrating a problem solving approach lab went fairly well.  The lesson I taught in lab was on developing a HACCP Protocol for a food production line. Here was the outline of the lesson: Review of Major Food Hazards Interest Approach - What caused the scenario to occur? Activity 1 - Identifying Hazards in the line Going over HACCP Activity 2 - Identifying Control Points in the line There were aspects of my lesson I was really happy that I did and there are somethings that I saw that told me I need to flesh out some aspects of my classroom. Likes: Interest Approach - I liked how I had the students read a scenario and determine what was the ca...

Weekly Investment: Learning as Problem Solving Disclaimer: I have already written two blogs on individual learning so instead I thought it would be pretty cool to focus on the second part of the reading Problem Solving as a form of Learning.  If you want to see those two blogs check out these two links: Individualized Learning in a Room of Many Individuals (Part One):  http://fromgreenblazers2bluecorduroysaged.blogspot.com/2017/10/individual-learning-in-room-of-many.html Individual Learning Part Two - Different Ways Of Application:   http://fromgreenblazers2bluecorduroysaged.blogspot.com/2017/10/individual-learning-part-two-different_9.html Learning as Problem Solving Every day we go through self learning. Take for example these blogs that we are writing are a sense of self learning: We write them over the weekends on readings that are our focus in learn for the upcoming week.  Then we write these blogs and are challenged to read each others blogs and deve...

Weekly Investment: Problem Solving Approach Problem Solving Lessons are the focus of this week's weekly investment.  To help better understand them as a cohort we have begun looking into different styles of teaching them.  To better understand problem solving approach to lessons let me ask the problem: Why are these kinds of lessons so successful? Problem Solving Lessons are great to introduce topics to students.  For our usage we categorizes problem solving approaches into four categories: Forked Road Multiple Possibilities or Factors Situation to be Improved Effect / Cause Let's expand a little on each: 1. Forked Road We like to use these style questions when there are only two options in a problem.  We also call these "Should I" questions. Questions like this are: Should I Cull or Breed an animal? Should I go to class or not go to class? (A daily challenge for most college students) Should I watch Penn State Football or should I wat...