Misconceptions Presentation

Presenting on misconceptions and how to reduce them from happening in the classroom was a great, and new experience for me. Many students distort their ideas of certain topics because of tv, movies, games, and much more. It is important to discuss what is actually fiction and reality. It isn't good for students to think these misconceptions and never figure out what's right and what's wrong. Discussing misconceptions in the classroom is an amazing way to clear the air and teach students what is true or false, regarding specific topics. In my class, me and 2 other group members had to share misconceptions on space travel, life in the desert, and rocks and minerals. Researching different conceptions for each topic was interesting because a lot of what we found online, I used to think about when I was in elementary school. Some of the misconceptions we found were ridiculous but a lot of them really made me think of my elementary years and how naive I was, until my teachers cleared my mind and told me what was actually correct. Along with talking about the misconceptions, we had to come up with objectives for each topic pertaining to using the inquiry skills of using space/time relationships, using numbers, and observing. Through this activity, our group learned that we were creating objectives wrong this entire time! We learned so much through this activity, from our own experiences and listening to the 3 other groups present! Overall, these presentations were great and extremely informative. The most helpful thing to me personally was creating so many objectives. It helps me become a better teacher and write a rocking lesson plan!

Click here to check out the misconceptions presentation our class created!

Below you can see the three pluses and one wish format I used when listening to the other groups present on their misconception topics!

Group 2: Kelly, Bailey and Meghan

Three Pluses:
1. I liked how you fixed your own mistakes during your objective presentations.
2. Great misconceptions!
3. The tasks of your objectives were great and very creative.

One Wish:
I wish that some of your objectives were a little more clear, some of them I wasn't exactly sure what you wanted the student to complete.

Group 3: Cierra, Cassandra, Ganny, Marie

Three Pluses:
1. I liked that you were able to go back and fix your objectives so they align with the other groups format.
2. You had very creative objectives!
3. You were very cooperative when it came to constructive feedback regarding your objectives.

One Wish:
I wish that some of your objectives were more clear. The wording of some of them made them difficult to understand.

Group 4: Tara, James and Olivia

Three Pluses:
1. I liked how you were able to accept constructive feedback from the class and Dr. Smirnova and revise your objectives.
2. I liked how James included a little humor into the presentation to make it more engaging.
3. You came up with great activities to do with the students in your objectives.

One Wish:
Since you were the last group, I wish that you took the time to revise your objectives on your own time, based off of the previous group presentations.