An essential skill of an emerging educator is to know how to identify the concepts and skills their students are to know and be able to do. The table below identifies the “Big Ideas” and generates essential questions based on those big ideas for math, science and technology standards.
“Big Ideas”:
Accuracy of presented calculations.
Use of well-defined formulae
Definition data
Improve scientific knowledge
Use of scientific evidences and research work
Improve learner’s understanding
Laboratory demonstrations
Essential Questions:
Why apply big ideas?
How can we improve teaching mathematics?
How can we improve teaching science?
How can we improve teaching technological subjects?
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