Analogy Response

Created by Oksana Perkhach (@Oksana), response for Misunderstood Activity

Sometimes students cannot understand completely the meaning of the law of diminishing marginal utility. I this case I recommend them to imagine the most favourable food. After this I can ask them: “How much of this food can you eat during the lunch or dinner?” So students can understand that additional unit of some favourable more… »

Analogy for learning Response

Created by Helen DeWaard (@hj_dewaard), response for Activity

This blog post talks about the tricky idea about ‘what is learning’ since prior knowledge of what learning really is can hinder the understanding of teacher candidates as they work with children. How do they know when learning has occurred if they can’t ‘see’ it? The analogy of riding a backwards bike is used.