https://padlet.com/tommylyq/biochemplt_reflections Made with a smile en-us 2017-08-14 23:43:45 UTC 2017-09-08 13:11:28 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Planets.png https://padlet.com/tommylyq/biochemplt_reflections/wish/181047952 Purposefully modify existing resources to disclaimer to students that they are differences between chemistry and biology. Teachers should also explicitly highlight the differences during class and provide exercises in the form of formative assessment to assess their level of understanding of the differences. Summative assessments in individual subjects can also assess the students' ability to present appropriate answers in respective contexts. ]]> 2017-08-15 07:46:27 UTC https://padlet.com/tommylyq/biochemplt_reflections/wish/181047952 https://padlet.com/tommylyq/biochemplt_reflections/wish/181048103 Keep: Trying to find something that benefits students.
Improve: How to do away with redundancies and maximise efficiency.
Start: Finding organic problems starting from the students rather than "what we think is a problem" may prove to be more beneficial.
Stop: Excessively technical parts of research. ]]> 2017-08-15 07:48:14 UTC https://padlet.com/tommylyq/biochemplt_reflections/wish/181048103 https://padlet.com/tommylyq/biochemplt_reflections/wish/181048146 The conceptualisation of the project was difficult initially, but the idea became more concrete over time. The project helps teachers to collaborate across two subjects and allow teachers to have a better understanding of the conflicting content of two different subjects from the point of view of students.

]]> 2017-08-15 07:48:48 UTC https://padlet.com/tommylyq/biochemplt_reflections/wish/181048146 https://padlet.com/tommylyq/biochemplt_reflections/wish/181048173 Keep: collaboration between different subjects
Improve: the length of the diagnostic instrument and how we handle the data from the DI. students spent quite a lot of time on the DI.


]]> 2017-08-15 07:49:01 UTC https://padlet.com/tommylyq/biochemplt_reflections/wish/181048173 https://padlet.com/tommylyq/biochemplt_reflections/wish/181048194 I get to understand how the other unit interpret the questions from their perspective]]> 2017-08-15 07:49:19 UTC https://padlet.com/tommylyq/biochemplt_reflections/wish/181048194 https://padlet.com/tommylyq/biochemplt_reflections/wish/181048247 The journey has been very meaningful.  We work together interdependently to find out the differences between the two subject disciplines and common Biology and Chemistry misconceptions among our students in order to impact our classroom practice in ways that will lead to better results for our students. I do feel that the pace of the project implementation can be slower to afford more time for us to engage in deeper discussion of the conceptual gaps and difficulties that our students encountered in both subjects. ]]> 2017-08-15 07:49:43 UTC https://padlet.com/tommylyq/biochemplt_reflections/wish/181048247 https://padlet.com/tommylyq/biochemplt_reflections/wish/181048254 Design questions that explicitly test them on their ability to use the correct terms in different contextual scenarios. ]]> 2017-08-15 07:49:47 UTC https://padlet.com/tommylyq/biochemplt_reflections/wish/181048254 https://padlet.com/tommylyq/biochemplt_reflections/wish/181048348 Curious as the process showed that Bio and Chem do need to work in tandem in order to enhance students' learning
- most students were not able to translate their scientific literacy into a general sense (bio knowledge exists in a silo, chem knowledge exists in a silo)]]> 2017-08-15 07:50:33 UTC https://padlet.com/tommylyq/biochemplt_reflections/wish/181048348 https://padlet.com/tommylyq/biochemplt_reflections/wish/181048399 We assumed that students have a basic level of understanding of when to use what terms in different subject contexts but in actual fact majority of them do not show this ability to do so. ]]> 2017-08-15 07:51:00 UTC https://padlet.com/tommylyq/biochemplt_reflections/wish/181048399 https://padlet.com/tommylyq/biochemplt_reflections/wish/181048470 Tedious and lengthy. A lot of technical aspects. Uncertain about impact to students, struggle to see if the time can be better spent elsewhere / on another project where we can see a greater impact.]]> 2017-08-15 07:51:43 UTC https://padlet.com/tommylyq/biochemplt_reflections/wish/181048470 https://padlet.com/tommylyq/biochemplt_reflections/wish/181048661 From the data, can help me see the level of understanding among our students]]> 2017-08-15 07:54:00 UTC https://padlet.com/tommylyq/biochemplt_reflections/wish/181048661 https://padlet.com/tommylyq/biochemplt_reflections/wish/181048672 Tedious yet enriching. ]]> 2017-08-15 07:54:07 UTC https://padlet.com/tommylyq/biochemplt_reflections/wish/181048672 https://padlet.com/tommylyq/biochemplt_reflections/wish/181048708 Keep: research design and collaboration between subjects 
Improve: conceptualizing the research project and problem statement such that the project process would minimise effort and maximise output. 
Start: Looking for Research topics that can address problems in MI and maximise impact with minimal effort.
Stop: coding qualitative data to quantitative data. ]]> 2017-08-15 07:54:34 UTC https://padlet.com/tommylyq/biochemplt_reflections/wish/181048708 https://padlet.com/tommylyq/biochemplt_reflections/wish/181048722 Teachers would be more aware of the common misconceptions and apply in their teaching]]> 2017-08-15 07:54:52 UTC https://padlet.com/tommylyq/biochemplt_reflections/wish/181048722 https://padlet.com/tommylyq/biochemplt_reflections/wish/181048977 Good questions with high DI can differentiate students of high ability with real cognitive ability and students of Low ability ]]> 2017-08-15 07:58:05 UTC https://padlet.com/tommylyq/biochemplt_reflections/wish/181048977 https://padlet.com/tommylyq/biochemplt_reflections/wish/181049134 The differences between bio and chem.]]> 2017-08-15 08:00:24 UTC https://padlet.com/tommylyq/biochemplt_reflections/wish/181049134 https://padlet.com/tommylyq/biochemplt_reflections/wish/181049149 can also include Physics ]]> 2017-08-15 08:00:31 UTC https://padlet.com/tommylyq/biochemplt_reflections/wish/181049149 https://padlet.com/tommylyq/biochemplt_reflections/wish/181049244 Be wary about pitfalls that introduce cross-subject misconceptions. Signal to students that this particular section is different from another subject.]]> 2017-08-15 08:02:10 UTC https://padlet.com/tommylyq/biochemplt_reflections/wish/181049244 https://padlet.com/tommylyq/biochemplt_reflections/wish/181049296 Cross-subject questions :)]]> 2017-08-15 08:02:55 UTC https://padlet.com/tommylyq/biochemplt_reflections/wish/181049296 https://padlet.com/tommylyq/biochemplt_reflections/wish/181049447 Students are confused?]]> 2017-08-15 08:05:02 UTC https://padlet.com/tommylyq/biochemplt_reflections/wish/181049447 https://padlet.com/tommylyq/biochemplt_reflections/wish/181104517 To Keep: Inter-disciplinary approach to improve student's learning
To Stop: Coding as qualitative data is sufficient
To Start: Using ethnography as a research design to examine issues from students' perspective. ]]> 2017-08-15 15:36:04 UTC https://padlet.com/tommylyq/biochemplt_reflections/wish/181104517 https://padlet.com/tommylyq/biochemplt_reflections/wish/181104763 Without good awareness of the conceptual problems across the two subjects, there is a chance that we might inevitably perpetuate misconceptions in our students through the use of certain terms and language in our daily instructions. 
It is possible for different subjects to come together to adopt an inter-disciplinary approach to address the problems faced by students. ]]> 2017-08-15 15:37:30 UTC https://padlet.com/tommylyq/biochemplt_reflections/wish/181104763 https://padlet.com/tommylyq/biochemplt_reflections/wish/181105379 Our students do not have deep understanding of the concepts learnt in Chemistry and Biology. This is evident by their lack of awareness of the assumptions underlying the concepts in both subjects. ]]> 2017-08-15 15:40:53 UTC https://padlet.com/tommylyq/biochemplt_reflections/wish/181105379 https://padlet.com/tommylyq/biochemplt_reflections/wish/181105678 As a team, we should develop teaching resources to help Bio/Chem students better understand the differences in the use of terms and underlying assumptions for the concepts. ]]> 2017-08-15 15:42:47 UTC https://padlet.com/tommylyq/biochemplt_reflections/wish/181105678 https://padlet.com/tommylyq/biochemplt_reflections/wish/181105971 Use the misconceptions gathered from the findings to design teaching resources and bridging material to promote conceptual change, knowing that our students don't come to us with a sound understanding of the pure science subjects. 
Work with experts specializing in Biochemistry to improve teachers and students awareness of the differences between the two subjects. ]]> 2017-08-15 15:44:06 UTC https://padlet.com/tommylyq/biochemplt_reflections/wish/181105971