Minds on Science Gazette

Volume 10

Think Pieces

Classroom Mangement

• Do some research on the issue: Should dissection by used in middle and high school science classrooms. Find at least two sources in science education journals that discuss the issue. What are arguments for the use of dissection? What the arguments against the use of dissection.

• The following are considered to be important classroom management behaviors: with-it-ness, overlapping, smoothness, momentum, group focus and accountability. Which one do you think is the most important? Why? How do these behaviors relate to each other?

• What special safety precautions should be taken given each of the following situations?

1. middle school life science course

2. high school physics course

3. high school chemistry course

4. middle school earth science course