Gil Posted July 21, 2019 Share Posted July 21, 2019 As students progress through science courses, how do they maintain mastery of material from previous courses? Is there a series that just provides lots of cumulative reviews of a course? We're almost done with our home grown, text-based course in Physics, and it looks like after this one boy will do Anatomy and Physiology, and the other Chemistry. I have been harvesting practice exams and past exams because I plan to just give them a random "midterm" or "final exam" from some Physic teacher as a review every week or two to keep them fresh, but is there a series out there that does this already for any or all of the various science courses students take in Highschool/college? The test prep books I have seen have too few exams to make it worth the investment. I don't want to have to come up with dozens of exams for physics/chemistry/biology/A&P, etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lori D. Posted July 21, 2019 Share Posted July 21, 2019 (edited) Perhaps consider going with an Integrated Science curricula?? That way you are getting some review of, or at least revisiting, the various Science topics each year. Example: Singapore Science: Lower Secondary Science (gr. 7-8), and, Science Matters (gr. 9-10). Or are you thinking of something more like one of these??Everything You Need to Ace Science in One Big Fat Notebook Science Essentials bookTeachers Pay Teacher: Middle School Science Review? I know some people have their students spend 5-15 minutes a day an online flashcard program for review daily of -- example: Quizlet. I can't find her post, but I'm pretty sure Wendyroo of these boards gave a great explanation a few months back of how her flashcard program (possibly Quizlet) shuffles the decks of subjects and reviews info more/less frequently based on if the student is remembering the core information for that subject. Here's an article with links to 8 more programs. You could enter key information onto the online flashcards one time as you all go through your science, and then your students could review several times a week on their own, and you would not have to make quizzes and tests for review. Edited July 22, 2019 by Lori D. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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