domingo, 26 de abril de 2015

Results

We analyze the group of economics and administrative sciences which was formed by 6 students.
The experiment was made successfully but I found a little drawback, we could not get everyone involved.
I realized that only three students were interested in the activity, two just watched  and one was in another world.
We needed to ask some questions which were the clue so they could achieve the goal, for the fist clue  all the group was involved and they could  get  it because of an apriory knowledge which they have experience last year on a electronic class, and with that clue Quetzali could choose the correct material, then just she and two students were trying to turn on the LED, I think that if Quetzali would not be there the students could not achieve the goal because despite they had the apriory knowledge they could not join the previous experience (know and experience how a LED turn on and what is that thing which permit turn it on) with the materials they had, Quetzali told to her classmates:  "the motor can generate energy, because of that a motor moves things" and afther all of them, except one, began to tell Quetzali that connected the LED and it turn on, once achieve the goal we asked to twisk the motor bakwards and they note that the LED did not turn on, Jonathan saw that the metalic part of the LED stick to the motor and asked us if the motor had magnets (he knew that a magnet attracts metals because he had an experience), we answered yes and Quetzali said: maybe is because of the polarity.
They could construct the new knowledge (a motor can turn on a LED) because of previous experiences, so that is the reason of why we consider that this was a way of constructivism.






viernes, 24 de abril de 2015

Constructivism

Group`s aim: that our classmates learn who the energy is suministred to a led and that no just a battery can suminist energy

Description: the activity consist in give some materials, including a motor and a LED, then, ask the LED light, once students have achieved that we will question why the motor can light the LED and after we will help them so taht they can construct the knowlwdge which will be the reason of why a motor can turn on a LED.

Instructions:
1) Deliver 3 cables, one motor, one LED and  aluminum
2) Ask to choose materials that they think can turn the LED
3) Ask them to explain why they believe that the material they have chosen, can turn on the LED.
4) Once they have told us, tell them to use the material and try turning on the LED
6) If they can’t turn on the led explain them why
5) If the LED lights up tell them to complete their conclusion on why it lights up with the material they have chosen
 • The motor is the only material that can turn on the LED.

The method by which our classmates are learning is constructivism because they are absorbing knowledge throught the experience. 
Before can have a conclussion they needed to do it, relate it to what they have experienced before and linking that with what they are experimenting in that moment building new knowledge.