Generating and testing hypotheses correlates with constructivism because the students are at the center of the learning. The students are also constructing a theory and through a chosen application or artifact, students show a conclusion. It is great to think outside the box and apply the previous notion of hypotheses and science to other content areas. It really is a versatile process that can create the need for students to participate in assimilation and accommodation. Web resources provide engaging and interactive applications to apply in various problem-based learning situations.
Generating and testing hypotheses is something I had never picked out for my art class. After some research and focus on the constructivism theory there are several ways to adapt to my classroom. My students could do historical investigations to determine the role that location plays into an artist work. Younger students could go wild with the process of experimental inquiry with primary and color mixing. In which case, instead of my telling them that red and blue make purple they could use data sheets, hypotheses and elimination to accommodate the learning of color mixing on their own. The experience of coming to conclusions on and individual level allows students the equilibration of learning new things that constructionism highlights.
Generating and testing hypotheses is something I had never picked out for my art class. After some research and focus on the constructivism theory there are several ways to adapt to my classroom. My students could do historical investigations to determine the role that location plays into an artist work. Younger students could go wild with the process of experimental inquiry with primary and color mixing. In which case, instead of my telling them that red and blue make purple they could use data sheets, hypotheses and elimination to accommodate the learning of color mixing on their own. The experience of coming to conclusions on and individual level allows students the equilibration of learning new things that constructionism highlights.
Working with manipulatives is facinating and you remember those learning moments because when you use more than one sense it creates a lasting connection. To touch, view and hear an assignment, to read it and hear it explained, to build it or mix it, you just don't forget that type of learning.
ReplyDeleteI would love to be in an art class where you can find what two colors make another color. I did something like this is a undergrad class for science about figuring out if salt made ice melt or freeze. I had the greatest time with this and using something as simple as paint will make it interesting for your students. Seeing that light go off in your students eyes makes teaching well worth it.
ReplyDeleteI do a color lab with water, dye, test tubes, and graduated cylinders that is very fun. It is so simple, but the students learn about color as well as making sure they practice their metric measuring skills. I am working on trying to make this a technology lesson, perhaps with research on the colors and their use in the art world. I am going to try to use my digital camera for the students to put the steps on powerpoint with photos and step by step instructions. They would be writing a hypothesis and running the experiment, with an end product that they can use for other classes. Science and art? got any other suggestions on integrating science and art?
ReplyDeletejpelton-color is a great way to cross the curriculum! I do something very similar to your test tubes, much lower tech though, in my elementary art class, plastic pop bottles work as well. I am not very familiar with your science cso's but I like to do things with space in my art class becasue of all of the vivid visuals.
ReplyDeleteMegan- I too love figuring things out for myself and love a problem-based start to any lesson.
Rakeebah- touching, hearing, listening and doing is a well rounded approach to stimulating our sense, I agree!
I would never have thought about having younger students hypothesize what two colors mixed together will make, but you are truly creative, which is probably why you are an art teacher and I am not. I would assume that your students develop constructionism skills everyday with you as they are building and creating works of art. Great integration of hypotheses into your curriculum!
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