We talked among teacher study groups about this very thing and about how the need to ALWAYS find an answer, perhaps the answer, is sometime counterproductive to creative thinking and problem-solving. I know that want the answer in Algebra left me always feeling I hadn't resolved a damn thing, A-C was not an answer, 5 was an answer.
Lori On Wed, 31 Jan 2007 15:50 , Laura Hack <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> sent: >Maybe it is just my personality....but I WANT ANSWERS!!!!!!!!!!! I so >enjoy asking question and making predictions about what is happening, >but then I need closure. I want to read and find out. I'm wondering if >this type of questioning w/out the answers would turn off some of our >students. (Or frustrate them to where they don't want to continue >reading these type of poems.) Any ideas? > >Wow...this probably says something about me as a reader, thinker, and >person. I'm sure there is some researcher out there who could help me >with this! :) > >L. > > >>>> "Waingort Jimenez, Elisa" [EMAIL PROTECTED]> 1/31/2007 3:13 >PM >>> >A few people have mentioned the operator which I found interesting, >too. The operator is trying 21 numbers!! Wow, that seems incongruous >to me. It almost seems as if the operator is acting as a codependent as >she desperately tries to talk to someone on the phone. > >Elisa Waingort >Calgary, Canada > > >Is the operator sort of a lifeline for her? > >June > > > >_______________________________________________ >Mosaic mailing list >[email protected] >To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to >http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. > >Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive. > _______________________________________________ Mosaic mailing list [email protected] To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive.
