Gee Principles

Gee's principle of probing (p. 54) states that learning is a cycle of probing the world (doing something) and reflecting in and on this action and forming a hypothesis. Select 3 principles you think it would be important for education.

The  three principles I think that are important would have to be practice,discovery and  probing.
Practice makes perfect , the more you do something the better you are at it.In education this term is used very heavily. When you were learning your abc's, you had to be repetitive in order to remember them. I feel as though alot of times  l have learned certain things just by going out and discovering them. This principle will help when it comes to critical thinking or brainstorming activities. Probing is basically another word for experimenting. You are going out and actually testing the information you have gathered.

Good simulations are hard to create. If you were creating a simulation for your class, what activity would you support? What variables could students manipulate? How would they affect each other?

I would support an activity for biology, it would be like a jepordy game. Some people are visual learners and this would help out tremendolously. Students would be able to match pictures with an answer, and in biolgy there are a lot of pictures.



I really feel as though all of these principles are important, though some are more effective. I plan to use some of these in my class. Simulation is a great thing when it comes to education because thats whats popular right now. Video games are interesting to kids and when it is involved in learning, it makes it even better.


JONASSEN, DAVID, HOWLAND, JANE, MARRA, ROSE M, & CRISMOND, DAVID. (1999). Meaningful learning with technology 3rd edition . New Jersy,New York: Pearson.