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Teacher credits Gizmos for students’ biology proficiency scores doubling

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Educator spotlight: Larissa Jackson

Larissa Jackson has been teaching for 17 years. Mrs. Jackson currently teaches Biology at a Title I high school in Shelby County Schools, TN.

Many of Mrs. Jackson’s science computer lab sessions involve Gizmos. When she’s not using the computer lab, she has students engage with Gizmos on an interactive whiteboard during whole-class instruction. After her first year of using Gizmos in her lessons, she saw remarkable results. Her Biology students’ proficiency scores more than doubled! She attributes this success to the unique learning design Gizmos provide. Not only are students excited about using Gizmos in her class, they are deeply engaged in the content because of Gizmos. She explains:

“Because my students are such visual and kinesthetic learners, I was able to reinforce my lessons in a way that I hadn’t previously. I also like the way Gizmos require students to make predictions and inferences based on evidence. Because of limited time and resources, I couldn’t perform all the labs that I wanted students to experience. Gizmos gave students the hands-on and visual experience they needed to really understand the concept — specifically, the genetics lessons.”

Mouse Genetics GizmoMrs. Jackson thinks theMouse Genetics Gizmois fabulous for teaching students about genetics. In the Mouse Genetics Gizmo, students can breed “pure” mice with known genotypes that exhibit specific fur and eye colors, and learn how traits are passed on via dominant and recessive genes. The Gizmo allows students to use Punnett squares to predict and track results of successive trials. Mrs. Jackson often has students work in cooperative groups to complete the Student Exploration sheets. Student Exploration sheets generally include multiple activities, with increasing levels of difficulty. This helps teachers differentiate their instruction more easily, so students of all ability levels can succeed.

Even when Mrs. Jackson engages students with hands-on labs, Gizmos are still part of the lessons — enriching students’ understanding of the concept before and after the lab. Gizmos are a great resource to remediate and reinforce the content and skills required of students. Mrs. Jackson really appreciates the Gizmo Assessment Questions too. They are a quick and easy way to assess students’ understanding of a concept.

Mrs. Jackson is currently enjoying another great year of using Gizmos with her students!

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