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Solidifying Core Concepts With Examples and Non-Examples

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Asking students to identify an example of what something is—and importantly, what it isn’t—helps establish clarity and leaves little room for misconception.

In Sarah Yuska’s 6th grade science class at Monocacy Middle School in Frederick, Maryland, students are just finishing up learning about body systems—respiratory, circulatory, skeletal, and so on. Next, they’ll tackle how the systems work together in an organism. But before moving on, Yuska wants to be sure her students have a solid understanding of each individual system. Enter examples and non-examples, a research-backed approach that helps students refine their own mental models of concepts—and helps teachers identify any misunderstandings in key foundational ideas.

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