Discrepant Events

A discrepant event is when you expected certain results, but got completely unexpected results instead. Discrepant events are important to use and have in the classroom because it is a learning experience for students. They learn how to find out why the results of an experiment turned out differently than they expected. Discrepant events are great teaching points because the teacher can address and discuss with the students why something turned out the way it did and not the way everyone expected. Students can reflect on their answers and figure out why things turned out differently.