—Linda Kalof, Professor, Author Our daily lives revolve around things that we cannot control. Before we step out the front door we ask, will it rain today? What is the chance of getting stuck in traffic? Or better yet, will my class be cancelled? Even though Dietz and Kalof (2009) suggest that life is … Read more
Banchi, H., & Bell, R. (2008). The many levels of inquiry. Science and Children, 46(2), 26-29. Bybee, R. (2015). The BSCS 5E instructional model: Creating teachable moments. NSTA Press: Arlington, VA. Once you have completed both readings, think about a science class you have previously taken. It can be from K-12 or from your undergraduate courses. Think of … Read more
You, the judicial hearing officer, find Gretchen responsible for violating the alcohol policy; she was caught consuming alcohol as a minor. While this is her first offense, university policy mandates that her parents be notified of the infraction. Gretchen begs you not to inform her parents about the violation. She pleads that her dad has … Read more
In 800 words, summarize what FAPE and LRE are and how they are related. Within this, describe and evaluate the ramifications on public policy, on students/families, or on LEAs/schools/teachers of one FAPE court case and one LRE court case. Choose cases from the lists below: FAPE Cases Board of Education v. Rowley Alamo Heights Independent … Read more
Excerpt (p. 277-296) from: NGSS Lead States. (2012). A framework for K-12 science education: Practices, cross-cutting concepts, and core ideas. Arlington, VA: National Research Council. Consider the variety of inequity sources described in the reading and reflect back on your own K-12 science experiences. Identify a time that you experienced barriers to your learning of science because … Read more
Web server auditing can go a long way in enforcing tighter security and ensuring business continuity. The power of log data is tremendous. Web server logs record valuable information pertaining to usage, errors, and other important security events. Using a specialized auditing tool can be extremely helpful during the audit of web servers. In … Read more
Part 2: Wellness Fair Event Plan Health, safety, nutrition, and fitness are topics you have been teaching to your kindergarten students through your mini-lessons; however, it is also beneficial to educate the families on the same topics. Therefore, your goal in this section is to design a wellness fair to educate the families on these … Read more
Using what you have learned about your topic from your literature search, you are working towards formulating a research purpose and question. Note that in the Learning Resources for this week, the language of qualitative research is incorporated into how the research purpose and question is formulated. Here are some basic do’s and don’ts.
Part A: Email/Text Problems What are some of the problems that you have experienced when writing or receiving poorly, perhaps hastily, written emails/texts? Describe at least five (5) types of issues. Part B: Writing a Process Description Select a specialized process that you understand well and that has several distinct steps. Using the process … Read more
For this final part of your course project, you will gather the four resources (ebook, scholarly article, magazine article, newspaper article, and/or website) located for assignments you did in the Module Course Projects over the term (ex: Module 04 Course Project: Books and Scholarly Journals) and use them to create your annotated bibliography. Submit your final annotated … Read more