What emotions were triggered when you watched both episodes? Do you think these emotions were planned by the producers of the show? If so, what language was used to incite these emotions? Do you feel like you were led to a particular conclusion rather than left to make up your own mind? How so? Was … Read more
Some will demonstrate mastery of written assessments while others will shine during projects, presentations, or artistic expression. How can students prove their mastery of your chosen standard in an alternative form? Create a performance assessment for your students. This will consist of four (4) parts: teacher GRASPS document teacher planning documents, interesting student copy (should … Read more
Write a letter to parents explaining the performance assessment and how the rubric will be used to grade their child’s submission. Items to include in your letter: a brief explanation of the task and the purpose behind the task; a summary of the rubric categories, how each category is scored, how the rubric score is … Read more
Identify a challenging classroom behavior such as tardiness, inappropriate use of technology, or excessive talking. Use your textbook and at least 1 scholarly resource to describe and defend 1 strategy for counting and 1 strategy for graphing the behavior. Discuss how your chosen strategies are most appropriate for the behavior described, the student’s grade level, … Read more
Discuss the purpose of one phase of the 5E Instructional Model. Explain why the order of this phase makes sense in the context of developing science understanding Phase: Explore
Although most children are naturally eager to learn science, math, engineering, and technology concepts, some early childhood teachers shy away from teaching STEM topics. Sometimes, teachers avoid STEM subjects because they lack content knowledge and feel that they are not prepared to answer children’s questions or stimulate children’s critical thinking. Although learning standards exist … Read more
Explore how factors such as personality, motivation, resilience, and social influence contribute to leader and follower strengths and weaknesses. Assess how psychological components like identity, emotions, and self-efficacy relate to human performance in organizations. Explain how strategies for enhancing psychological capital may be productively applied in organizations. Discuss the challenges to implementing the strategies … Read more
Visit the Iris Center and complete the activity “He Just Needs a Little Discipline.” The activity can be found at: https://iris.peabody.vanderbilt.edu/wp-content/uploads/pdf_activities/case_based/IA_He_Just_Needs_A_Little_Discipline.pdf Use the included Star Sheets to address Matt’s inappropriate behaviors. Which of the three methods of treatment (behavioral, pharmacological, or multimodal) would you recommend for Matt and why? (5 points) What additional strategies would … Read more
https://www.childtrends.org/publications/5-things-to-know-about-racial-and-ethnic-disparities-in-special-education https://today.law.harvard.edu/report-finds-wide-disparities-punishment-students-disabilities-race/ After reading the articles and attachments, complete the following items: Identify 12 facts (at least four from each article). Write a three-paragraph reflection on what you learned, how you can use the information as a teacher, and suggestions for resolving disproportionality in special education settings. (15 points)
Put together a collection of resources related to science instruction that will help students stay engaged and focused on learning. Specifically, the resource file should be a collection of activities, articles, ideas, images and any other documents that might be useful for science instruction based on the following topics: • Science is observing, analyzing, and … Read more