Identify the learning theory or theories that serve as the foundation for your topic by discussing foundational principles. Align the topic throughout the section with the learning theory or theories.

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    • Identify the learning theory or theories that serve as the foundation for your topic by discussing foundational principles.
    • Align the topic throughout the section with the learning theory or theories.
    • Define terms that will be important for your study.
    • What areas of your topic are still in need of further research? (Usually, this can be found in the very last section of academic journal articles, labeled “future research.”)
    • From a biblical worldview perspective, what are the issues with the learning theory or theories you have discussed?
    • Identify from the Sire text the worldview most appropriate to the influential founders(s) of the learning theory.
    • Offer alternative ideas which incorporate a solid biblical worldview perspective. The use of Scripture is appropriate in this section.

Describe and discuss the importance of item difficulty and item discrimination index. Identify questions or comments this raises for assessments used in your classroom

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Solve the following problem on your own: calculate the item difficulty and item discrimination.

Your class takes a writing test where the scores are distributed on a scale of 1 to 5. 1 = lowest, 5 = highest. Here are the students and their Item Analysis for Constructed-Response Items to calculate: (Top Group is top 3 scores, Bottom Group is bottom 3 scores)

Once you have completed the analysis, construct a brief 2-3 page paper OR  a 5-7 minute podcast/audio recording in APA format (2-3 page requirement does not include your title page or reference page) and address the following:

  1. Describe and discuss the importance of item difficulty and item discrimination index. As a classroom teacher, what do these indexes mean to you?
  2. Analyze whether you think this was a good test in terms of these results.
  3. Identify questions or comments this raises for assessments used in your classroom (this also includes assessments required by the state that are administered in your classroom)

Research historical perspectives related to educational constructs-as there a difference in how rich kids and poor students were educated?

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Oral History Assignment.
Current rhetoric in the media suggests that schools are in dire need of repair — kids are lazy and unintelligent, teachers are unprofessional and poorly educated, and that a return to “the good old days” would be beneficial.

Research historical perspectives related to educational constructs listed below. Centralize your research towards the following themes. Be sure to discuss each point within your verbal submission.

□ Was there a difference in how rich kids and poor students were educated?
□ Was there a difference in how Caucasian and minority students were educated?
□ What kinds of supports were available for students that suffered academically — had trouble reading, concentrating… and so forth.

Definitely reflect on its educative value. Simply recount your research in listed form. Sum up your research and make a strong professional argument based upon your researched rationale. It will be this point that separates outstanding reports from mediocre ones.

Who are the people or the person facilitating of this meeting?Would you feel comfortable as a teacher being governed by this group? Why or why not?

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School Governance Evaluation.
When exploring schools it is important to understand the governance structure within schools and school districts. This assignment allows you the opportunity to research the governance structure within schools and school districts. Attend or research a school board meeting or a site council meeting at your selected district. This may include the district in which you are employed. Write a brief summary (minimum of 3 pages) of your experience addressing the following points:
□ What was the purpose of this meeting?
□ What was accomplished?
□ What will be the ramifications of this work on teachers and students?
□ Who are the people or the person facilitating of this meeting?
□ Whose voice or interests do they represent?
□ Would you feel comfortable as a teacher being governed by this group? Why or why not?
□ Would you feel comfortable as a student being governed by this group? Why or why not?
□ What initial thoughts came to mind during the meeting that relate to issues of social, historical, and philosophical conversations in education? In essence, connect to ideas we’ve been discussing in class.
□ What was your overall reaction to the meeting?

Discuss how your plan is flexible to accommodate the needs of learners with learning, behavioral, or language challenges and remains consistent with a stated objective. Include the objective as part of your response.

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Our classrooms today reflect the diversity within our society. Given the various needs, capabilities, and motivation of our students when we design a lesson plan, we must take those diverse needs into consideration. Using an example from your mini-assignment, discuss how your plan is flexible to accommodate the needs of learners with learning, behavioral, or language challenges and remains consistent with a stated objective. Include the objective as part of your response. Respond to at least one peer and consider whether changes made for differentiation remain true to the learning objectives or goals.

How will your understanding of developmental theory and stages guide your interactions in an early childhood educational setting? What elements of early childhood education do you feel are essential to provide within a quality care program?

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In this course, you have explored classic theories of child development while investigating emerging theories in the field.
In this final assignment, you will reflect on the knowledge and skills you have acquired in the course by offering your perspectives on a set of guiding questions.
• Create a 3- to 5-page paper (not including the title and references pages) in a Word document for your response.
• Use APA format for the title page, references page, and in-text citations.
• Include an introduction and a conclusion in your paper.
Use the questions to guide your response:
• How will your understanding of developmental theory and stages guide your interactions in an early childhood educational setting?
• What elements of early childhood education do you feel are essential to provide within a quality care program?

Integrative learning is a general term for many different types of integration. Provide an example of integrative learning related to equations. What makes the learning integrative?

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Integrative learning describes a movement toward integrated lessons which help students make connections across curricula. International best practices in mathematics education may be applicable in the United States. Use the questions to guide an original response and comments on the posts of at least two classmates.

  • Integrative learning is a general term for many different types of integration. Provide an example of integrative learning related to equations. What makes the learning integrative?

 

  • Why is it important to study international best practices in mathematics education? How can they be effectively implemented in the United States? Provide and explain one idea.

Identify an education-related research topic of interest to you that may be used to develop a related problem statement. Develop an overall purpose statement for your research, based on the research problem statement that communicates the intent or objectives of the research.

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Identify an education-related research topic (i.e., the broad subject matter area to be investigated) of interest to you that may be used to develop a related problem statement.

1. Develop a problem statement that addresses the research topic.

B. Develop a narrative literature review that logically flows from the broadly defined problem to more specific research questions, using fifteen sources that meet each of the following guidelines:

• contains relevant academic or professional literature related to the research topic

• is published by a scholarly source

• can be retrieved online

C. Develop an overall purpose statement for your research, based on the research problem statement that communicates the intent or objectives of the research. The purpose statement should align with your two possible research questions.

D. Develop two open-ended research questions that adhere to the following guidelines:

• appropriate for one of the major research approaches (i.e., quantitative, qualitative, mixed methods, or action)

• researchable (i.e., you can collect and analyze data to answer it)

• directly addresses the research problem statement

• cannot be answered with simply a “yes” or “no” response

1. Justify which major research approach (i.e., quantitative, qualitative, mixed methods, or action) you would recommend using to answer each research question.

Reflect on this week’s course content, as it relates to your ongoing discernment of vocation. What might you be called to do in light of all this?

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Rochester college student portal ajones4 paswrd Diamond17 srtoll down to the chritian of faith go down to week 4 and look at the Lecture Material In 250 words, reflect on this week’s course content, as it relates to your ongoing discernment of vocation. What might you be called to do in light of all this? The following (more specific) questions might help:

Cahalan says that we are called as who we are. That is, we are called through the “”givens”” (the things we cannot change, at least not easily) about ourselves, such as family, race, ethnicity, time in history, country of origin, biological sex, socioeconomic status, and so on. Thinking about those sorts of “”givens”” or “”particular contexts”” in your life:
How have they shaped your sense of calling?
How have they affected how you see the world, and therefore how you think about your identity (your “”being””) and your activity (your “”doing””)?
Consider each of the following sources of discernment related to calling:
Passions – What gives you great joy? What do you love?
Gifts – What are your strengths, skills, or gifts? What are you good at?
World’s Needs – Who needs your gifts and passions? What evil in the world do you feel drawn to address?
Community – Who has been an agent of God’s calling for you? What have your communities affirmed or challenged you to do?
How does Jesus show me what a human is meant to be like?
What characteristics or adjectives describe Jesus? What would it look like for my career or relationships to be described by those same adjectives?
Jesus chooses the path of descent, humility. What would it look like in your career or relationships to do this?
In Jesus, death is dead, captivity is a captive, and evil does not have the last word. What would it look like for you to live as if God’s way of life is truer than evil’s distortions?”Vocation Journals (20%) – Due weekly, Friday
Each week, after watching the video lecture(s), write a 250-word reflection on the effect
that week’s content has on your ongoing discernment of vocation (calling). The goal is to consider
how the content might shape your sense of identity (who you are) or activity (what you do). Think
of the journal as asking the question: “So what?” Or, “If I were to live as if these ideas were true,
what would the implications be?”
Include no more than one sentence (25 words) of summary. Do not simply say, “This
week, I learned that God created all people in God’s image.” I know what the topic of the week
was, and don’t need you to summarize it back to me.
Be personal and specific. Do not simply say, “This week, I learned that God created all
people in God’s image, so we should all be kind to each other.” This is something that anyone
could say (it is not personal) and it does not tell me how you are called to participate in this reality
(it is not specific).
Tell me how this would inform your sense of vocation. For instance: “This week, I
learned that God created all people in God’s image. Because all humans are created in God’s
image, I believe that every student I serve as a teacher has inherent value and worth and I will
treat them accordingly. For example, different students have different learning styles, so I will try
not to value one way of learning over another, either in my lesson planning or in my feelings
about my students.”)

How important is technology in visualizing abstract concepts? Why and how does visualization make learning a mathematics concept more interesting?

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Visualization is very useful in helping students understand abstract concepts. Functions are abstract but lend themselves to practical application. Use the questions to guide an original response.

When did you have to visualize an abstract concept? What path did you take, and what were the results?

How important is technology in visualizing abstract concepts? Why and how does visualization make learning a mathematics concept more interesting?

Discuss software programs or packages you use to demonstrate difficult mathematical concepts. Describe one example of the software, and provide a link for your classmates.

Despite the abstract nature of cubic functions, they have practical applications. Provide and describe one application.