Identify one area in instruction and one area in assessment you believe you need some professional development.

Instruction and Assessment

Identify one area in instruction and one area in assessment you believe you need some professional development. Find 5 resources for each—websites, scholarly articles, videos (You Tube, Teacher Tube, et cetera) for a total of 10 entries. Submit an annotated bibliography. Include link(s) for websites or videos and PDFs of any articles.

Complete five journal article reviews. Select a journal article relating to the topic for the module as shown below.

Assessments Assignment Journal Critque

Journal Article Review Assignment Instructions

Overview

For this course, you will complete five journal article reviews. For each Journal Article Review Assignment, you will select a journal article relating to the topic for the module as shown below. Each journal article selected must be current within the last five years, from a peer-reviewed journal, and related to students with autism.

The topics for the Journal Article Review Assignments are as follows:

Module 1: Week 1 Journal Article Review: Causes of Autism
Module 2: Week 2 Journal Article Review: Collaborating with Parents of Students with Autism
Module 4: Week 4 Journal Article Review: Sensory Aspects of Autism
Module 5: Week 5 Journal Article Review: Comorbid Diagnoses (DSM)
Module 7: Week 7 Journal Article Review: School-Based Assessment

 

Instructions

For each Journal Article Review Assignment, include at least one paragraph for each of the following:

  • Introduction that summarizes the article.
  • Analysis of the author’s or authors’ key points. Include statements that offer comparison and/or contrast of the article’s content to the information in the course’s textbook readings.
  • Personal reflection linking your own experiences to the content of the article. Include a concluding statement on the overall effectiveness of the article.

Each Journal Article Review Assignment must be at least one, double-spaced page. Current APA formatting guidelines must be followed throughout the paper, including margins, font style and size, and in-text citations.

Include a title page and a references list that begins on a separate page. The title page and references page must be in current APA format.

Include either your first or last name in the file name when you save the document (e.g., Smith Journal Article Review Causes of Autism).

 

Note: Your assignment will be checked for originality via the Turnitin plagiarism tool.

Choose a peer-reviewed research article from the journal articles you found for your research project. Analyze the research design in the research article.

Article Critique:

Choose a peer-reviewed research article from the journal articles you found for your research project. The research article you choose for this assignment needs to have been published 2012-present. You will need to analyze the research design in the research article. You will submit both the article pdf and your critique to Assignments. (Article Critique10 points)

Article Critique will be graded on the following criteria:
1) Description of research in article 2 pts
2) Sample size and other important features to the research 2 pts
3) Summary of data analysis and research findings in article 2 pts
4) Overall critique of the research in the article 2 pts
5) Writing: Grammar, mechanics, APA (7th ed.), etc. 2 pts

What is the article about? What are the key points? How does the article relate to what you have read, seen, or discussed in class? Why is this article important?

Diversity Report

EDU-200: Foundations of Education

As you have gained a bit of knowledge on the idea of diversity in the realm of education, you will need to complete an analysis report on an article that you find that discusses the importance
of diversity in education.

First, search for an article via the EGCC online library that touches on diversity in education in any facet – i.e. working with multicultural students, minority teacher experiences, working with diverse learners etc.

NOTE: The article must be a research-based article (i.e. peer reviewed and/or backed up with actual research/evidence). Read the article, and note anything in particular that you find to be important or essential.

After reading the article, you are to write a 300-500 word (1.5-2 page) analysis of the article.
Your analysis should include answers to all of the following questions:
 What is the article about? What are the key points?
 How does the article relate to what you have read, seen, or discussed in class?
 Why is this article important?
 Do you agree or disagree with the claims made in the article? Why or why not?

Finally, be sure that you cite your article in proper APA style at the end of your analysis.

What is the article about? What are the key points? How does the article relate to what you have read, seen, or discussed in class? Why is this article important?

Diversity Report

EDU-200: Foundations of Education
As you have gained a bit of knowledge on the idea of diversity in the realm of education, you will need to complete an analysis report on an article that you find that discusses the importance of diversity in education.

First, search for an article via the EGCC online library that touches on diversity in education in any facet – i.e. working with multicultural students, minority teacher experiences, working with diverse learners etc.

NOTE: The article must be a research-based article (i.e. peer reviewed and/or backed up with actual research/evidence). Read the article, and note anything in particular that you find to be important or essential.

After reading the article, you are to write a 300-500 word (1.5-2 page) analysis of the article.

Your analysis should include answers to all of the following questions:
 What is the article about? What are the key points?
 How does the article relate to what you have read, seen, or discussed in class?
 Why is this article important?
 Do you agree or disagree with the claims made in the article? Why or why not?

Finally, be sure that you cite your article in proper APA style at the end of your analysis.

What is the article about? What are the key points? How does the article relate to what you have read, seen, or discussed in class? Why is this article important? Do you agree or disagree with the claims made in the article? Why or why not?

Diversity Report

EDU-200: Foundations of Education

As you have gained a bit of knowledge on the idea of diversity in the realm of education, you will need to complete an analysis report on an article that you find that discusses the importance
of diversity in education.

First, search for an article via the EGCC online library that touches on diversity in education in any facet – i.e. working with multicultural students, minority teacher experiences, working with diverse learners etc. NOTE: The article must be a research-based article (i.e. peer reviewed and/or backed up with actual research/evidence). Read the article, and note anything in
particular that you find to be important or essential.

After reading the article, you are to write a 300-500 word (1.5-2 page) analysis of the article.
Your analysis should include answers to all of the following questions:
 What is the article about? What are the key points?
 How does the article relate to what you have read, seen, or discussed in class?
 Why is this article important?
 Do you agree or disagree with the claims made in the article? Why or why not?

Finally, be sure that you cite your article in proper APA style at the end of your analysis.

From your own experience, write a brief anecdote. It could, for example, be about a particularly bad day at home or a memorable day at work.

Brief anecdote

From your own experience, write a brief anecdote. It could, for example, be about a particularly bad day at home or a memorable day at work. Be sure to include appropriate sensory impressions that will improve the reader’s understanding of and provoke interest in your anecdote. Try not to “overwrite”, however: avoid excessive detail that does not contribute directly to involving the reader in the story.

Write a process paper on how to become a Certified High School Teacher in Texas.

How to become a Certified High School Teacher in Texas?

Write a process paper on how to become a Certified High School Teacher in Texas.

In the Multiple Means of Engagement section, draft five questions you could ask students during the lesson that promote conceptual understanding related to fractions. In the Multiple Means of Representation section, describe five potential issues and/or roadblocks that might happen while delivering the lesson, based on the needs of the selected group of students. Provide possible solutions to each potential issue.

Differentiating Math Activities

Assessment Description
Lesson planning is not just about planning what you want your students to know, but also planning for possible situations that might arise and solutions that can be used. Using academic and behavioral data, a teacher must plan for what each child is going to need to help them access the curriculum as well as any individual accommodations that will be needed. The time spent on planning helps to ensure successful delivery of the lesson.

Select a 3-5 grade level and a corresponding Arizona or other state standard based on the Number and Operations-Fractions domain.

Compose an aligning learning objective and design appropriate activities for a selected group of 3-4 students, of varying academic levels, from the “Class Profile.”

Using the “COE Lesson Plan Template,” complete the lesson plan through the Multiple Means of Engagement section, making sure the activities are supported by the recommendations found in the topic Resources.

For your differentiated activities, specifically address:

~Fraction tasks, including area, length, and set/quantity models; or
~Equivalent fractions. In the Multiple Means of Engagement section, draft five questions you could ask students during the lesson that promote conceptual understanding related to fractions.
~In the Multiple Means of Representation section, describe five potential issues and/or roadblocks that might happen while delivering the lesson, based on the needs of the selected group of students. Provide possible solutions to each potential issue.

In the Multiple Means of Engagement section, draft five questions you could ask students during the lesson that promote conceptual understanding related to fractions. In the Multiple Means of Representation section, describe five potential issues and/or roadblocks that might happen while delivering the lesson, based on the needs of the selected group of students. Provide possible solutions to each potential issue.

Differentiating Math Activities

Assessment Description
Lesson planning is not just about planning what you want your students to know, but also planning for possible situations that might arise and solutions that can be used. Using academic and behavioral data, a teacher must plan for what each child is going to need to help them access the curriculum as well as any individual accommodations that will be needed. The time spent on planning helps to ensure successful delivery of the lesson.

Select a 3-5 grade level and a corresponding Arizona or other state standard based on the Number and Operations-Fractions domain.

Compose an aligning learning objective and design appropriate activities for a selected group of 3-4 students, of varying academic levels, from the “Class Profile.”

Using the “COE Lesson Plan Template,” complete the lesson plan through the Multiple Means of Engagement section, making sure the activities are supported by the recommendations found in the topic Resources.

For your differentiated activities, specifically address:

~Fraction tasks, including area, length, and set/quantity models; or
~Equivalent fractions. In the Multiple Means of Engagement section, draft five questions you could ask students during the lesson that promote conceptual understanding related to fractions.
~In the Multiple Means of Representation section, describe five potential issues and/or roadblocks that might happen while delivering the lesson, based on the needs of the selected group of students. Provide possible solutions to each potential issue.