building, and my role as a leader.
Keywords: common core standards, math standards, understanding 9th grade math
Background/introduction to the table
The Standard selected for this paper was the 9th Grade Mathematics Common Core Standard CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.HSS.IC.A.1: “Understand statistics as a process for making inferences about population parameters based on a random sample from that population” (Common Core, 2019). The Common Core Standards for Mathematical Practice states that “mathematically proficient students start by explaining to themselves the meaning of a problem and looking for entry points to its solution. They analyze givens, constraints, relationships, and goals. They make conjectures… Continue Reading...
New York social studies curriculum in the common core state standards (CCSS). The common core standards provide the learning objectives for students in the entire state ("New York State K-12 Social Studies Framework EngageNY", 2017). The standards are crafted to be relevant to the real world scenarios and equip students with knowledge and skills necessary for them to succeed in their career pursuits. The new social studies curriculum not only prepares the students for their careers but also prepares them with the knowledge that will be necessary for their civic lives. The curriculum content integrates history, geography, civics, economics, government, and citizenship. As… Continue Reading...
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Historical Thinking Skill, California Content, and Common Core Standards Addressed:
List the historical thinking skill(s) addressed.
List the old California Content Standard addressed (10.4.
List the Common Core Standards Addressed
Narrative Summary of Tasks / Actions:
Summarize the step-by-step parts of the lesson with time estimates for each part.
Example:
1. Warmup (5 min) Students will begin by free writing about notable authors and poets with which they are familiar.
2. Mini Lecture (10 min) The mini-lecture will include a verbal overview of the three most noteworthy authors of the Harlem Renaissance: Hurston, Hughes, and Johnson.… Continue Reading...
common core standards that are in place in many states today. In this regard, Shack (2014) reports that, “Goalbook Toolkit is designed to help special education teachers design unit and lesson plans for diverse students. The platform provides instructional resources for teachers, categorized by standard, age, skill set, and a variety of other criteria” (p. 18). In addition, the Goalbook Toolkit features customizable individual education plans for special educational needs students including the use of Universal Design for Learning teaching strategies (see Figure 3 below) (Shack, 2014). Some of the… Continue Reading...
need, and the objectives established by the school district as well as the state Common Core Standards. However, the determination of these measures entail conducting a needs assessment that help in identification of areas requiring improvement. Needs assessment entail the use of different evaluation instruments for promoting instructional leadership/professional development. This evaluation is carried out in a collaborative manner and geared towards promoting excellence among teachers and school administrators in order to have positive impacts on students (Paterson Public Schools, 2018). Moreover, this process focuses on ensuring continual improvement based on established/desired objectives and expectations.
One of the evaluation instruments utilized by the school… Continue Reading...
introduction of Common Core standards that are being used by many states and the use of standardized testing regimens, the fact that the primary mission of the nation’s public high schools is decided on a state by state basis means that the type of education that is received by students in the Bronx may differ widely from that received by students in Fairbanks, Alaska, for example.
Furthermore, there are also significant within-state differences in the views about the primary mission of public high schools, making any across-the-board evaluation of their effectiveness difficult… Continue Reading...
