Restructuring the Classroom: Conditions for Productive Small Groups," Elizabeth G. Cohen surveys, analyses, and critiques research in the field of cooperative learning and small class group productivity. Finding that small group learning can be emin Continue Reading...
In the eight section, the authors recommend "generating and testing hypotheses" (ASCD, 2001), and the final strategy discussed is the application of "cues, questions, and advance organizers" (ASCD, 2001). Generating and testing hypotheses is critica Continue Reading...
If they can figure out a way to manipulate the system, they will. Urine samples can be switched if the monitoring is not close enough, and there are also many "masking" products available that advertise their ability to mask the testing results of c Continue Reading...
Table 2 Air Conditioning Window Unit Comparisons Dealer Model/Make BTU Unit Price Total Price Comments A Frigidaire FRA126CT1 Window Air Conditioner 12,000 $325 $1,625 1. Cools up to 650 square feet. 2. UL listed. 3. 8-way air direct Continue Reading...
As students interact with the website and take assessments, the teacher is notified of the student's progress. Once the student submits his assessment, Molecular Workbench (2010) reports, "SAM activities end by generating a report that includes answ Continue Reading...
However, it is also characteristic for them to be in total agreement with the procedure when it involves their well-being or the welfare of someone close to them. Ed Owen's (2005) testimony regarding his daughter and how she manages to stay alive du Continue Reading...
Thus, the best way to achieve educational improvement and student success is to pair the issue of standardized testing together with other teacher-based assessments. Standardized testing should remain a focus of the educational realm for administrat Continue Reading...
As a result, there is greater flexibility in creating individualized learning plans and isolating the contribution this specific interactive technology allows for increasing student retention and long-term learning. The bottom line is that interacti Continue Reading...
Achievement Testing Howell and Rueda in their article Achievement Testing with Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Students question the veracity of the widely used Standardized Norm-Referenced Achievement Test (SNAT) in measuring systematic diffe Continue Reading...
Constructivism/Classroom History of Constructivism As long as there were people asking each other questions, we have had constructivist classrooms. Constructivism, the study of learning, is about how we all make sense of our world, and that really Continue Reading...
Standardized Testing -- Students with ADHD The first study in an article in the Journal of Learning Disabilities by Frazier, et al. (2007) looks at the published literature (studies) since 1990 in order to produce a meta-analysis that will show the Continue Reading...
American public education system has endured many changes in the last few decades. It has gone from back to basics, to whole language learning, and then back to basics again. The system is constantly being scrutinized by the parents who send their c Continue Reading...
Only 32.6% of Black households own a computer, compared to 65.6% among Asian-Americans, 55.7% among Whites, and 33.7% among Hispanics. Similarly, only 23.5% of Black households have Internet access compared to 56.8% among Asian-Americans, 46.1% amon Continue Reading...
Recognition of quality and lack there of should be a basic goal of the education system, as it strives to direct resources and change situations that are not meeting the demands of accountability, yet it is clear that High Stakes testing does a poo Continue Reading...
Psychological Testing. Teachers must test. It is one method of evaluating progress and determining individual student needs. More than two hundred and fifty million standardized tests are administered each year to forty four million students who att Continue Reading...
Activity Description and Summary Last spring I assisted Kathryn Gold, the testing administrator for my school, SEEALL Academy in Brooklyn, NY. I approached her about helping her with the New York Schools' State English & Language Arts and Math E Continue Reading...
Collaboration in the Classroom Schools today face a significant challenge. The school environment is no longer one in which a teacher can expect a relatively homogeneous population in the classroom. In addition to the challenges already posed by cul Continue Reading...
Technology in a 2nd grade classroom to improve student achievement in math Of late, there has been a push to bring in technology to schools where teachers as well as students would be able to reap the benefits of the World Wide Web, the Internet, a Continue Reading...
Assessment M1DOne of the most important elements in the process of teaching and learning within the educational setting is assessment. Assessment is regarded as a tool that helps to promote and enhance student learning as well as improving instructio Continue Reading...
structure of standardized testing in K-12 education. As Wisconsin and the federal government need some manner to gauge teacher performance and student progress it falls on educators to find effective means of testing special education students. The Continue Reading...
Teaching -- Classroom Management Discipline in Classroom - Problems and Solutions Classroom management is the phrase that teachers use to explain the act of managing their classroom and students to make sure those stressful and non-educational circ Continue Reading...
Elementary Classroom Delivery Model and its Effect on Student Achievement Departmentalized Classrooms Organization Typically, a school is organized with either a departmentalized or a self-contained structure. (Self-contained classrooms will be Continue Reading...
The appendixes offer examples of learning tools, from syllabus to handouts and closes with a recommended reading list. Though the second work in this review is longer by almost 100 pages it is also much simpler in its construct and clearer in inten Continue Reading...
The constructivist concept requires teachers to seek and value their students' points-of-view; to incorporate classroom activities capable of challenging students' perceptions or interpretations; to introduce relevant ideas; to develop lessons in c Continue Reading...
Conflicting Viewpoints Essay: Standardized TestingStandardized testing has become increasingly common throughout the American educational system. It has become a critical part of national and state education law and policy as a way of ensuring greate Continue Reading...
Against Student Tracking Student tracking involves categorizing students according to their learning ability and placing them in classes based on this. Advanced students are placed together and students of lower ability are placed together. While t Continue Reading...
Intelligence Testing The author of this report is asked to answer three general questions about intelligence. The first question asks for the general underpinnings and genesis of the discussions about intelligence including what was suggested by Bin Continue Reading...
Measuring special abilities can be limited in its application due to unstructured settings like unstructured interviews eliciting thematic life narratives. These kinds of interviews although useful in examining and measuring abilities, can be confini Continue Reading...
Disrupting by Imagining: Rethinking Early Childhood Research Early Childhood Research This research highlights four teachers who work in early childhood classrooms who have chosen to implement the use of video-observations of their teaching in conj Continue Reading...
Writing Classroom Assessment ItemsThe assessment for this unit of study is for English Language Arts for Grade 7 class. This assessment focuses on examining students literacy in the English language and their understanding of concepts learned in the Continue Reading...
Learning through Social interaction What personal experiences do you have with assessments? While teaching middle school in San Diego, California, many of my colleagues, encouraged by worried administrators (who feared a loss of funds) were simply Continue Reading...
Drug Testing Policy at Northern Lights Nursing School Because student nurses should be fully engaged with their academic and clinical preparations for employment the healthcare field, their sobriety should be assured and their cognitive abilities sh Continue Reading...
TESOL: Fieldwork Experience The student observed for the Student Oral Language Observation Matrix (SOLOM) was a native Spanish-speaking 16-year-old female who was a high school sophomore. The student's SOLOM score for the observation was a 20/25 wit Continue Reading...
Control Mid-year teacher evaluations are causing some stress among public school teachers; in this analysis three cousins from various places in the state are having a Christmas holiday meeting to discuss the ways in which the different districts t Continue Reading...
Essay Topic Examples 1. The Impact of Standardized Testing on Educational Equity: Explore how standardized tests might perpetuate or challenge educational inequalities, focusing on socioeconomic, racial, and geographic dispar Continue Reading...
Teacher Responsibilities Observed Lowe, and Motely plan for the Unit 1 Poetry Segment Through observation it has become apparent that the Ms. Lowe has numerous responsibilities throughout the day. She was often planning lessons, teaching students i Continue Reading...
Because of this, students who had disabilities, low language proficiency, and who come from various ethnic backgrounds are viewed as such during the grading process. In addition, these kinds of assessments allow professors to not only assess whether Continue Reading...
The questions seen on the test prove to be inventive and good quality (Brown YEAR). Although the goal of the test is not to reflect an entire curriculum, it aims at "focus[ing] deliberately on skills and conceptual strategies of knowing rather than Continue Reading...
Essay Topic Examples 1. The Impact of Standardized Testing on Educational Equity: This essay would explore how standardized tests can either help close or further widen the achievement gap between students from diverse socio Continue Reading...
