dramatic change in the American public schools' demographics due to the country's immigration peak; the highest in the nation's history. This is happening at a time when American schools are charged with the highest accountability level for students Continue Reading...
lesson plan, which deals with aspects like value of play activities and developmental implementations in a chosen teacher-directed classroom task. Tailoring of lessons to meet individual student's needs in keeping with developmentally-suitable pract Continue Reading...
Technology to Improve Behavior and Performance in an Elementary Classroom The role of teachers in a child's education has fundamentally changed. Instruction isn't primarily lecturing to students who sit in rows at desks dutifully listening and reco Continue Reading...
Investigating Balls, Investigating Trees, Investigating Nature, Investigating Babies, K-Stem, Language Arts 1. Investigating Balls a. Briefly describe the classroom setting and summarize the virtual lesson The virtua Continue Reading...
Journal of Gottleib, Katz & Ernst-Slavit (2009) and Colorin Colorado Blog. The Colorin Colorado Blog is unique in that it provides a bilingual web resource for teachers of all age groups, and offers basic information about ELLs and ELL teaching Continue Reading...
Since 2005, hundreds of California state teachers have participated in this initiative and provided thousands of hours of English instruction to migrant students (Lomeli et al., 2006). Given the wide array of resources that are available for after- Continue Reading...
This helps them deal with administrative tasks such as applying for grants, reporting their progress, appeasing parents, etc. In addition, teacher-based methods of assessment have at least one positive implication for students. According to Flood et Continue Reading...
In "model sheltered instruction courses, language and content objectives are systematically woven into the curriculum of one particular subject area, such as 4th grade language arts, U.S. history, algebra, or life science" (Echevarria & Short 5) Continue Reading...
2LESSON PLAN/ASSESSMENT/WEEKLY PLANLesson Plan/Assessment/Weekly PlanThis paper aims at devising a weekly reading and writing plan and workshop outline for grade 1. It is a five-day plan in which reading and writing goals and objectives will be ident Continue Reading...
Such measures include providing positive examples of students and professionals who have garnered significant achievements in math, allowing students who may feel symptoms of stereotype threat to express their talent in other areas outside of math ( Continue Reading...
Juvonen et al., (2004) explains that a teachers in depth understanding of mathematics in particular is extremely important in middle school. The authors also point out that learning more difficult math in the eighth grade such as math is imports bec Continue Reading...
Artifacts and Worksheets To what extent did the artifacts contribute to your completion of the related worksheet? The artifacts were a tremendous help in making progress toward completion of the related worksheets. The opportunity to focus on one Continue Reading...
special programs developed for gifted students intended to enhance, expand and diversify their learning experiences in the educational curriculum. In order to meet the demands of the gifted students, teachers distinguish between content standards an Continue Reading...
If students have been victims of mediocre and poor schools, passing the test will prove exceptionally difficult. A variety of problems plague these troubled schools. Academics are hindered by problems with discipline and absenteeism. Students canno Continue Reading...
By the time the class is set to be over, each pair is then expected to bring about one Inspiration web for the case of presentation to the entire class, which is usually then presented in front of the entire class. These can then be set to be saved Continue Reading...
Educational Leadership in Latino Students Flow of Information: Introduction/Preliminary Lit Analysis Status of Performance of Latino Students Why Study Latinos? Why the Latino Performance is Low? How to change the situation? Los Angeles Specif Continue Reading...
The achievement gap also may ultimately negatively affect the U.S. As it may cause the nation to become less competitive in the increasingly global communities (What is the…, 2009). In addition, research indicates that the achievement gap cont Continue Reading...
In many of the cases Music is termed as 'Universal Language', a language that has no word but still has lot to convey. Music therefore has positive consequences on different front of societies including social, cultural and economical (Music industr Continue Reading...
Careys JournalI am Carey, a fifth-grade student at a school in our neighborhood. I really enjoy going to school because it gives me an opportunity to play and interact with my peers. We are in a special education class of students who are deaf and ha Continue Reading...
Even though a child may process the ability to decode written text this does not necessarily mean the child understands the content of the text. Using informational texts in the primary grades will reduce the need for Tier 2 and Tier 3 supports fo Continue Reading...
d. Compare/Contrast with their own lives. e. Work on an artistic representation of that country's culture. f. Individually, present to small group; or group present to class with each member providing information on a specific part of the child's Continue Reading...
Students in these kinds of schools do not attend school longer, but they do not have a summer break that is longer than any of the other breaks that they take during the school year. Research done by McMillen (2001) indicated that there were 106 sc Continue Reading...
features of the Saylor, Alexander, and Lewis (1981) model of curriculum evaluation is the model requires curriculum unit to have merit for society as well as for the individual classroom or school. Thus this model of evaluation seems a particularly Continue Reading...
Teaching Literacy in all Content Areas through Stakeholders CollaborationThe establishment of literacy programs within a school is one of the key measures toward implementing change that enhance students academic achievement. North Miami Beach High S 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...
School Health Education HEALTH THROUGH EDUCATION Comprehensive School Health Education Kolbe's Expectations Dr. Lloyd Kolbe lines up the expectations of a school health education. These are: increased understanding about the science of individual Continue Reading...
These standards set forth clear expectations for school districts, schools, teachers, and students for the core subjects of reading, science and math. Each state's standards and testing are different, but all have the same goal of providing consiste Continue Reading...
Flexible grouping practices were important to the success of the program: students had access to Spanish-only, English-only, or bilingual instruction throughout the school day depending on their individual linguistic and academic needs" (de Jong, 20 Continue Reading...
nology to Support ADD and ADHD Learners (K-8) Research Paper November 6, 2005 Use of Technology to Support ADD and ADHD Learners (K-8) Abstract The student with AD/HD is one that requires more specialized and individualized instruction. Technol Continue Reading...
The study used student projects as the main vehicle for integrating active learning methods into the lecture. The study took place during a 10-week class, with four projects being assigned to groups of size four to six. Projects centered on (1) stat Continue Reading...
Education The Affects of Block Scheduling on Student Academic Achievement The overall strategy of utilizing block scheduling is to organize the day into fewer, but longer, class periods to allow flexibility for instructional activities. Block sched Continue Reading...
Classroom Grade level: 6th and 7th Subject: Literature For this assignment a Literature Unit on Short stories for a 6th-7th grade combined classroom has been chosen. The purpose of 6th and 7th grade literature is to introduce and study various gen Continue Reading...
The students were animated and worked diligently; at times, it was necessary to tone down the volume of voice. The 45 minutes went by quickly. THOUGHTS This more flexible and nontraditional method of teaching worked in most cases. However, there w Continue Reading...
Granted, she was fortunate that Goldenberg is a noted school change advocate and author. However, if he had not been at the school, she may have been able to find someone else well versed in reform. The important element is collaboration with others Continue Reading...
SPD- Cross-Curricular Unit PlanDirections: Select the level you are most interested in teaching and develop a five-day cross-curricular unit plan (math, science, or social studies) for the students in the class based upon grade level literacy standar Continue Reading...
Gathering Data and Describing PartnershipNorth Miami Beach Senior High School is a multicultural institution comprising students from different racial backgrounds (Stinson et al., 2011). The school recognizes the importance of community involvement i Continue Reading...
According to the California Department of Education, the CASHEE "is aligned to the California academic content standards in English-language arts and mathematics adopted by the State Board of Education" ("California," 2011). Aptitude or Achievement Continue Reading...
Conscription From the beginning of the war, there had been some variation in the Canadian attitude toward the conflict. Canada never questioned the legitimacy of the war and did not question the need for Canadian participation. There were differen Continue Reading...
al, 1996). The teacher's surveyed at the elementary level acknowledged that their usage of computers in the classroom was quite limited, and suggested that this was due largely to their unfamiliarity with the potential benefits the computer had to Continue Reading...
