Self Assessment Essay

Ms.G uses the curriculum core knowledge and for assessment, she uses the danielson’s framework. According to the Core Knowledge Foundation (2016), core knowledge provides an outline of content to be learned grade by grade so that knowledge, language, and skills can be cumulatively built upon from year to year. The Danielson group (2016) states that the danielson framework has a set of research-based components of instruction, aligned to the INTASC standards, and grounded in a constructivist view…

The AP English Language and Composition Exam will be taken on May 11, 2016, consisting of two sections, the multiple choice and free response. The exam will approximately carry on for three hours and fifteen minutes. The multiple choice test will test students on their capacity to read closely and analyze rhetoric passages; it will be worth forty-five percent of the final exam grade and the time allotted will be for one hour. The multiple choices will compose of a diverse number of questions…

Scaffolding is the appropriate assistance given to students in order to aid them in achieving what alone may have been too difficult for them; it is using previous knowledge and experience to support the learning or new information. It is essential in all classrooms, for all students, but it particularly important for ELL students as they are not only absorbing new academic information but a new language as well. Scaffolding makes input more comprehensible but also serves to decrease the fear or…

Social-emotional curriculum programs are designed to divert and address challenging behaviors. Walker, Kavanagh, Stiller, Golly, Severson, & Feil (1998) study had a positive relationship between early intervention programs preventing antisocial behaviors, when there is an inclusion of environmental factors (the home atmosphere and parents, the class atmosphere and teachers, and the playground and peers’ atmosphere) and social factors. The “First Step to Success is an early intervention program…

According to dictionary.com one meaning of proctor is “a supervisor or monitor who invigilates examinations, enforces discipline, etc.” (Collins English Dictionary, n.d). I feel that meaning is sufficient for the topic at hand. It is the proctor’s job to ensure that the person taking the test is the person who is supposed to be taking the test and the test taker is following the rules of the test, so not cheating. Many universities require the use of proctored final exams to ensure that tests…

as follows: (a) How do first-grade students perform on standardized testing when the core curriculum is replaced with a direct instruction program? (b) How does the use of a DI program prepare first-grade students for the rigor of standardized assessments? (c) Lastly, how will baselines be determined and how do teachers monitor academic progress? Ultimately, leading to the following central question: How does a year-long implementation of direct instruction (DI) programs in…

Slope is an important topic in mathematics. The concept is foundational across a wide spectrum starting with beginning algebra with linear functions, even in advanced algebra to describe non-linear functions, and is entwined with the derivative in calculus (Cho & Nagle, 2017). Research has identified many different conceptualizations of slope that students attain (e.g. Moore-Russo, Conner, & Rugg, 2011; Stump, 2001). For the Student’s Mathematical Thinking Final Project we will focus on…

educational legislations which effect how special services such as speech is provided to individuals from culturally and linguistically diverse (CLD) populations. For example, the Education for All Handicapped Children Act of 1975 has mandated that all assessment or test materials are not racially or culturally bias against various culturally and linguistically diverse populations (Taylor & Payne, 1983). Leading up to these laws were various court cases such as Larry R. versus Riles,…

The National Curriculum (2014) and the impact it can have on teaching pupils Literacy In Primary Education, teachers are responsible for ensuring pupils reach age – related expectations which are noted in the National Curriculum (NC) (2014). The NC provides statutory and non – statutory guidance for every subject including English which assists teachers. The purpose of the programmes of study in the NC is for teachers to understand what pupils need to learn and helps teachers to plan effective…

Guidelines established by Groves et al (2015) will be used. Critical Appraisal Guidelines: Data Collection When critically appraising the data collection process, consider the following questions: 1.Were the recruitment and selection of study participants or subjects clearly described and appropriate? 2.Were the data collected in a consistent way? 3.Were the study controls maintained as indicated by the design? Did the design include an intervention that was…