Cooperative learning

that appeals to their unique learning ability. It is also the teacher’s responsibility to guide the students in such a way that they can successfully explore concepts with one another, in other words collaborate with one another. During my time observing a first grade classroom at Model Laboratory School, I was able to witness successful student collaboration facilitated by the teacher. In the classroom in which I was…

learned valuable lessons from my role as an educator and the students I interacted with. Throughout my volunteer involvement, I offered assistance that served to acknowledge each child’s different learning capacities. My ability to ascertain the varying needs of students and dedication to their learning makes me an ideal candidate as a TaLK scholar. As a student, when I asked for instructions, some teachers could not understand why I struggled…

listening/speaking, using technologies, teaching demos, observations and a series of principles designed for those activities. Third, I can say that I will like to use the communicative language learning with certain emphasis because teachers and the students should be able to interchange experiences during the learning process in which the teacher is a provider of information instead of a dictator (who usually gives the order all the time) and the students who can trust on that person and be…

show what they knew but if there was any misconception about the information that was discussed she quickly stopped the debate and clarified the information. This process doesn’t just help the teacher to assess what the students know but it is a learning opportunity for the students as well. Correcting…

some ways to help students with math anxiety. They are: gain quality teaching, practice math often, hire a tutor, and be persistent. One important concept to teach students is understanding that math needs to be taught in conjunction with learning math steps. This teaches students smart math skills and self- esteem to avoid math anxiety. Teaching steps only does not help students to fully understand math. Understanding math also has to be taught to students so that it is fully…

Besides, Literacy Circle is the idea of cooperative learning where students convey their understanding of the text and teach how to use each other’s resources to have deeper pay attention to details during analyzation of the text. This experience will help to learn how to become cannier and brainstorming. Another task of the Literacy Circle is to teach the student to navigate the world of information, to produce their knowledge, a rational approach to the learning…

Context for Learning: The school I taught my unit in is located in the city of North Hornell. North Hornell Elementary school holds grades Pre Kindergarten to first grade. North Hornell Elementary serves many low income students, every student in the school receives free breakfast and lunch.The job market is scarce in Hornell.The majority of my students parents work at the local Hospital Saint James Mercy and Alstrom or in the service profession.In my first grade classroom there are 22 students…

According to Carol Tomilson, “differentiated instruction is factoring students’ individual learning styles and levels of readiness first before designing a lesson plan. Research on the effectiveness of differentiation shows this method benefits a wide range of students, from those with learning disabilities to those who are considered high ability” (What is Differentiated Instruction). A teacher would be considered using differentiated instruction…

Competency 001 The teacher understands human developmental processes and applies this knowledge to plan instruction and ongoing assessment that motivate students and are responsive to their developmental characteristics and needs. How, specifically does the teacher demonstrate this? The teacher recognizes the individual developmental differences of her students and plans her instruction to meet their needs. In the time I have been observing in the classroom, I noticed that there are at…

can be defined as “the general beliefs and attitudes of an individual or group and the body of principles underlying a branch of learning or major discipline” (Moore, 1988). Appling philosophical ideas helps educators to clarify what the purpose is of teaching a subject and why they are teaching it. “Behaviorist adult education focuses on behavioral modification, learning through reinforcement, and instructional management by objectives.” (Buckingham, 2000). This philosophy emphasizes that…