clear instructions when items are not correct for her to gain understanding. The direct corrective feedback approach required an adjustment to my teaching practice after receiving considerable training on an indirect remedial approach as a best practice in my present community education…
Carter, Stephenson, and Strnadová (2011) surveyed Australian special education teachers to determine the prevalence of evidence-based teaching practices. Results indicated that the surveyed teachers use evidence-based practices as well as unproven or ineffective practices. In addition, Australian special education teachers use unproven or ineffective teachers practices more than their North American peers. Analysis The authors were successful in corroborating an earlier study in the United…
American students in their pursuit of an education. According to the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), African American students often score lower than their White counterparts do. The NAEP is scored using plausible values, which provide additional weight for belonging to certain demographic groups.…
1. Washington, D.C: Congress of the U.S., Office of Technology Assessment (1992) Testing in American School: asking the right questions 40 (14-28) This article is regarding the no child Left Behind act that has seen huge development on standardized testing, it has also recognized that tests are being misused. Although, there has been an indication of mistakes in standardized testing, according to the policies of state and federal regards NCLB that has pressured schools to use…
I would also make modifications, if necessary, for students who might have disabilities or language barriers. Similarly, I would offer assistance with career or technical education advice as outlined in the Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Technical Education Act of 2006 which offers federal funding and stresses accountability for career and technical training programs (Drummund, Sheperis, and Jones, 2015). For those students who plan on attending college I would…
Carolina has begun taking, “high school transcripts, college placement exams and whether students have earned previous college credit”, (Smith) into account when deciding where to place students. As well as, according to Jay Mathews article, Are remedial courses actually hurting community college students? Published in the Washington Post, Montgomery College in Maryland has begun giving more weight to high school grades to decide which students should require remediation. Other states and…
need to succeed in school or in life. It is very important for parents and teachers to start using the “threat of flunking” as a positive teaching tool to make students understand the importance of education. Even though, flunking may cause a student temporary emotional distress, the lack of education is continuously placing our nation at risk. Failure should not continue to be an option in today’s educational society. Many of us, whether as a parent, teacher or student, do not see the good in…
a rising number of graduates. Tugend is correct in saying that community colleges should restore their system to improve graduation numbers. Some community colleges are already improving their system by lowering cost of attendance, requiring less remedial classes, and offering more personal advice to students. Some community colleges are beginning to lower their cost of attendance to improve the number of college graduates. According to the American Association of Community Colleges, “With…
many students have been able to get the assistance needed to aid them in being successful. Within recent years, RTI has become an approach to remedial intervention that creates data to aid in developing instruction and identifying students who may require special education and related services as it relates to the Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act of 2004…
They also can get remedial education faster by not having to wait for summer vacation, it can be done during off times and such the children do not get as far behind. Year round school do work “...if the school intentionally…