The Importance Of Educational Psychology

provide useful information to both teachers and parents, they are, however, inadequate evaluating tools to gauge a school’s effectiveness. In the article, Popham states three reasons why standardized achievement tests are ineffective in determining educational quality. Supporting Facts The first reason that Popham provides against the use of standardized achievement tests in assessing…

In the book “To Kill A Mockingbird” Scout is introduced to both types of education, formal and informal, and learns a lot of lessons about each one. She is much more accustomed to informal education, and the advantages of informal education are plentiful throughout the novel, showing how informal has a very positive influence on Scout. This is because formal education is almost backwards in Maycomb and is very unappealing for Scout, as she is not like many of the people there. As a recurring…

curriculum is ever evolving as both our world and the needs of our students change. Through dedication and passion, I believe these important factors will be tools in preparing today’s learners for tomorrow’s challenges and changes. I believe in the importance of active learning and tailoring projects to not only meet curriculum standards, but also teach what is important to each unique group of students. It is not a strong art curriculum unless it has a true impact on developing a student’s…

For my Introduction to Exceptional Children class I created a PowerPoint that demonstrates my research and knowledge gained on children with disabilities. For this particular artifact, my focus was on the Fragile X Syndrome. Throughout the course I intensively researched the disability, as well, as interviewed a mother of a child with Fragile X. I wrote a research paper on the characteristics of the disability, the accommodations/modifications for teaching students with the disability, and a…

Bender,W.(2008).Learning Disabilities Characteristic, Identification and Teaching Strategies(6th ed.) Boston,MA: Pearson Education Incorporation. In recent decade it has been hard to identify students with a learning disability and ADHD. The author states that there are many similarities between learning disabilities and ADHD. Hyperactivity, lack of staying on task during activity and assignments, being disorganized are characteristics found in both groups. Barkley that 60% of students with…

Many children and adults have sat for hours with a book in hand, only to later realize that they had not retained any of the information that they read. The ability to comprehend text is an integral skill in communication, in school, and in the day to day life. Merriam-Webster defines comprehension as “the capacity for understanding fully” , “knowledge gained by comprehending”, or “the act or action of grasping with the intellect (Merriam-Webster). However, some would say that the definition of…

-Summarized the case study Q1 -Urjo is the most difficult situation because he just does not want to learn and has an attitude problem -Student is choosing not to do well instead of working hard and not succeeding -He is not trying which makes teaching him the curriculum very difficult -Trying to incorporate art into the curriculum work could help him put effort in -Using oral dictation then getting students to go into visual work could help Urjo -He needs more creative and expressive work.…

mastery on the assignment in Module 1. Module 1 content was readings from the IRIS website. The content I read related to classroom behavior problems that an educator would encounter and strategies that could be used. After reading the IRIS module I was able to complete the assignment for module 1 with ease. The assignment questions were well written that I was able to complete with the material I had just read from IRIS module. 2. Reflect and discuss how the content in Module 2 prepared you…

to look like (social image). ‘In early adolescence young people become much more conscious of their body image, size and appearance and, frequently experience dissatisfaction with it’ (Cowie, 2012, p.21).Searching for an identity is a typical behaviour for a young child as it involves the social influences around them, Ellison (2003) illustrated that Identity is a concept that we associate our thoughts of ourselves in our social environment, social interactions with others help to create our…

Question 9: Regarding this question: • 2 students classified the class as somewhat interesting (16%). • 1 student was unsure of classification (8%) • 4 students classified the class as boring (33%) • 5 students classified the class as extremely boring (41%). Question 10, regarding class recommendation these were the results: • 2 students recommended the class (16 %). • 8 students did not recommend the class (66%). • 2 students were not sure about recommending the class or not. (16%). Survey…