scenario for Elementary school age children the first student that I choose is Bridgett. Bridgett needs continual confirmation that she is doing her work correctly, and she demands constant attention. To promote Intrinsic Motivation to help change her behavior of not needing my constant attention I would create a learning environment that fosters both independent learning and cooperative learning as part of a group. In this I would include real-world activities to help her easily recognize her
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knowledge because they enjoy it. Without motivation some students may see learning as boring and choose failure as an only option Students in the first grade may not know what big words such as intrinsic and extrinsic are but, as a first year teacher I have learned my students know the difference between physical and mental rewards. To begin our school year some of my first grade students may be rebellious to Accelerated Reading. Learning from other teachers within the school, creating a super readers
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of a person’s deepest fear. Coach Carter poses this question to the boys and as the movie progresses, each student wrestles with this question and begin to find answers and then work to resolve them. There are many lessons that could be taken from this movie, but the one that I feel is most evident is that of moral character. All of the characters in this movie are faced with situations that test their moral character, each one of them eventually responds in the way we would hope. Even Coach
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Terry Slobodzian April 20, 2015 Professor T Heck Reflection paper Meaning in Life This course opened my eyes about so many things. I don't think I have ever taken a course where the outcome came to be a better understanding of myself. We touched upon so many parts of life that I never really examined before this class. When I thought about myself I was doing rudimentary tasks to get through each class, each paper and each day. This class asked me to be happy. It also asked me to find
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OVER EXPOSURE TO DIGITAL MEDIA 2 Abstract This paper explores lesson two, about a balanced use of educational media. The lesson states that a predominance of television viewing leads to passivism and narcissism, and that reading literature invites mental involvement and is an investment in self. This paper examines briefly the case that digital
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Instructional Supervision Plan and Matrix Introduction Successful schools are generated by strong plans and visions. Administrators and teachers look at what they have done in the past, seeing what works, and seeing where they need to improve. Lakota Middle School’s School Improvement Plan (SIP) is written in a way that the administration, teachers, and students know what role they play in the success of the school. Having a plan will help the school move in the right direction. When
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Miryum Mochkin TEAM Curriculum Development and Planning TEM 730 Etti Siegel October 27, 2013 Thematic Unit Plan In honor of the Holiday of Chanukah, in my Pre-K classroom I plan to spend two weeks dedicated to teaching this topic. This will give you the full spectrum of what and how the pre-k will be learning about this special holiday. The topic will be incorporated so that the children’s learning experience with all five
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research project explores the using of play and creative arts in a kindergarten classroom. The purpose of this study is to evaluate and analyze how play and creative arts activities enhance and support children’s learning in literacy and numeracy lessons. Qualitative methods were used to gain data that reflect on the implementation of play and creative arts strategies and activities in teaching and the interpretation collected from participants. The three types of tools that used to collect data are
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Designing an individualized education Program and the lessons learned. Name Institution Date Individualized education programs (IEP) are legally binding documents that spell out exactly what special services children with special needs receive and why, (Gibbs, G. S., &Dyches, T. T. 2007). The IEP should explain what teachers and service providers should do in order to ensure that children with disability achieve the same academic standards as ordinary children and also describes the student`s
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me understand how to be an intentional teacher in the classroom. Piaget and Vygotsky's views of cognitive development help me understand how children think differently and see the world differently. I want to be able to take in and build off what the book gives me and relate certain criteria to the way I teach and learn about things through my experiences in the classroom. Teacher Efficacy Teacher efficacy is the belief you have in yourself as a teacher that what you do makes a difference
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