Questions based on Marsha Warren Case study: * Describe why this class is failing, with support from the course text and/or a scholarly source from the online library. * Make two recommendations that Marsha Warren should do when she returns to the classroom. Support your suggestions from the course text and/or a sch
Who in contemporary America has the greatest opportunities to attend preschools, elementary schools, secondary schools, and colleges? How do patterns of opportunity vary at each level? How do these educational opportunities compare with the historical patterns?
What do you expect will be the challenges facing teachers in the next 5 years, 15 years, and 25 years? Why is it important for educators to anticipate the future of their profession?
What are the advantages and disadvantages of allowing students to retake assessments on which they initially do poorly?
Under what conditions is a test likely to motivate students to do their best?
What strategies can you use to keep students on task and thereby maximize the benefits of your classroom lessons and activities?
List some behaviors that might contribute to poor health. What can be done to proactively change those behaviors?
What different physical arrangements have you seen in the classrooms you have observed? Which arrangements seem most effective? Why?
Some behaviors are probably best ignored. As a teacher, would you ignore students who are chewing gum? Students who are doodling? Students who are reading comic books in class? In each case, justify your decision.
What do you think of special needs students attending in regular ed classes?
Why is it easier for teachers to assess student achievement when instructional objectives have been made explicit? Give an example if you can. Good or bad examples help everyone.
How is the concept of threat different than the concept of challenge? Give an example or two, if you can.
What do we mean if we say human beings can construct meaning from their environment (rather than simply absorbing information exactly as it is presented)? This is often called constructivism in education. How is this theory or concept applied in teaching? Do you have any personal examples to share?
What strategies might a school district use to minimize culture shock that children encounter when they first begin school?
Looking in the future, do you foresee authentic assessment to be more or less prominent in our schools than what they are today?
I need help understanding religion in the book "Thing they Carried." First, I would like to know how the experience of war can be a religious experience for those who are involved in the fighting? Second, I want to know how war, while it may a religion experience, is not a religion by definition?
My research area is about literature review. 1. The instructor ask me write about this topic (literature review) and make a summary of the main points in my own words and support that with some examples. 2. Also, it is important to reference quotes and give some examples (cited, examples, explanation). 3. I have to use
What is business ethics?
I need help submitting a minimum 500-word essay on how you intend to use your skills learned at your university to benefit others and society.
Research current trends and issues that affect today's aged population. Prepare a 5 slide PowerPoint Presentation with notes, a title and reference slide that addresses the following issue: Highlight the biological changes that occur in late adulthood and how health and fitness affect the aging process.
Doug Maltbee formed a lawn service business as a summer job. To start the business on May 1, he deposited $1,000 in a new bank account in the name of the proprietorship. The $1,000 consisted of a $600 loan from his father and $400 of his own money. Doug rented lawn equipment, purchased supplies, and hired fellow students to mow
It is about the understanding of fraction. The topic is literature review on student understanding of fraction. In this assignment we have to talk about: What is the range of views held by learners? What are some difficulties experienced by students about this topic in learning it and why, or alternative concepts, ways of thin
I need some assistance on the following. I need to prepare a research strategy paper on time management that includes: A description of the problem What Information should be gathered to help solve the problem and where the information was obtained, a description of the process used to evaluate the inormation and what was
Why have families changed (in being involved and educating our children) dramatically in recent times?
I understand the reason for educational standards and I also understand why they have been put in place. I do not think standards that are equal for all (as a practical matter) really works for everyone. That aside... for several years following the implementation of NCLB I believed that teaching was becoming less and less pro
Does fingerprinting our teachers guarantee the safety of our students? I really do not see how it is a guarantees, it is a safe guard but not perfect. What is your opinion on-- the issue of fingerprinting to keep our job is a radical step to expose and root out supposed criminals. Do you think it is a violation of our rights
What is the value of fingerprinting and background checks vs. invasion of privacy in the school system. Briefly present your position with 2 supporting arguments. Present at least 1 counterargument to the opposite point of view.
Scenario... When the local school board was considering a freeze in teacher salaries, a high school journalism teacher decided to write a "letter to the editor" condemning the actions of the board. The letter is published in the local newspaper. He then required his journalism students to also write letters to the local newspap
What rights do students have? Confidential information Freedom of speech Hate Crime Confidential information - breech of privacy Constitutional rights - Freedom of speech and expression
Should the law require that there be a direct connection between alleged misconduct of a teacher and the teacher's duties in order for the misconduct to affect the teacher's employment? Why or why not? What do you think the guiding rule should be?