Week 2 – Assignment Helping Families Understand Standardized Testing One of the most important responsibilities you have as a leader in early childhood education is making sure that families understand their child’s growth and development. Sharing assessment information with families about the standardized tests that are being used with their child is an important part of this process. “Not all standardized tests measure the same […]

WEEK 7 – INVESTMENTS ACTIVITY Investments Activity For this week’s activity, go to the Strayer library search page and use your textbook to answer the following questions using the Week 7 Investments Template [DOCX]. Describe the differences among the following three types of orders: market, limit, and stop loss. Provide examples of each in your own words. What is a short sale of stock? Provide […]

Learning theorist Malcolm Knowles differentiated between pedagogical learning and andragogical learning, with his pedagogy defined by a more passive, teacher-driven approach and andragogy defined by an active, student-driven one.  Many of us have had experiences with both pedagogy and andragogy throughout the course of our education. Perhaps it was in elementary and high school that you were a more passive learner, motivated by grades, waiting […]

Allocate at least 4 hours in the field to support this field experience. Planning, teaching, and reflecting are natural aspects of the teaching and learning process. This cycle allows educators to prepare for their students’ learning, teach, and then reflect upon the effectiveness of the teaching. This field experience is designed to continue practicing the art of teaching, while planning for instruction through reflective practices. […]

Assignment Instructions: Review the “Case Study: Stephen.” In an essay of 1,000-1,250 words, address the following: Detail the next steps to take regarding stakeholders that need to be involved in reviewing Stephen’s current LRE placement. Provide who specifically will be involved and describe their legal responsibility in the special education process. Rationalize how your foundational knowledge of the special education process and issues within the […]

Please view Attached Information Below:  Each student will create one Physical Education lesson plan and one Health Education lesson plan. The Health Education lesson plan will include the PPT presentation.  Here is the website where to pull the standards from while doing the lesson plan:  https://www.floridastudents.org/  Attached below is EXAMPLES of the assignments that need to be completed :  A total of 3 assignments  1 Psychical Education Lesson Plan  1 […]

We are already in module 13!! For this module you will read Chapter 5 in Cultural Validity in Assessment: Addressing Linguistic and Cultural Diversity Edited by, Basterra, Solano-Flores & Trumbell.   part 1   Please write one to two paragraphs on the content area focus you will work on for the content assessment.  In your post please address the following: What content area will be the […]

(PLEASE PUT INFO IN THE TABLE ATTACHED.)   Using what you observed in the child care facility during the Clinical Field Experience B or conduct research on your state’s policies and procedures, complete the “Safety Considerations Table and Checklist.” Write a 250-500 word summary on the importance of safety considerations in the early childhood learning environment. Explain how you will maintain a safe environment for […]

  Remember your first journal entry? It was your “Initial Reflection.” Take a minute to dig that out of your files and read over it. Now, after you finish reading it, take a minute or so and think about just how much you have learned this semester. You have read, talked about, written about, made observations about yourself and others – all with the underlying […]

Integrating Reading, Writing, and Math into a Science Lesson Science requires reading, writing, and math skills, in addition to critical-thinking and problem-solving skills. When teachers contextualize learning and integrate that context across all subjects, students are typically more engaged in learning and are able to make connections. Locate and review a science or health lesson plan. Consider how you would revise the lesson plan to […]