After completing the required readings, please respond to the following: 1. Piaget often worried about American parents and their desire to speed up their children’s development. What do you think about this? Is it possible or healthy for us to speed up a child’s cognitive development? 2. Is there ever a need for rote memorization in the classroom? Explain your answer and give examples. As […]

  The special education process can be overwhelming for both parents and educators. For example, differentiating between IFSPs, IEPs, and 504s can be difficult. The classroom teacher is a member of the interdisciplinary team, and it is important for the teacher to have a general understanding of IFSPs, IEPs, and 504s. The interdisciplinary team includes the grade level teacher, special education teacher, district representative, school […]

 Select a topic to research. For your research, you must use Google   Scholar, the GCU Library or another reputable site. Use Lecture 2 for   a description of what is considered a scholarly article. Use APA   formatting style for references. Create a title page and a reference   list with 10 references from the last 5 years. Include the permalink   for each reference pulled from the GCU […]

  Week 2 Discussion – Tinker Case After completing this week’s readings, access the link below and read “Tinker v. Des Moines Independent School District.” As you look at the Tinker case, you will note that one of the dissenting judges (Hugo Black) argued that the “time had come when pupils of state-supported schools…can defy and flout orders of school officials” In your opinion, is […]

   · Paper #1 will be a Fact Sheet (2-5 double spaced pages) on a higher education institution selected by the student where the student has had no past or present relationship. Key Information to include (just recommendations, no need to include everything): 1. How does the institution operate? Private, public, for-profit? Who governs the institution? 2. Cost to attend. Include in-state vs out-of-state tuition. […]

As a special education teacher and case manager, you are the advocate for your student receiving services. As with instruction, discipline is an area special education teachers need to be aware of to make sure a student’s rights and service time are being met in conjunction with their IEP. For this assignment, you will create a resource document to use when discipline issues arise, as […]

  Finding Nemo? No, Finding Research This assignment measures your ability on how to assess the quality of various sources of information, distinguish peer-reviewed sources, and how to evaluate their credibility for use in academic research. This assessment also supports your achievement of Course Learning Outcome 1. In this assignment, you will be critically evaluating the quality and credibility of various sources of information. More […]

  Student assessment results from formal, standardized assessment tools are oftenstatistically based and can be very difficult for families to understand. For this assignment, draft a 750-1,000 word article for a parent newsletter on assessment methods and the basics of statistics used in special education.  Your article should creatively and accurately explain the following for the purpose of how to read and understand results: Norm- […]

Give your personal definition of 21st Century teaching in a 3-4 page APA style paper (Title page & reference page not included in the pages). Use one scholarly article about 21 teaching after 2013, nothing before. 2013 and on. Focus on topics such as the role of technology in teaching, what technologies do you plan to use as a teacher, and how will students use technology […]