confrontation they abhor. Michael Ymer extended a range of ideas that assisted teachers in investigating the stepping stones towards teaching and learning addition‚ subtraction multiplication and division. He provided us with Classroom management advice‚ suggested classroom resources‚ task centres‚ grouping students and investigative learning for our class. A Task Centre is a collection of individually housed mathematics problems (or tasks) that require the use of concrete materials (housed with
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Anthonio was observed on October 3rd‚ 2016. Anthonio‚ Mrs. Ceja were present‚ as well as the B.A.T clinical team to conduct a descriptive functional assessment‚ which consisted of direct observation of behavior and an Antecedent-Behavior-Consequence (ABC) narrative recording in the family home. Upon arrival‚ the B.A.T. clinical team greeted Mrs. Ceja at the door. His mother directed the team to the dining table. Mom reported at the beginning of the assessment‚ that after Tony’s second day back at
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In what ways might you experience diversity in a classroom? What strategies might you use to help provide equal learning outcomes for all? Diversity occurs in many forms within the classroom environment and necessitates the knowledge of the whole child‚ testing the skills and insight of the teacher. Children do not differ solely in their academic aptitude but in their behavioural‚ motivational and emotional needs as well. The inefficiencies in any of these areas can be the result of a great variety
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The Observation of Ants Introduction Myrmecology has been around since the late 18th and early 19th century. Myrmecology is derived from the Greek word Murmek‚ which means ant. There are three main names that are most noteworthy: Linne who produced "Systemae Naturae" which he describes eighteen species of ants. Fabricius created five more genera and further described other species. Latreille was the most significant‚ he collected and studied the ants of Europe and described many species overlooked
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Child Observation I recently observed a "child" involved in two different types of activities‚ at different times of the day. The first activity was "Teacher-Initiated"‚ and the second "Child-Initiated". The purpose of this observation is to compare and contrast the child’s development and behavior between the two different contexts. Through observation I found that although both activities were rich in challenge and learning opportunity‚ the child’s behavior is different‚ but demonstrates
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Cognitive Development: Vygotsky RECORD OF OBSERVATION The subject is an 8 year old boy I will refer to as “Q” In his home. “Q” is playing a board game with his father “P”. The game consists of dice‚ player pieces that need to be moved and cards that are read telling the next move. Other people present are the boys’s 8 year old twin sister and the children’s mother as the observer. Q and P set out the board game. It looks very complicated‚ there are many pieces. This particular game
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challenges‚ to respond to pupil’s diverse learning needs‚ and overcoming potential barriers to learning and assessment for individuals and groups. In other words teachers are expected to develop lessons that are flexible enough to engage the entire classroom‚ regardless of special educational needs‚ behavioural problems‚ physical conditions or the fact that a class may have a wide range of abilities. In order to overcome any of these potential issues it is therefore important for teachers to “differentiate”
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Understanding Literacy in the Classroom Danielle Taliaferro COM 172 May 1‚ 2013 Regina Vega‚ MA Understanding Literacy in the Classroom An estimated twenty-two million people each year are added to the adult illiterate population in the United States (The Talking Page‚ 2007). To define the term “literacy” on its own results in an extremely vague and ambiguous meaning. Literacy often used metaphorically to designate basic competencies and many times the definition becomes misinterpreted
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In a small Canadian town there is a class going on. There are actually many classes going on but this is the one that is relevant right now. Anyways‚ in this classroom there is many pictures of great men in history. Writers‚ poets‚ philosophers‚ inventors etc. All men‚ and only men. The few that are recognizable to a short girl in the back are Shakespeare‚ Edger Allan Poe‚ Gandhi‚ and whom she believes is Tesla. Naturally‚ the girl will feel bad not knowing the rest but she already accepted that
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INTRODUCTION Observation is like acting or directing or writing or any other complex skill-set. It takes practice. We all observe things all the time. We notice or perceive things that might be in our path—metaphorically and literally. We see things we want (or don’t want) and take action to secure them (or push them away). When we talk about observation as an assessment tool‚ we sometimes refer to it as “formal observation” or “field observation” or “qualitative observation.” In those instances
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