and Carol Ann Tomlinson‚ nationally renowned expert on Differentiated Instruction. Both professors are innovative enough to present invaluable theories with many effective strategies that ensure a quality teaching process for teachers and a high standard knowledge acquisition and skill improvement for learners. For understanding more about Jay McTighe ’s Understanding by Design and Carol Tomlinson ’s Differentiated Instruction‚ I managed to interview both professors about their instructional and
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billion per year for Standardized testing. Do you think it’s really worth it? We came up with three solutions to solve the problem with standardized testing. The first solution was to have a choice. The second solution was one big project for the whole year. The last solution was have a standardized test but not be timed and have it just be one big test‚ instead of having a whole bunch of small tests. Standardized testing causes many dilemmas
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However‚ the population has grown exponentially since the introduction of standardized testing in the 1800s‚ making it harder to keep the same levels of continuity throughout the nation with such a vast number of variables in educational and physical environments. No Child Left Behind faces significant challenges in maintaining its
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talks about standardized testing in general and if whether or not teachers as well as students should be evaluated solely by their performances on these tests. It also contains some useful statistics about tests scores. I can use the information from this source in the introduction. This would be useful in the introduction because it is just an overview of different viewpoint on the topic. I can also give some background info about my topic in this way. Walberg‚ Herbert J. "Standardized Tests Effectively
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Introduction In our entire earlier study we have seen it that all information has been given to us at a place and after reading all of them we enter in an exam. In this whole process it is not sure that we know about our content very well or not. So here we know about a very special fact that we can judge our progress with time. We can also get appropriate feedback during the course of study. Programmed Instruction Programed Instruction is a method of presenting new subject matter to students in a
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Problems with Standardized Testing Do standardized test scores accurately describe the achievements of a student? Regardless of what reports and newspapers suggest‚ scores on standardized tests do not reflect a student’s achievements or abilities. Standardized tests such as the SAT and ACT are the focus of argument not only among teachers and educational reformers‚ but also among students. Opponents agree that the standardized tests are weighted too heavily‚ and that test anxiety obstructs learning
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SPED 201 Differentiated Instruction Jasmine Lewis SPED 201 Classrooms today are more diverse than ever. According to New York Times American schools have increased by more than over 5 million since the 1990s. This increase has been fueled by the immigration of Hispanics and Asians (NY Times). But differences in ethnicity are not the only reasons for diverse classrooms. Special needs students also contribute to diversity in our education school system. It
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Tutorial · Read Ch. 14 of The Art of Thinking 2. Week Nine DQs: Post a 150- to 300-word response to 2 of the 5 Week Nine DQs in the Main forum. 3. Assignment 1: Personal Reflection Paper (please see the outline of the final paper below assignment instructions) By utilizing‚ preferably the UOPH Library search engine or your favorite such as Google etc. You will choose one of the topics listed below where I have added the layout of assignment #1‚ and answer each question with 100 – 150 words. Assignment
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Differentiated Instruction xxxxxxxx AET 525 March 21‚ 2011 xxxxxxxx Post-secondary classes are becoming more academically diverse today regionally and globally. Instructors are becoming more aware of diversity and must proactively differentiate approaches that would allow students to study what they are interested in at their own pace and in an independent manner. The difference between differentiated and traditional instruction is students would be in control of their learning and
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