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EDU 6526 – Meta Reflection 20 Aug 2012 | 07:05 am
Direct Instruction was the title to module 8, but I quickly noticed that the title really didn’t fit the reading and the main focus was on culture and cultural literacy. In particular, the Paideia Pr...
EDU 6120 – Module 8 18 Aug 2012 | 11:04 am
This week’s readings talk about the concept of progressivism. I am a huge believer in progressivism and I think that any teachers who teach students with IEP’s practice this whether they realize it o...
Student Effort Reward Strategy 16 Aug 2012 | 12:02 pm
The concept of reinforcing effort instead of achievement struck me last year and is one of the most important lessons I have learned in a classroom to date; especially in a special education classroom...
Cash For Effort Implementation 16 Aug 2012 | 12:02 pm
The strategy section of this implementation can be found at http://benspu.wordpress.com/2012/08/16/strategy/. The classroom that this project will be based in is a secondary life skills class. The c...
EDU 6120 – Week 7 16 Aug 2012 | 10:05 am
Booker T. Washington also believed that the key to a fulfilled life was education. He believed that all people should have the opportunity to become educated and successful members of society; racial...
EDU 6526 – Week 7 13 Aug 2012 | 08:02 pm
There were 2 topics this week that I wanted to speak on. The first is regarding “caught not taught” (Williams, 2012). I talked a bit about this in the discussion board and after reading several othe...
EDU 6120 Week 6 – Search For Meaning 9 Aug 2012 | 05:49 am
I took from the lecture that Herbart strongly advocated that persuasive instead of coercive power must be used with pupils in teaching. I agree with this fully and I really try to take this to heart ...
MI – Module 6 6 Aug 2012 | 06:17 pm
In the discussion I quoted Gardner as stating;“the score on an intelligence test does predict one’s ability to handle school subjects, though it foretells little of success in later life”(Gardner, 199...
Advanced Organizer Strategy 30 Jul 2012 | 03:45 pm
Advanced organizers give students the tools to organize their thoughts and transfer those thoughts onto a physical medium. Advanced organizers also “give students the ability to connect the known to ...
Advanced Organizer Implementation 30 Jul 2012 | 03:43 pm
Information on the advanced organizer strategy can be found at http://benspu.wordpress.com/2012/07/30/advanced-organizer-strategy. The classroom that this project will be based in is a secondary life...
