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What is inclusion and how does the legislative mandate of IDEIA (Individual withDisabilities Education Improvement Act, formerly known as IDEA – Individuals withDisabilities Education Act) support its efforts. Inclusion refers to allowing children with disabilities to access education in a “leastrestrictive environment’ also known as the regular classroom. It implies that regular classroomteachers teach exceptional […]

Explain the difference between student readiness and ability and how readiness is relatedto Vygotsky’s Zone of Proximal Development (ZPD). Provide an example to support yourexplanation. Student readiness refers to a learner’s proficiency in a certain set of skills, knowledge orcomprehension, that are viewed as vital to a certain part of the study. Readiness is bound […]

Multicultural Perspective Modern classrooms have embraced diversity compared to traditional classrooms. Societyhas become increasingly multicultural with different cultures being represented. In addition,existing laws encourage learners to be educated in the same classroom. Laws shield the rights oflearners and mandate learning environments to focus on inclusivity. Discrimination of a learnerbased on their background has been outlawed. […]

Examination of Curriculum and Assessment A close examination of the Immigration Lesson Plan and a review of the learningobjectives are well aligned with the learning activities and the assessments as well. Theobjectives demonstrate that students will use web technology to access immigration history anddevelop a concept on immigration. The learning activities involve having the learners […]

Differentiating for Student Readiness and Interest Diversity among students is caused by many factors that make each student differentfrom another. Every student’s brain is uniquely developed, and thus each student has a uniqueway of understanding content taught to them in class. Likewise, student readiness and interestaffect the way in which a student learns a particular […]

ReflectionCulture refers to a people’s way of life and has a direct influence on learning. I am akinesthetic learner and I like to learn through body movements. Culture might affect thispreference especially if the teacher’s cultural background supports a different way of learning.Howard Gardener proposed intelligence preferences and put them in categories as explained intable […]

Classical conditioning was discovered by Ivan Pavlov (LeFrançois, 2018). The discoverywas made by accident when Ivan noted that some of his dogs began salivating when they wereany time, they were about to feed (LeFrançois, 2018). The observation was followed by anumber of experiments. The experiment that he conducted involved ringing a bell andimmediately feed the […]

Link to the Survey:https://www.surveymonkey.com/create/?sm=WUR1Wc0Se63KNf_2FvDoXREoBGAKD_2FoRyX5fwlYT4etow_3DQuestionsDifferentiation based on student interests entails capitalizing on the things that a learnercares about as a way of facilitating learning. After I get results from the survey, I will have aclear understanding of my students’ interests. Thus, I will attach important content to theinterests of the students. By so doing, I will […]

From the video, reciprocal teaching has a goal of preparing learners to run their owndiscussions. Students have to take a turn as leaders. The students assume the responsibility ofguiding the learning process by being equipped with the necessary skills. The kids get a littlehelp from the teacher and begin with the first step, which is […]

Describe metacognition in your own words.Metacognition refers to becoming aware of your own awareness. In other words, I woulddescribe as knowing what you know by acquiring a higher order of thinking where you get adeeper understanding of the things that you already know. It is a person’s beliefs about knowing.Through metacognition, an individual is in […]

IDEAL Strategy Using the IDEAL strategy, develop a possible solution to this problem. Describe yoursolution and how you employed the IDEAL strategy, clearly listing the five steps. Problem-solving is a skill that can be taught in the classroom using the IDEAL strategy.IDEAL is an acronym that is used to define five steps of problems solving. […]

Question 1 The accessibility of information, the duration within which that information is available,and the extent and nature of the processing that it undergoes depend on storage. There are threedistinct memories; sensory memory, short-term memory, and long-term memory, which affectmemory retrieval. Sensory memory describes the immediate, unconscious effects of stimulation(LeFrançois, 2018). An individual’s sensory systems […]