tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5716742351525076247.post5138012352470423590..comments2012-11-18T16:50:25.351-08:00Comments on Educational Psychology: Week 12Linahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01416449458946342034noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5716742351525076247.post-17871317235085706632012-11-12T06:59:01.326-08:002012-11-12T06:59:01.326-08:00Kelsey and Kim,
You both point out a very pertine...Kelsey and Kim,<br /><br />You both point out a very pertinent issue with equity. Kim's suggestion that any offer of help should be extended to the whole classroom is crucial since it not only demonstrates that everyone has an opportunity to improve their work, it is also another opportunity for the teacher to encourage students to help one another as well. <br /><br />Additionally, given our imperfect world, it may be difficult to factor out inequity. An important aspect of being a teacher is being aware of your own assumptions and biases, as well as your strengths and weaknesses. <br /><br />As teachers, we should definitely learn more about our students. As Gay mentioned in her article, we need to know cultural characteristics and the positives that each culture bring. The same goes for all students of different abilities. A student with a particular learning ability for instance may have excellent studying habits. This is due to their metacognitive awareness of their own abilities. Thus, our role as teachers is to leverage students' abilities and try to discover this for each student. This is definitely a challenge and teachers should strive to achieve this if possible.Linahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01416449458946342034noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5716742351525076247.post-67641285422701850482012-11-08T12:15:34.854-08:002012-11-08T12:15:34.854-08:00Kelsey,
I like your ideas on how to assess 3rd gr...Kelsey,<br /><br />I like your ideas on how to assess 3rd grade students on reading comprehension. I think that using a story mountain (along with the picture of it) is a great idea because it gives a visual to each part of the story. Do you think that adding some open-ended questions that involve opinions would help the students better understand the meanings of events in the story and how they relate to each other? Although structural questions are important to ask on assessments, I believe that it is also important to include the three other types of questions: analytical, syntopical, and evaluative. While I understand that these students are in 3rd grade, there are ways to construct questions at that age-level appropriate but still have all 4 types of questions present on the assessment. <br /><br />When reading your post, I was also a little bit confused about how statewide/national exams and getting into college relates to your 3rd graders and their reading/language arts assessments. Were you saying that the assessments in 3rd grade will prepare them for exams later on in life?<br /><br />Extra Credit:<br /><br />I think this is a very difficult question to give a definitive answer to. When dealing with peoples' children, teachers have to be very sensitive to the issues parents raise. It is important to make sure that it does not appear that the teacher has a favorite in the class or is more willing to help one student over another. Therefore, if a teacher offers to stay after school to help a child understand a concept when they are struggling, this offer should stand with every student in the class. I agree with the responses the teachers you have talked to have given you with an exception of one thing. I do not think that it is appropriate for the teacher to ask the parent for advice on how to neutralize the classroom. I think that if a teacher feels that they are struggling with this, they could look to their peers (other teachers) or the principal for some suggestions. I believe this would be a more professional approach to the subject.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14229739789646285112noreply@blogger.com