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The language objective for my students would be to maintain a reflective journal about something they read during the week. This could a blog, a newspaper, a magazine, a book, an e-book, etc. The journal should be about what they read, what they thought about it, why they read it, and so on. My main focus for them would be to advance their composition skills by beginning with a topic statement, supporting that statement with information and summarizing it with a conclusion.
I would measure this language objective by using a portfolio assessment. A portfolio assessment is a good way for teachers to see how the students have progressed with their writing. With the journal, I would consider early entries, middle entries and late entries and assess the overall progress made. The portfolio provides a broad view of the work of the student and also can give the student a feeling of pride -- something tangible to work towards completing.
The reason I would choose this assessment is that portfolios can be taken with students after they are completed and they can continually go back to them and read them and see what they were thinking about at that point in their lives. It makes the work personal and enjoyable because they are truly investing themselves in it. With my own portfolios that I kept in
That responsibility is of the school -- to ensure that the adult citizens so needed by contemporary society are produced by the school system -- those individuals being responsible for their views and able to analyze and synergize information so they may "vote intelligently." For Dewey, the central tendency of individuals was to act appropriately to perpetuate the "good and just" society (Tozer, 2008). This of course set the stage
Board of Education for African-American: "gains in educational attainment." (Guiffrida, 2006) it is pointed out in this work that the school counselor is in a particularly special or 'unique' position to offer assistance to both students and the families of students during the transition into college as well as in the provision of referrals to programs and counseling needs. African-American programs also exist that provide support for students. Guiffrida
Race, Ethnicity, and Academic Achievement - Proposal of Research Design This research will study the relationship between race and ethnicity and academic achievement. This study will look at whether students from five racial classifications - White, Asian, Black, Hispanic and Native American - show statistically significant differences in their scores in reading and math. Using disaggregated data, this study will also examine whether significant differences occur within these racial classifications. In addition,
SUMMARY OF PEER-REVIEWED ARTICLEName of the Article: �The Effects of Formative Assessment on Academic Achievement, Attitudes toward the Lesson, and Self-Regulation Skills� by Ozan and KincalThe ProblemFrom the onset, it would be prudent to note that the authors of the present study clearly state the problem. They make an observation to the effect that there are numerous past studies that have sought to assess how formative assessments impact student success
The School and Demographic Data Alonzo & Tracy Mourning Senior High, Biscayne Bay Campus is part of the Miami-Dade County Public School system and has a total of over 1500 students enrolled in grades 9 through 12. According to the National Center for Education Statistics (2018), the demographic breakdown of the Alonzo & Tracy Mourning Senior High School student body is 831 Hispanic, 415 White, 292 Black, 20 Asian, and 7
Cultural Case Study: Maria This cultural case study examines the language competencies, social and human capital assets of a Spanish immigrant to the U.S. named Maria. She is 16 and lives in a community where the Hispanic population is considerable. Her family is supportive and engaged in her life and she receives substantial assistance from them. She is motivated and does well in her studies. She is able to practice her
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