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AED 203 EDU The learning interface
AED 203 Assignment Science Experiment (UOP) FOR
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Pages 269-284 of Curriculum and Instructional
Methods Due Date Day 7 Individual forum
Choose a grade level and a scientific concept
appropriate for that level. Plan a science
experiment to explore this concept. In your
paper, address the following pointso List the
equipment and materials to be included in the
science kit.o Explain what safety precautions
are needed.o Outline the step-by-step procedures
for the experiment.AED 203 Classroom
InstructionCourse Syllabus Page 20o Determine
methods you can use to monitor student
performance.o Select an appropriate assessment
for this lesson.
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AED 203 Capstone Discussion Question (UOP) FOR
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Day 3 Main forum Post your response to the
following questions How do classroom management
issues differ, depending on the subject matter?
For instance, how can you manage an English
language arts or social studies classroom
differently than you can a mathematics or science
classroom
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AED 203 CheckPoint Classroom Management
Strategies (UOP) FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT
www.aed203edu.com Resources Appendix B and
pp. 49-82 of Curriculum and Instructional
Methods Due Date Day 3 Individual forum
Consider that implementing effective classroom
management strategies can create a classroom not
only more conducive to learning but also more
enjoyable for teachers, students, and other
educational professionals. Use the table in
Appendix B to outline classroom management
strategies that address the following factorso
Classroom expectations and procedures for at
least two different age groupso Time-management
strategies that maintain continuity in the
classroomo Strategies for dealing with
disruptive and off-task behaviors Post your
completed appendix as an attachment
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AED 203 CheckPoint Resources in the Science
Classroom (UOP) FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT
www.aed203edu.com Resource Pages 269-284 of
Curriculum and Instructional Methods Due Date
Day 3 Individual forum Consider that in order
to understand scientific concepts, students need
to observe and participate in experiments.
Address the following questions in 200 to 300
words How can you provide relevant hands-on
learning in a science classroom when few
resources are provided by the school? How can you
ensure student safety and involvement in the
science classroom? Post your response.
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AED 203 CheckPoint Approaches to Teaching
Language Arts (UOP) FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT
www.aed203edu.com Resource Pages 118 190-192
of Curriculum and Instructional Methods Due
Date Day 5 Individual forum Review the
definition of constructivism on p. 118 of the
text as well as Characteristics of a
Constructivist Approach to Language Arts, on pp.
190-192 of the text. Write a 200- to 300-word
response comparing and contrasting approaches for
teaching English language arts in a
constructivist classroom and in a traditional
classroom. Which approach do you prefer? Which
approach do you think is more effective? Explain
your answer. Post your response.
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AED 203 CheckPoint Approaches to Teaching
Mathematical Concepts (UOP) FOR MORE CLASSES
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of Curriculum and Instructional Methods Due
Date Day 5 Individual forum Consider that
teaching strategies and instructional materials
in the mathematics classroom should be
age-appropriate. Choose a mathematical concept
as described in Ch. 10 of the text. Write a
200- to 300-word response describing how you can
teach this concept to students in a lower
elementary grade and to students in a middle
school grade. Post your response.
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AED 203 CheckPoint Approaches to Teaching
Science (UOP) FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT
www.aed203edu.com In Curriculum and
Instructional Methods for the Elementary and
Middle School, 6th ed. (2006), J. K. Lemlech
argues that how students learn science is just
as important as what they learn. In the teaching
of science, a major objective is to develop
students problem-solving capabilities. To do
this, teachers must structure learning
experiences to provide students with
opportunities to participate in inquiry
processes (p. 269).ReferenceLemlech, J. K.
(2006). Curriculum and instructional methods for
the elementary and middle school (6th ed.). Upper
Saddle River, NJ Pearson Education. Resource
Pages 269-275 of Curriculum and Instructional
Methods Due Date Day 2 Individual forum
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AED 203 CheckPoint Approaches to Teaching Social
Studies (UOP) FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT
www.aed203edu.com Approaches to Teaching Social
StudiesMany historical and current events are
controversial, including multicultural, gender,
and moral issues. Although teachers do not have
to shy away from teaching controversial subject
matter in the social studies classroom, they
should approach the teaching of these subjects
differently than they do noncontroversial
subjects.
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AED 203 CheckPoint Community Involvement and
Global Awareness (UOP) FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT
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Curriculum and Instructional Methods Due Date
Day 5 Individual forum Consider that one
responsibility of the social studies teacher is
to help students become better-informed, more
responsible citizens. Suggest, in 200 to 300
words, instructional strategies for encouraging
community involvement and global awareness for
social studies students. Post your response.
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AED 203 CheckPoint Effective Lesson Plan (UOP)
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Resource Pages 76-82 of Curriculum and
Instructional Methods Due Date Day 7
Individual forum Consider the following As
teachers become more experienced in the
classroom, they normally use lesson plans with
fewer details although lesson planning continues
to be an important component of instruction.
While you are still new to the classroom,
however, you will want to use fairly detailed
lesson plans. Review the experienced teachers
lesson plan in Figure 3.3 on p. 78 of the text.
Write a 200- to 300-word response by adding more
detail to the experienced teachers lesson
plano Provide ideas for motivating students.o
Create question prompts.o Suggest methods for
evaluating the lessons objective. Answer the
following question What makes a lesson plan
effective? Post your response
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AED 203 CheckPoint Monitoring Student Progress
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source Pages 156-157 of Curriculum and
Instructional Methods Due Date Day 3
Individual forum Recall that before a teacher
assigns homework or tests, he or she needs to
monitor students progress to determine their
level of understanding. Monitoring techniques
include both formal and informal observations.
Write a 200- to 300-word response to the
following points regarding strategies for
monitoring student progresso Identify a
time-efficient way to monitor independent student
work (other than a student raising a hand to
signal a need for help).
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AED 203 CheckPoint Room Plan (UOP) FOR MORE
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69-72 of Curriculum and Instructional Methods
Due Date Day 5 Individual forum Consider
that the way a classroom is arranged influences
the extent to which students are engaged in the
learning process. The room plan also impacts the
amount of time you have to spend on classroom
management issues. Use a word-processing
drawing tool, such as the Drawing toolbar in
Microsoft Word, to sketch an effective room plan
for your classroom. Determine the most
appropriate furniture and resources for the room
as well as the most effective arrangement of
these items. (To access the Drawing toolbar, go
to View, select Toolbars from the drop-down menu,
and then click on Drawing.) Answer the
following questions about your room plan How
does this room arrangement involve students in
the learning process? What other motivational
techniques can you use to keep students engaged
and participating? Post the room plan and your
answers as an attachment.
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AED 203 CheckPoint The Roles of Home, School,
and Society (UOP) FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT
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Curriculum and Instructional Methods Due Date
Day 5 post to the Individual forumAED 203
Classroom InstructionCourse Syllabus Page 9
Consider that educational goals and standards
reflect the goals and standards of the society in
which schools exist. Provide examples of the
similar as well as the differing roles that home,
society, and school play in todays educational
system. Determine howas an educational
professionalyou will enhance these relationships
for the benefit of your students. Post your
200- to 300-word response.
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AED 203 Entire Course (UOP) FOR MORE CLASSES
VISIT www.aed203edu.com AED 203 Assignment
Science Experiment AED 203 Capstone Discussion
Question AED 203 Final Project Effective
Classroom Management Plan AED 203 WEEK 1 ONE
DISCUSSION 1 AED 203 WEEK 1 ONE DISCUSSION 2 AED
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Effective Lesson Plan AED 203 WEEK 3 THREE
DISCUSSION 1
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AED 203 Final Project Effective Classroom
Management Plan (UOP) FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT
www.aed203edu.com Resource Appendix A Due
Date Day 7 Individual forum Develop an
effective classroom management plan to add to
your professional portfolio. Include the
following sections for this portfolio
componento Organizing Procedures and
Resourceso Arranging the Environmento
Monitoring Student Progresso Anticipating and
Handling Problemso Designing a Learning Center
Format your 2,000- to 2,500-word paper according
to APA guidelines. Post your final project as
an attachment
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AED 203 Week 1 Discussion Question 1 (UOP) FOR
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Question 1 Due Date Day 2 post to the Main
forum Post your response to the following
Recall an effective teacher you had in the past.
What made that teacher effective? As you respond
to your classmates posts, identify ways you can
incorporate effective teaching characteristics
into your classroom facilitation.
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AED 203 Week 1 Discussion Question 2 (UOP) FOR
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Question 2 Due Date Day 4 post to the Main
forum Consider the following According to J.
K. Lemlech (2006), author of Curriculum and
Instructional Methods for the Elementary and
Middle School, 6th ed., the school curriculum
responds to three interwoven components . . . .
One of these components is societal needs and
concerns (p. 7). Post your response to the
following In your opinion, which social, legal,
or economic concern affecting learning in todays
classroom is the most pressing? Support your
opinion with examples. Ask for more information
regarding areas of disagreement when you respond
to your classmates posts.ReferenceLemlech, J.
K. (2006). Curriculum and instructional methods
for the elementary and middle school (6th ed.).
Upper Saddle River, NJ Pearson Education.
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AED 203 Week 3 Discussion 1 (UOP) FOR MORE
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Question 1 Due Date Day 2 Main forum
Consider the following Howard Gardner (cited in
Lemlech, 2006) offers an alternative theory to
measuring intelligence through traditional I.Q.
tests. Gardners theory of multiple intelligences
includes eight different types of intelligence
(1) linguistic, (2) logical-mathematical, (3)
spatial, (4) musical, (5) bodily-kinesthetic, (6)
interpersonal, (7) intrapersonal, and (8)
naturalistic (pp. 33-34). Post your response to
the following How can you provide for multiple
intelligences using the direct instruction model?
Give an example.ReferenceLemlech, J. K. (2006).
Curriculum and instructional methods for the
elementary and middle school (6th ed.). Upper
Saddle River, NJ Pearson Education.
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AED 203 Week 3 Discussion 2 (UOP) FOR MORE
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Question 2 Due Date Day 4 Main forum Post
your response to the following Teachers
sometimes want students to work together in order
to complete an assignment or a task. Two common
instructional methods used in the classroom are
group investigation and cooperative learning.
When is it appropriate to use group investigation
in the classroom? When is it appropriate to use
cooperative learning? Provide specific examples
to support your answers.
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AED 203 Week 4 Assignment Appropriate Use of
Assessment Methods (UOP) FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT
www.aed203edu.com Resources Pages 157-177 of
Curriculum and Instructional Methods and a
Microsoft PowerPoint tutorial at
http//highered.mcgraw-hill.com/sites/0072964464/s
tudent_view0/creating_powerpoints.html Due
Date Day 7 Individual forum Consider that
involving parents in the educational
processespecially in controversial or innovative
areas of instruction or assessmentcan improve
relationships between the school and the
community while enhancing student learning.
Complete Exercise 8 under Discussion Questions
and Application Exercises on p. 177 of the
text. Create a Microsoft PowerPoint
presentation to explain to an audience of parents
the assessment methods listed in Exercise 8. The
presentation needs to include an introductory
slide, three to four content slides, and a
concluding slide. Use APA guidelines to format
any in-text citations and references used in the
presentation. Post the presentation as an
attachment.
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AED 203 Week 5 Discussion Question 1 (UOP) FOR
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Day 2 Main forum Post your response to the
following Being able to read, write, listen, and
respond are basic skills that form the foundation
for all other learning. How can English language
arts teachers create a literacy-rich environment
in their classrooms? How can teachers overcome
obstacles to literacy or resistance on the part
of students
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AED 203 Week 5 Discussion Question 2 (UOP) FOR
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Question 2 Due Date Day 4 Main forum Post
your response to the following Language arts
contains both receptive (listening, reading) and
expressive (speaking, writing) components but no
content of its own. Suggest one way that teachers
can integrate content and instruction in an
English language arts classroom.
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AED 203 Week 6 Assignment Virtual Field Trip
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ssignment Virtual Field Trip Despite the value
of a visit to a museum or historical site, not
every school budget allows for field trips. With
the advent of the Internet, however, students can
travel to exotic locations without ever leaving
the classroom. Resources Pages 221, 235-236,
238-239 of Curriculum and Instructional Methods
and a Microsoft PowerPoint tutorial at
http//highered.mcgraw-hill.com/sites/0072964464/s
tudent_view0/creating_powerpoints.html Due
Date Day 7 Individual forum Design a social
studies learning packet for a virtual field trip
for upper elementary or middle school students.
Create a four- to six-slide Microsoft
PowerPoint presentation of the content for the
learning packet by addressing the following
points.o Choose a reliable Internet site, and
review the content to ensure that it is
appropriate for the age group and the social
studies class.
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AED 203 Week 7 Discussion Question 1 (UOP) FOR
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Question 1 Due Date Day 2 Main forum Post
your response to the following Some students
experience anxiety over learning mathematical
concepts or believe that math is mechanical and
boring. What strategies can you use to help
students cope with math anxiety? How can you make
math class interesting and fun as well as
relevant
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AED 203 Week 7 Discussion Question 2 (UOP) FOR
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Question 2 Due Date Day 4 Main forum Post
your response to the following The introduction
of calculators and computers into the mathematics
classroom has made it faster and easier for
students to complete difficult problems.
Technology should not, however, replace the
students understanding of basic mathematical
operations. What are some appropriate and
effective ways to use technology in the
mathematics classroom? How can you ensure that
students do not depend too heavily on technology
to complete mathematics assignments?
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