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Reflective Journal Entry #8

Description             This weeks reading discussed assessment in the classroom.     Analysis               Instructional objectives are the backbone of what a teacher presents in the classroom.   In creating objectives, the teacher must decide what information they think the students need to know and how they will evaluate student mastery of the topic.   Slavin (2015) notes that there are three parts to creating an instructional objective.   The first requires the teacher to “state the conditions under which learning will be assessed” (Slavin, 2015, p. 341).   A teacher should determine what the students will be given and what tools they will be using.   An objective’s verb “is usually an action verb that indicates what students will be able to do” (Slavin, 2015, p. 341).   For example, will the students solve, write, match...
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Reflection Journal Entry #7

Description             This weeks reading discussed the learning environment and the behavior that occurs in the classroom.   Analysis             Slavin (2015) opens the chapter by stating, “The most effective approach to classroom management is effective instruction” (p. 272).   If the students in a classroom are engaged in the lesson, behavior problems are cut tremendously.   Classroom management is closely related with how smoothly instruction will flow on a given day.   If students are misbehaving but the teacher deals with it in a non-verbal way or after the class period ends, instruction can continue and no time is lost.   However, as Slavin (2015) notes, “even a well-managed class is sure to contain individual students who will misbehave” (p. 272).   Given this truth, it is fundamental that a teacher know how to handle misbehavior ...
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