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2. EDU 381 Course Real Knowledge / edu381dotcom EDU 381 Entire Course (Ash) EDU 381 Week 1 DQ 1 Standards and Learning (Ash) • EDU 381 Week 1 DQ 1 Standards and Learning • EDU 381 Week 1 DQ 2 Creating Instructional Objectives • EDU 381 Week 2 DQ 1 The Concept Attainment Model • EDU 381 Week 2 DQ 2 Comparing Instructional Methods • Standards and Learning. Estes, Mintz, and Gunter state that, “Classroom instruction must be aligned with state standards and the associated high-stakes tests in order to provide students with the opportunity to be successful” (Estes et al, 2011).

3. EDU 381 Course Real Knowledge / edu381dotcom EDU 381 Week 1 DQ 2 Creating Instructional Objectives (Ash) EDU 381 Week 2 DQ 1 The Concept Attainment Model (Ash) • Creating Instructional Objectives. After reading Chapter 3, respond to the following questions: § What is the purpose of backward planning or backward design (Wiggins &McTighe, 2005)? § How does backward design relate to the KUD format • The Concept Attainment Model. Estes, Mintz, and Gunter state, “The concept attainment model is flexible and can be adapted in a variety of ways and with a variety of materials” (Estes et al, 2011). View the video “Guided Discovery of Dictionaries

4. EDU 381 Course Real Knowledge / edu381dotcom EDU 381 Week 2 DQ 2 Comparing Instructional Methods (Ash) EDU 381 Week 2 Matching Objectives to Instruction (Ash) • Comparing Instructional Models. Estes, Mintz, and Gunter state, “The constructivist theory of learning is congruent with both concept attainment and concept development” (Estes et al, 2011). How would you distinguish the concept attainment model from the concept development model? How are the two approaches similar and how are they different? • Matching Objectives to Instruction. Select an academic standard for a content area that you will be teaching that is compatible with the direct instruction model. In a one-to-two page paper, using the KUD format, write one ‘students will understand’ objective, at least two ‘students will know’ objectives, and at least two ‘students will be able to do’ objectives to match the standard you have chosen.

5. EDU 381 Course Real Knowledge / edu381dotcom EDU 381 Week 3 DQ 1 The Quest for Knowledge (Ash) EDU 381 Week 3 DQ 2 Socrates and Strategies (Ash) • The Quest for Knowledge. One of the problem-centered inquiry models discussed in your text is the WebQuest model of inquiry. First, explore WebQuest.org (www.webquest.org). You will find a variety of sample WebQuests to view. • Socrates and Strategies. According to your text, the idea of a Socratic seminar stems from one of the dialogues of Plato in which Socrates suggests that no idea can be taught directly and “all that we know must be extracted from us through a series of questions and a process of inquiry. This is the foundation of the Socratic seminar” (Estes et al, 2011). View the video “Intro to the Socratic Seminar

6. EDU 381 Course Real Knowledge / edu381dotcom EDU 381 Week 3 Lesson Plan (Ash) EDU 381 Week 4 DQ 1 Assessing and Evaluating Learning (Ash) • Lesson Plan. We have examined a variety of instructional models. Select one of the models we have learned about and create a lesson plan (based on academic standards) using that instructional model. Be sure to address each of the items below in your lesson plan: • § Identify the instructional model you have chosen. • Assessing and Evaluating Learning. Assessment is the process of collecting information to find out what students are learning. As we have examined different instructional models throughout this course we have learned about evaluating

7. EDU 381 Course Real Knowledge / edu381dotcom EDU 381 Week 4 DQ 2 Cooperative Learning (Ash) EDU 381 Week 5 DQ 1 Analyzing Instructional Planning (Ash) • Cooperative Learning. Cooperative learning models are designed to promote behaviors such as interdependence, individual accountability, positive interactions and social skills that support group processing. Read Chapter 13 and respond to the following questions: • Analyzing Instructional Planning. Choose one of the case studies presented in Chapters 14, 15, or 16. Then reflect and respond to the questions for the case study you have chosen: • Chapter 14: A Kindergarten Case Study

8. EDU 381 Course Real Knowledge / edu381dotcom EDU 381 Week 5 DQ 2 Making the Models Work for You (Ash) EDU 381 Week 5 Final Paper (Ash) • Making the Models Work for You. We have examined a wide variety of instructional models that you will have the opportunity to use as future educators. These models become part of your instructional repertoire as an educator. The authors of your text have expressed a desire that they “want teachers at all grade levels and in all content areas to believe • Select academic standards on which a unit of study can be developed. Create three lesson plans that could be used in this unit using three different instructional models (select from models that have been covered in this course) that can be utilized effectively to create objectives to meet the standard you have chosen. Be sure to address each of the items below

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