EDU 673 (ASH)

Question 1

EDU 673 Week 1 Brain Research Supports Differentiation

Answer 1

EDU 673 Week 1 Brain Research Supports Differentiation
In a three- to five-page paper (not including title and reference pages):
a. Analyze how neuroscientific research findings and recent discoveries regarding how the brain learns support differentiation in the classroom.
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Question 2

EDU 673 Week 1 DQ 1 Key Principles of Effective Differentiation

Answer 2

EDU 673 Week 1 DQ 1 Key Principles of Effective Differentiation
Analyze the five key principles of effective differentiation and discuss which of the five will be the most difficult for you to embrace with a “fluid” or “growth mindset.” What are the obstacles you see that will inhibit implementing the principles in your current or future educational setting? Which of the five is the easiest to accept? Why?
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Question 3

EDU 673 Week 1 DQ 1 Key Principles of Effective Differentiation

Answer 3

EDU 673 Week 1 DQ 1 Key Principles of Effective Differentiation
Analyze the five key principles of effective differentiation and discuss which of the five will be the most difficult for you to embrace with a “fluid” or “growth mindset.” What are the obstacles you see that will inhibit implementing the principles in your current or future educational setting? Which of the five is the easiest to accept? Why?
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Question 4

EDU 673 Week 1 DQ 2 Educational Neuroscience

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EDU 673 Week 1 DQ 2 Educational Neuroscience
Educational neuroscience is an exciting new discipline that brings together research from psychology, neuroscience and pedagogy to help educators make the best curriculum, instructional and assessment choices for effective learning.
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Question 5

EDU 673 Week 2 DQ 1 Fluid and Fixed Mindsets

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EDU 673 Week 2 DQ 1 Fluid and Fixed Mindsets
Souza and Tomlinson (2011) explain, “Mindsets are the assumptions, expectations, and beliefs that guide our behavior and our interaction with others”(p. 19). A teacher’s mindset is of utmost importance in the differentiated classroom.
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Question 6

EDU 673 Week 2 DQ 2 Effective Differentiated Curriculum

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EDU 673 Week 2 DQ 2 Effective Differentiated Curriculum
Visit the Discovery Education: Lesson Plan Library website and locate a lesson plan that represents the grade level and subject area you are teaching or are interested in teaching.
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Question 7

EDU 673 Week 2 DQ 2 Effective Differentiated Curriculum

Answer 7

EDU 673 Week 2 DQ 2 Effective Differentiated Curriculum
Visit the Discovery Education: Lesson Plan Library website and locate a lesson plan that represents the grade level and subject area you are teaching or are interested in teaching.
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Question 8

EDU 673 Week 2 Journal

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EDU 673 Week 2 Journal

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Question 9

EDU 673 Week 2 Welcome Activity

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EDU 673 Week 2 Welcome Activity
Imagine it is the first day of school and you are welcoming a whole new set of students to class. Create your own welcoming activity for the first day of school that demonstrates how you will incorporate differentiation through a growth mindset. You are not limited to any particular format, but you must address the following:
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Question 10

EDU 673 Week 3 Assessment and Differentiation

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EDU 673 Week 3 Assessment and Differentiation
For this assignment you will need a lesson plan or unit that includes an assessment. You may use one of your own, create a new one, or modify one that you find. Make sure the assessment contains all the elements of effective assessment and then explain or provide measures to show:
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Question 11

EDU 673 Week 3 Assessment and Differentiation

Answer 11

EDU 673 Week 3 Assessment and Differentiation
For this assignment you will need a lesson plan or unit that includes an assessment. You may use one of your own, create a new one, or modify one that you find. Make sure the assessment contains all the elements of effective assessment and then explain or provide measures to show:
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Question 12

EDU 673 Week 3 DQ 2 Summative Assessment

Answer 12

EDU 673 Week 3 DQ 2 Summative Assessment
There are two types of summative assessments, those that assess rote-knowledge skills and those that assess higher-level executive functions. Using the information in your text and from your own educational experience, develop an argument that supports the use of both types of summative assessments. Explain and defend the appropriate use of each type of assessment.
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Question 13

EDU 673 Week 3 Journal

Answer 13

EDU 673 Week 3 Journal

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Question 14

EDU 673 Week 4 Differentiated Instruction for Student Readiness

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EDU 673 Week 4 Differentiated Instruction for Student Readiness
For this assignment you will need a lesson plan or unit that includes measurable learning outcomes. You may continue to use the lesson plan from Week Three, or you can create a new one or modify one that you have found. Provide and explain differentiated teaching strategies that are appropriate for a variety of students at different levels of readiness. Your strategies must align to the learning outcomes. Make sure to include the following:
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Question 15

EDU 673 Week 4 DQ 1 Student Readiness

Answer 15

EDU 673 Week 4 DQ 1 Student Readiness
After reading Chapter Five of the course text, create a checklist of the eighteen guidelines for differentiating curriculum in response to student readiness as a separate document. You can group the guidelines in whatever way makes the most sense for you. You are creating the checklist to keep as a tool for use in your current or future classrooms. Once you have created the checklist, upload the document in the Doc Sharing tool (Please see the Course Materials section of the course, under Course Home in the left navigation, for a brief Doc Sharing video tutorial.).
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Question 16

EDU 673 Week 4 DQ 2 Student Interest

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EDU 673 Week 4 DQ 2 Student Interest
After watching the talks by Sir Ken Robinson (TED Talk – Ken Robinson Says Schools Kill Creativity, and TED Talk – Sir Ken Robinson: Bring on the Learning Revolution!), answer the following questions:
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Question 17

EDU 673 Week 5 Differentiating for Learning Profile

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EDU 673 Week 5 Differentiating for Learning Profile
For this assignment you will need a lesson plan or unit that includes measurable learning outcomes. You may continue to use the lesson plan from previous weeks, create a new one, or modify one that you have found.
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Question 18

EDU 673 Week 5 DQ 1 Learning Style Debate

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EDU 673 Week 5 DQ 1 Learning Style Debate
The four aspects of learning profile are controversial. Highly respected researchers argue vigorously for the existence of cognitive styles or intelligence preferences.
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Question 19

EDU 673 Week 5 DQ 2 Culture and Gender

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EDU 673 Week 5 DQ 2 Culture and Gender
Share with your classmates how you believe your own culture and gender influence your teaching and learning. Do you believe your gender served as an advantage or a disadvantage in your own academic experience? How about your culture?
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Question 20

EDU 673 Week 5 Journal

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EDU 673 Week 5 Journal

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Question 21

EDU 673 Week 6 DQ 1 Orderly Flexible Learning Environments

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EDU 673 Week 6 DQ 1 Orderly Flexible Learning Environments
Our text describes four kinds of classroom environments that stem from teacher management beliefs and styles. Orderly-flexible learning environments are most likely to support differentiated instruction. Choose one of the following three kinds of classroom environments:
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Question 22

EDu 673 Week 6 DQ 2 Personal and Professional Growth

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EDu 673 Week 6 DQ 2 Personal and Professional Growth
As you reflect on this course, what assumptions about differentiated instruction have been confirmed? Have others been challenged? Which? What steps will you take to modify your teaching strategies now or in the future?
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Question 23

EDU 673 Week 6 Final Paper Professional Development Plan

Answer 23

EDU 673 Week 6 Final Paper Professional Development Plan
To create your Final Project you will be designing your own Professional Development Plan. You will need to create a step-by-step timeline that shows your commitment to personal and professional growth in creating academically and culturally diverse classrooms.
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