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Literature Review: Domain E 2
Virginia’s Center for Advanced Study of Teaching and Learning, helps educators view
classrooms through a common lens and discuss them using a common language,
ultimately, student learning” (Muntner, p. 1). It also says that “The CLASS describes ten
dimensions of teaching that are linked to student achievement and social development.
Each of the ten dimensions falls into one of three broad categories: emotional support,
The first artifact I chose was a student success survey I gave to all students at
the beginning of the school year. This gave me an idea of their thoughts about school
effective learning environment, a student should feel comfortable and supported in the
classroom. The survey is a way to get an understanding about each student and to
start building the classroom family or team feeling in the class. This comes through an
I’ve learned a lot from the placement of desks and students this past year of teaching. I
have also changed them a few times too to see what seemed to work for the class. I
could see seating arrangement changing from year to year depending on the needs of
the students. I started with a six student per group format but found that to be too
distracting. I then moved to four groups of four students in the middle which made it
great for work rotations and an outer layer of desks in fours. This then changed to
keeping the four in the middle but making the outer layers pair and single desks. I
found some student work best in pairs or individually but still were included as a whole
group with one of the sets of four that were in the middle. I think this allowed students
to feel connected to others but also allowed them to get what they needed in the
classroom. In teaching a combo class, I also tried to first separate by grade level and
then mix grade levels in groups, and finally separated into grade level again. I think
can encourage more discussion and movement in the classroom depending on how it is
setup.
ways and begins in the first days of school. Establishing rules and routines, getting to
know the students, and the setup of the classroom environment are important. The
because I feel like if you have the other two in place, it naturally progresses to finding
out who needs support. Students that need instructional support are identified through
Literature Review: Domain E 4
ways to differentiate instruction for all students. We should always be looking for ways
Resource
University of Virginia Center for Advanced Study of Teaching and Learning (CASTL).
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