EDU 381 Entire Course

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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
EDU 381 Week 2 Matching Objectives to Instruction
EDU 381 Week 3 DQ 1 The Quest for Knowledge
EDU 381 Week 3 DQ 2 Socrates and Strategies
EDU 381 Week 3 Lesson Plan
EDU 381 Week 4 DQ 1 Assessing and Evaluating Learning

 EDU 381 Week 1 DQ 1 Standards and

Learning

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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).
Explain how state standards came into existence. Discuss the impact of the
standards movement on classroom instruction.
How can classroom instruction meet both learner and societal goals considering
mandated state standards and the needs of students?

 EDU 381 Week 1 DQ 2 Creating

Instructional Objectives

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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 discussed
in your text? How would you evaluate this approach to curriculum? How does it
affect student learning? Refer to Chapter 3 of your text, additional resources and your
own insights/experiences. Respond to at least two classmates postings.

 EDU 381 Week 2 DQ 1 The Concept

Attainment Model

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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 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?&). Then reflect on what you have
observed in the video and respond to the following questions:
Concept attainment lessons take time and imagination to plan. Is it worth using our
limited time to teach with this model?
What are the benefits of using this approach?

 EDU 381 Week 2 DQ 2 Comparing

Instructional Methods

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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? In which units of study might these models be best
utilized and why? Give specific examples of when each model might be used
successfully in classroom instruction.

 EDU 381 Week 2 Matching Objectives to

Instruction

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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 oneto-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. List at least two
activities that could be used in a direct instruction lesson plan to support these
objectives. Refer to Chapters 3 and 4 of your text, additional resources and your own
insights/experiences to complete this assignment.

 EDU 381 Week 3 DQ 1 The Quest for

Knowledge

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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. Examine
several samples and select one that you might find useful in your own classroom.
Then identify the model of instruction used in your selected WebQuest. How is it
different from and/or similar to the other two models described in Chapter 7 in your
text? Discuss how the WebQuest model you selected meets the needs of a diverse
group of learners. How are standards, assessment and evaluation addressed?
Discuss your impressions and feelings about this model of instruction. Refer to
Chapter 7 of your text, additional resources and your own insights/experiences.

 EDU 381 Week 3 DQ 2 Socrates and

Strategies

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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 (
http://www.youtube.com/watch?&). Then reflect on what you have observed in the
video and what you have read in your text. Briefly describe the Socratic seminar
model. Then respond to the following questions:
What role does questioning play in this model?
This model is designed to encourage multiple answers to open-ended questions

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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.
State the academic standards on which the lesson is based.
Describe grade level your lesson is written for.
Write one students will understand objective, at least two students

 EDU 381 Week 4 Differentiation

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EDU 381 Week 4 Differentiation.

 EDU 381 Week 4 DQ 1 Assessing and

Evaluating Learning

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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
instructional objectives. Choose one instructional model we have learned about and
respond to the following questions:
How can student learning be evaluated in this instructional model? Give specific
examples.
Why are these types of assessment appropriate for this instructional model?
What types of assessment will you utilize within the instructional model you have
chosen? (Refer back to Chapter 3)

 EDU 381 Week 4 DQ 2 Cooperative

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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:
What benefits did you see in this example of cooperative learning?
Do you anticipate any problems with this type of classroom learning?
What can you do in this instructional model to meet individual needs in a classroom
of diverse learners?
How will you assess student learning using this model?

 EDU 381 Week 5 DQ 1 Analyzing

Instructional Planning

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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
The teacher in this scenario checks the readiness test scores of her future
students. How much influence should readiness tests have on instructional decisionmaking?
Is the teacher in this scenario using backward design in her planning? Explain your
position.

 EDU 381 Week 5 DQ 2 Making the

Models Work for You

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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 that the most important thing they have to teach students is the
process of learning (Estes et al, 2011). Respond to the following questions:
How do you see the instructional models we have learned about helping you to
achieve the goal the authors of your text have expressed?

 EDU 381 Week 5 Final Paper

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FINAL PAPER
Part One: Lesson Plan
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 in each of your lesson plans:
Identify the instructional model you have chosen.
State the academic standard on which the lesson is based.
Describe grade level your lesson is written for.