Module 1 Assignments
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Module 1 Assignments
1. Introduction: Getting to Know You, Your Learning Style Preference, Your Background (with students with learning disabilities), and Your Needs and Wants. Post your responses in Caucus, the Keeping Room. Thanks, Dee.
Tell me a little about yourself, your family, interests, hobbies, etc.
How do you learn best? You've completed one of the electives for part 2 Spec. Ed. , what can I do (or attempt to do) to make this on-line course match more closely with your learning style? State (specifically or generally) your needs and wants from this course.2. Caucus: Cooperative Learning On-Line Style. Assignments #5, #6, #7 will be worked on as a group. Group structures will be listed in Caucus. Special educators are asked daily to work as part of teams. This course is a good place to hone those skills. Our focus will be to practicalize the theory, for elementary and secondary teachers teaching or supporting regular educators who teach students with LD.
Assignments
Assignment 1: Discuss meta-cognition using Michenbaum's conceptualization of inner language (text p. 306, 321) and review his instructional steps as a useful teaching tool in today's classroom. Several instructional techniques were developed based on this perspective. Discuss the SQ3R strategy in reading or a strategy more familiar to you. You might discuss other learning strategies as well, include how it is used effectively, could be used more effectively, etc. Post in Caucus, Assignment #1.
Assignment 2: Discuss\summarize\present each of the historical phases in the field of LD. What were the reasons for each and how did each phase impact on the education of students with LD? Post in Caucus, Assignment #2.
Assignment 3: Compare the components of the two definitions of learning disabilities (1984- current definition and the latest draft definition). Note and discuss each of the following components in relation to the current definition and the latest draft: psychological-process component , the exclusionary criterion, the discrepancy criterion. Post in Caucus, Assignment #3.
Assignment 4: Discuss the medical model vs the educational model. Look at Interest Box.2.1, and contrast the various aspects of the medical and educational models on each issue. Identify other ways in which these two views might not agree. Post in Caucus, Assignment #4.
Assignment 5: See names of member in your group in Caucus. Assign sections of Chapter 3 to group members. Decide how your group will present an overview of the information in teacher friendly and practical application to teacher practice. Members must forward leaders of groups clear, concise overview of assigned section. A team leader will organize and present the group’s work on-line. Post in Caucus, Assignment #5.
Assignment 6: Same task as assignment 5 but your group studies and presents the main points of chapter 4 in relation to our jobs as teachers. Presentations should help us examine our practices and use the information for professional growth. Post in Caucus, Assignment #6.
Assignment 7: Same task as assignment 5 but your group studies and presents the main points of chapter 5. Post in Caucus, Assignment # 7.
EVALUATION MODULE ONE
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15% Participation on-line
15% Assignments
