To Do
1. Reflect on the scenarios.
Think about how you would incorporate the scenarios into your practice.
Practice Scenario 1
Exploring Content Specific Resources A colleague has expressed concerns about her need to brush up on a specific unit of study that she will be teaching in two weeks. Reflect on the material within this module. Referencing the resources available at the national, state, and local levels, consider what advice and assistance you would offer to her.
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Practice Scenario 2
Improving and Enhancing Pedagogy in Specific Content Areas Mrs. Hastings is in her third year of teaching sixth grade science. After two years of teaching the Force and Motion unit she recognized that her students were still not as successful as she had hoped. Reflect on some key strategies discussed in this module that may strengthen her teaching strategy repertoire.
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Interactive Practice Scenarios
Review the interactive scenarios below and think about how you would incorporate them into your practice. |
2. Take the Knowledge Check Assessment.
Some instructional strategies are most effective in content-specific areas while others work well in cross-curricular areas. After investigating the material in this module, use the table provided (Word Document) to identify two new content-specific strategies that you can use with your students.
- Provide a two or three sentence response to explain each of your choices.
- Then identify two cross-curricular strategies you can use and provide a two or three sentence response to explain each of your choices.
Provide your answers in the Assignments Tool. (Knowledge Check 1.3)