Freakonomics Observation

What were the objectives of this lesson? How well do you think your students understood the overall purpose and relevance of the lesson? (APS 4.A–C)

After reading chapter five, the way that Jensen mentioned the different strategies and the five SHARE factors for classrooms helps me as a future educator, because though these strategies and factors are designed to build success with low- SES students. I know and understand that these strategies and factors will also work with students of all income levels. From the SHARE factors, the terms I most agree on was engaging instruction. My needs as a future teacher are to make learning meaningful. One of the ways I could make learning fun and meaningful to the students is by adding the student’s interests.

The realistic fiction story Freak the Geek by John Green has a lot of characters. Lauren the main character from the story can teach some lessons, like that you should be nicer to friends, and that you should not care about your social status and just be who you are. Lauren is nerdy, smart, and an explorer. These are the reasons why she is nerdy, smart, and an explorer.

I have gained the knowledge of consequences and incentives that are effective and also ineffective to use. By gaining this knowledge I know that during my years to come of teaching I will be able to use effective consequences and incentives for my class. I have obtained the skill of keeping an organized room, through learning how to setup the room in such a way that will benefit student learning and my teaching. The text book used and classroom lectures that I brought into this artifact opened my eyes to many details that I will bring to my elementary class. What I found to be the most useful of completing this artifact was the first part in figuring out my philosophy of classroom management, I felt that this was useful because I had to think of what a good teacher was and why I will make a good teacher and how classroom management will play a role in me becoming a good

The learning outcomes are important. There has to be a reason on why something is being taught, and how it will be useful to the students future. Throughout the paper, I’m going to give you an example of a lesson plan I

It is important for my students to understand and value learning goals in the classroom. At the start of every chapter students will be supplied an outline of what they are going to encounter in the upcoming weeks.

What specifically do you want the students to be able to know and/or do by the end of the lesson? (must align with content standard(s) above)

In the book Freakonomics, by Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner, is made up of a series of scenarios in which an economist and a journalist apply basic principles of economics to demonstrate that information can often expose interesting truths about how the world operates. It uses the science of economics and specific data to challenge our assumptions about everything. In the book Freakonomics by Levitt & Dubner, compares and contrasts two groups of people or things by using their informational data. This is called juxtaposition, which means the fact of two things being seen or placed close together with contrasting effect. Levitt and Dubner look at the world in a way that is both surprising, occasionally funny, and always enlightening. They do so by drawing unexpected connections between two greatly different but complementary aspects of sociology and economics, such as sumo wrestlers to school teachers, KKK members to the real estate agents, and lastly, crack gangs to McDonalds.

Many, if not most, of the people in today's generation are constantly judged by others and even themselves based on what their identity comprises of. The concept of racial injustice and inequality among ethnic minorities constantly fills the media. Women's rights issues seem to arise rapidly whenever a single female is mistreated in the slightest way. The debate on homosexuality is also an enormous topic in our social lives today, with millions of supporters for it, but also millions against it. This internal segregation within our own human population is nothing new, since it has been continuing ever since verbal and written communication with each other has existed. All these components, and many more, are a huge part of what identifies a

In chapter four of Freakonomics, Levitt and Dubner discuss the downturn of criminal activity in the United States. They begin the chapter by giving a summary of Romania’s abortion law, and then they switch to the history of criminal activity in the U.S. At the end, they also make sure to connect the ideas while including clear explanations of their perspectives (Levitt and Dubner 105-132). The way they examine some of the most impactful components that decreased felonies in the U.S., such as dependency on prisons and police strategies/quantity, is done in an effective way for the reader to understand.

The average person would shy away from being called a freak, but after reading Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner’s fascinating book Think Like a Freak, I would argue this term to be a compliment. I will begin by providing a brief summary of Think Like a Freak. Then, I will apply the principles shared by this book to nursing practice and management. Finally, I will conclude with a personal evaluation of the books strengths. Maybe by the end of this report, you too will embrace the thoughts of a freak.

Throughout Freakonomics nothing discussed was left to chance. There was a theory or answer to every question with facts and statistics to support it. At first, I thought Freakonomics was profoundly dull with all the numbers and statistics involved and I had to force myself to continue reading for the sake of completing the assignment on time. However, as I continued the book I became quite interested in the broadness of the topics, and how unusual the possible ideas and theories were. Overall I thought the assignments were challenging because they made you really evaluate the theory’s discussed throughout the chapters, which sometimes were unclear, and I had a hard time expressing my thoughts without copying what the book was saying. I was

In the elementary classroom, there is a clear distinction what is the learning goal from learning activities. I post a learning goal for every subject on the board in the front of the classroom. Each student also has their own scale from level one which is an entry level to level four which is above expectations. As a whole group we are expected to get to a level three, which is at grade level. My students also track their progress on their scale. Finally, when a student reach the level three or four on the learning scale, I recognize them and celebrate their growth.

Being an elementary school teacher comes with a tremendous amount of responsibilities. As a teacher, it is important to know how help all children learn, and contribute to the classroom in an effective way. With students having their own unique way of learning, and contributing to the class us as teachers need help our students find out where they shine in the classroom. As a teacher helping students learn in the way that beneficial to the student is the most important part of the job. A way to help the student succeed in the classroom is to find a goal they are passionate about, find a reward that helps give the child something to work towards. Whether it is an academic goal or them having to work to be able to stay on a sports team. According to Bigpicture.org learning goals are tools used for problem solving and offer a set of boundaries to help the students look at the real world. With helping students set goals it gives them the tools

Likewise, everyone completes a survey before, and at the end of the program, as Figure 1.7 portrays the overall changing of results of how one is before and after, in relation to the activities of Figure 1.5.