Ma 3 : Problem Based Research

I teach first grade at Lowe Elementary School; my class is made up of twenty-four very diverse seven year-olds; they come from all over the city of Louisville, from a variety of socio-economic situations. Each student brings a unique personality to our classroom community, and they all work hard to become “smarter and smarter” and to “go to college”. Thirteen students are boys and eleven are girls. Of these twenty-four students, three of them are English Language Learners. Additionally, eight students receive tier two interventions and two receive tier three interventions in reading. In math, five students are tier two and four are tier three. I also teach one student who receives ECE services for a developmental delay. Within my class there is a wide achievement gap.

For new teachers the challenge of keeping student engage may seem somewhat difficult, but with the proper lesson plan this can be achieved. It’s very important that when lesson plans are design that they are designed with achievable goals that are based upon the students’ academic grade level. The students should become proficient with one part of the strategy before he are she is moved onto another section of the assignment. When instruction is given to students make sure that it is given in written text with bold print for important subject matters, this should also be given verbally and with the use of technology when possible. At all times students should be

Engaging students in the classroom can be a difficult task. Understanding the process of how students learn can help a teacher adapt the lesson to meet the needs of all students. I will encounter students that are not intrinsically motivated so I will need to find different ways to motivate each and every student. Understanding how my students learn can provide me with insights as to how to help each student learn which will minimize classroom management problems.

As students were forced into their growth of knowledge in elementary school and middle school by continuously being taught basics, in order to prepare them for high school and beyond, they get to gain their freedom and decide whether or not they want to meet their teachers’ marks in high school. Throughout the school year, there comes a time where students have to sign up for classes. By having this choice, students can decide on how they want to challenge themselves in the next school year. During my two and a half years of high school that I have conquered so far, I learned that in a classroom setting there are students who take advanced courses, enjoy the subjects that they chose to take, and try their best to get the best grades that they can receive, in order to prepare them for their future in adulthood. However, there are also students who do not try or realize the importance of the free education given to them because they do not have an interest in the subjects that teachers are teaching them or are just being forced by their students to attend school. Some teachers try their best to bring out the motivation in these students who do not yet see that education is power and freedom, but there are also teachers who ignore these helpless students that are blinded by the present things that affect them like popularity or living with the motto that “you only live once”, because these teachers do not have the inspiration in the

“ Students do become behaviorally, emotionally, and cognitively involved in the learning activities their teachers provide (e.g., write an essay, solve a math problem), and their extent of effort, enjoyment, and strategic thinking does predict important outcomes, such as achievement. But students also do more than this. Students also, more or less, proactively contribute into the flow of instruction they receive as they attempt not only to learn but also to create a more motivationally supportive learning environment for themselves ( Bandura,

In this paper, I will examine Disposition Four, “the educator uses an understanding of individual and group motivation and behavior to create a learning environment that encourages positive social interaction, active engagement in learning, and self-motivation.” This paper is an effort to contest the many relentless influences affecting learners today. Its focus is the necessity of a partnership of resources for students to succeed. (Schulte, 2009) stated, “Increasing academic performance, enhancing social and emotional skills and even retaining quality teachers are all related to positive school climate” (p.46) .Thus the critically importantance for educator to be skilled at creating meaningful interactions between students and practitioners as well as practitioners with students.

I performed my field experience at Chiefland Elementary. Chiefland is a very small town with the population of six thousand. There are over eight hundred students enrolled at Chiefland Elementary. There are fifty-two instructional staff members and two administers. In those fifty-two staff members, there is one African American teacher and one male teacher; the rest are women. This is a white dominate school. In the school there is 73% Caucasian students, 17% African American students, and 4% Hispanic students. There is only 3% of students that are ESOL and 5% are Gifted and Talented. This semester we learned that in small areas and with low income schools, there are more Hispanics and African American people. In this case, Chiefland Elementary

learning, and current literature all speak of the same ways to improve learning. For example, in the very

The main goal of this project is to encourage students to break away from more traditional education. In these scenarios, the teacher is the center of the classroom and the students play a relatively small role in instruction. They simply sit, absorb information, and repeat it on summative assessments. Over the course of a school year, students end up going “a mile wide and an inch deep.” That is, they very rarely have the opportunity to dig deep into topics. Consequently, the information covered is often quickly forgotten. By putting students in charge of their education, I hope that students go “a mile deep and an inch wide.”

Students are going into classrooms without being motivated to learn. Many students don’t have a reason or don’t know of any reason to be motivated. Throughout my years at school I never had a reason to do good in school or even want to do good. I never thought I would need school or even what I wanted to do after school. College hasn’t helped my motivation in the slightest I don’t feel I have many reasons if any to be motivated. Low motivation in school brings me to not care how I do or what I learn. Not knowing what I want to do and “just getting through school” unmotivated students to do well. While having friends that push you to do your work they it’s up to you to make sure your work is done and completed to the best of your effort. Motivation

The study shows every time when pushing the students out of their comfort zone to learn something new or difficult, they neuron become new stronger connections. Over time, the students can get smarter. What can we do to help? Created the kids who are hardy and resilience, not praise the intelligent or talents because this has been failed. We as the teachers should praise the process for the students to increase the learning ability to engage, effort, strategy, progress, and improvement. We should make the students think they have the power to believe that they can improve and challenge themselves. Instead of telling a student or showing the grade that they are failing the class, we should tell them that they are not yet. Not yet doesn’t mean they are the failures, they are moving on to challenge

There is a lack of student motivation, and lack of attendance in schools. How can we spice up the school curriculum? How can struggling students do better? There are options for students who have not responded well to traditional methods.

The concept was to provide a clear understanding on how the Jessica’s Law can work and provide information on where sex offenders are living and where they can’t live. With the information provided with the analysis it shows restriction on how the sex offenders being monitored with a device can be tracked at all times. The GIS and global positioning system can identify potential housing locations and analyze sex offenders.

Learning environments are crucial to the success of students in the classroom. There are many different types of learning environments that are used in schools today, but as long as teachers set those environments up in a way that is inviting and conducive to learning then the teachers will have no problems keeping the attention of the students and will be better equipped to keep their students motivated. This paper will give an overview of the importance of learning theory, it will show what an effective teacher looks like, it will cover different methods of learning that is used today, and it will cover different modalities used in the classroom.

Most critics of today’s educational system blame the teachers and the schools for the lack of student engagement. They rarely implicate the students to assign blame. Could it be that learners today lack intrinsic motivation, something quite catastrophic? Motivation is a reason one has a general desire to do something. An ideal learning environment would consist on having students learning for a price, learning with a passion. Motivation is when someone, a youth, wants to do something by putting their time, effort and energy to achieve it. Research says that motivation increases the amount of effort and energy that student 's spends on a task. Active exploration in schools shows that if students do something that is more interesting to them, they will put more effort into that certain activity. Adult world connection told us that both teacher and students have to motivate and be motivated. Motivation should be ever present in today’s schools and students should try to get motivated and teachers should encourage instead of being discouraging.