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Ssd2 Module 4

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The students generally did well defining key terms (problem #1). By filling out the vocabulary journal during class, they had a reference sheet from which to study. This is evident in Student 1 and Student 2’s responses. Even with the scaffolding in place, the definitions were still difficult for Student 3 who struggles with English as part of her IEP. One of my other students who struggles with language had difficulty in this section as well.

The students overwhelmingly understood how to recognize between dependent and independent events and determine if something was mutually exclusive (problems #2 & 4). Student 2 is the only sample student to lose points in this area, and that is because she forgot to write that the event is “independent” after providing an explanation as to why it would be so.

While it is exciting that 100% of the students were able to distinguish between dependent and independent events and 92% relate mutually exclusive and overlapping events at the proficient or advanced levels, it also tells me that my students needed a greater challenge on these questions. For example, I can have them think of their own examples instead of just labeling the problems I give on future tests. When it came time to write the answer to problem #8 as a fraction, decimal, and percent, I was pleased to find the majority of the students remembered how to complete this conversion. For this portion of the problem, I disregarded whether the …show more content…

From the three students whose work samples were selected, choose two students, at least one of which is an English Learner. For these two students, describe their prior knowledge of the content and their individual learning strengths and challenges (e.g., academic development, language proficiency, special needs). What did you conclude about their learning during the learning segment? Cite specific evidence from work samples and from other classroom assessments relevant to the same evaluative criteria (or rubric). (TPE

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