Teaching Students With A Wide Range Of Diverse Learning Abilities

SC3 Demonstrated ability to monitor and assess student learning data and to use this data to inform teaching for improved student learning. Whenever I begin a unit, I access NAPLAN results to allow me to gauge my students’ ability and progress, and adapt my pedagogies accordingly. I also use TORC testing and On Demand data to provide me with the information required to ensure my students are able to understand and complete my common formative tasks. I attempt to provide prompt, useful and constructive…

Teaching, Learning and Millennial Students Maureen E. Wilson is the author of Teaching, Learning, and Millennial Students. Wilson’s intent was to alert College and University educators and faculty on the challenges regarding education and Millennial students. College and University educators and faculty must attempt to make education exclusive in a way that grabs Millennials attention. College and Universities need to improve curriculums by using creative environments that use technology and avoid…

in-action, on-action and for-action) help the teacher support student learning? Compare and contrast their strengths and limitations focussing on how evidence is used within each type of reflection. Reflective practice is a means of actively observing, analysing and evaluating our teaching practices for subsequent action in order to discover which methods or strategies are successful in encouraging student learning and effective teaching. It is an individual and collaborative process encompassing ‘all…

In order for students with disabilities to learn in a science classroom, there needs to be a balanced approach to learning that includes both instructed and constructed learning activities. Direct teaching and mnemonic strategies can be used in order for students to learn vocabulary and facts. Text structure comprehension and summarization strategies can be implemented to help students read science textbooks. Graphic organizers and framed outlines can help improve learning of abstract concepts…

successfully offer students in my classroom an education that is accessible to all. First I will need to acknowledge that all students’ are unique individuals and that their emotional, educational, social and physical needs are diverse and will require differentiated approaches. Secondly, I need to have an attitude that values diversity and know that all students will have talents, abilities and the capability to learn. The learning environment is one of the most important attributes of the teaching-learning…

Teaching students whose first language is not English is often a challenging task. This essay will focus on a few effective teaching and learning strategies for teaching business studies to second-language learners (ESL learners) in the context of the mainstream classroom. Studies reveal that the negative effects of wrong beliefs about learning are significant (Sawir 2005). However, it has also been suggested that it is possible to intervene in relation to beliefs about learning (Sawir 2005)…

This paper is going to review a diverse and wide range of collected works on gender and education. Gender inequality is more noticeable in some different aspects of the educational systems than most others. This will also cover the following: access to education, college education, and post-graduation results. Throughout this essay I will I will discuss the disparities in questions referring to the relationship between gender inequality and education. Which aspects of education create the most disparities…

faced with the challenge of teaching students with a wide array of abilities. As VanSciver (2005) has voiced, "Teachers are now dealing with a level of academic diversity in their classrooms unheard of just a decade ago" (p. 534). In a single classroom, students ' learning abilities can greatly differ from students practicing in below grade level work to above grade level work. For instance, in a third grade class made of 26 children, you will find that their reading abilities differ immensely in level…

Since beginning this class, how has your definition of “student diversity” changed? Since beginning this class my definition of “student diversity” has change throughout the summer. The topics we covered were unique to the class and engaged my interests. These topics were not discussed in my previous Master’s courses and most of the topics were considered not important to teaching. When I was told I had to take a student diversity class I was tentative. The definition I had before the class…

Introduction Adapting the curriculum to meet the requirements for a diverse range of student skills, abilities and backgrounds, whilst endorsing learning engagement in a safe and secure learning environment within today’s classrooms provides challenges for teachers. Thus the following essay intents to convey the importance of specifically designing activities to actively engage learners and appreciate the value in catering for differentiation among learners. Designing activities that actively engage…