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Math Lesson in Literature, 2007.
This paper looks at Eric Carle's book 'The Grouchy Lady Bug' and discusses grade one mathematics lessons involving literature.
1,077 words (approx. 4.3 pages), 3 sources, MLA, AU$ 62.95
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In this article, the writer discusses how Eric Carle's 'The Grouchy Lady Bug' may be used as a first grade math tool. The writer notes that although a number of printed and Internet sources have already expressed how to adapt this book for student exercises in mathematics and literature, this book shows itself amenable to other lessons a teacher devises, directly from the book in relation to what the curriculum must cover. The writer concludes that in its seeming lack of limitation for grade one learners, and others, the book can be strongly recommended to teachers accustomed to using literary and visual sources in the teaching of elementary mathematics.
Outline:
Introduction
Class Activities
Examining the Text
Concluding Remarks
Works Cited
From the Paper
"To generate interest in a book that will be used for a number of lessons, learners can be helped to talk about the ladybug in general. Some Grade One students will say that they have seen one, and others can state words they would use to describe a ladybug to someone who had never seen one. Other students will answer questions as to how large a ladybug is in relation to other things in the room, reinforcing ideas of larger than and smaller than, the teacher framing questions that can be answered in simple responses of "Yes" or "No". Grade One students will giggle when asked if a ladybug is larger than the teacher's chair, or smaller than a speck on the ceiling, if it would fit in the teacher's pocket or handbag, or if a ladybug is larger than a cat? If the teacher had a pet ladybug, would he need to take it for walks?"
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Motivating Learning in Reading and Math, 2002.
A detailed exploration of the literature on motivating learning and the construction of a revised independent learning program.
13,056 words (approx. 52.2 pages), 18 sources, APA, AU$ 409.95
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This proposed Independent Learning Program (ILP) focuses on using constructivist methods to uncover the inherent motivation to learn of elementary school students. The emphasis is on devising units and lessons plans, which combine reading and math in ways that call forth the students' innate curiosity. The paper explores the literature available on motivating learning, with a focus on new constructivist philosophies and techniques. These are used to construct a revised curriculum plan for a brief unit combining work with both math and reading. From this plan, several sample lesson plans are more fully developed.
Table of Contents:
Abstract
Introduction
Problem Statement
Historical Context
Goals and Rationale
Population Addressed
Methodology
Review of the Literature
Motivating Learning
Constructivism Body
(Revised Curriculum)
Eight-Week Unit of Exploration in Math and Science
People to Study
Sample Lessons Plans
Conclusion
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"Through this assessment process, the teacher may learn that students understand basically how numbers can be used in daily life - as with making change in stores - but do not really understand numbers as abstractions, or make connections with numbers and other aspects of life. They may express their belief that numbers are irrelevant in their concept maps, or that learning arithmetic has no relationship to their interests or their daily lives. This is the starting point for the design of the curriculum."
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Motivating Learning in Reading and Math, 2002.
Creating a revised curriculum using constructivist methods to create a classroom situation that is more motivating for young students. The specific focus is reading for young boys and math for young girls.
7,954 words (approx. 31.8 pages), 13 sources, MLA, AU$ 282.95
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This in-depth and thorough study examines the problem that American students lag behind others in reading and maths skills. The study involves a detailed exploration of the literature on motivating learning, with a focus on new constructivist philosophies and techniques. These are used to construct a revised curriculum plan for a brief unit combining work with both math and reading. From this plan, two sample lesson plans were developed.
Abstract
Introduction
Historical Context
Goals and Rationale
Review of the Literature
Motivating Learning
Constructivism
Lay-out of Theme
People to Study
Problems
Lesson Plans
Conclusion
References
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"In comparison with students in other parts of the world, students in the United States have lagged behind in some areas, including science, math, and languages. There are several problems associated with this, as well as with low test scores on standardized achievement tests. There are schools with inadequate funding and resources, failures in the teaching process, and lack of linkage between schools and communities. One other problem is the lack of interest on the part of students. This is the problem explored in this study. Pierce (1994) discussed this problem in regard to at-risk students. She noted that while the classroom is often a dull place for many students, for at-risk students, it can be profoundly alienating. This alienation is at least partly the result of out-of-school conditions which teachers cannot control. The alienation is reinforced if schools and classrooms focus on standardized testing and immediate learning outcomes, rather than on creating an environment in which students can thrive."
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"Abstract Animals" Lesson Plan, 2002.
This paper evaluates Crayola?s website lesson plan database and describes the use of the "Abstract Animals" lesson plan from that site.
815 words (approx. 3.3 pages), 2 sources, MLA, AU$ 48.95
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The author feels that the Crayola? website, which has hundreds of lessons plans for all age groups, can be used almost exclusively as a source of lesson plans, ranging from science to pop art to multicultural and classical art styles. The paper describes the "Abstract Animals" lesson, very fitting for third graders, which teaches kids how to use simple shapes and colors to draw animals and other objects after the style of more modern representational artists. The author uses this lesson plan within a comprehensive interdisciplinary art curriculum that teaches about the relevance of art within its social and historical setting.
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"The third section is called ?Directions,? and for a change is precisely what it claims to be. The directions for this lesson are, in short, to show the children images of various animals and forms and to use tracing paper to draw simple geometric shapes over the forms. (For example, an elephant?s head would be a circle with two large ovals for the ears and a long thin oval for the trunk.) Subsequently these designs are redrawn with marker on construction paper and colored in with chalk."
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"Brain Friendly" Lesson Plans, 2007.
A research proposal for a "brain friendly" lesson plan for children in kindergarten to third grade.
2,852 words (approx. 11.4 pages), 4 sources, MLA, AU$ 139.95
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The research proposal provides two lesson plans and a survey to assess whether children are learning in a "brain friendly" environment. The paper explores how classroom environments that are conducive to learning are a vital component in the education process. The paper examines how providing students with a "brain compatible" program of instruction - one that appeals to all of the senses, is inviting, playful and happy, feels comfortable and smells great - will result in a regimen that provides nutritious "Brain Food" for these kindergartners to third graders. The paper includes a survey to be administered to both children and adult workshop participants to determine how well they enjoyed the lessons, and what recommendations they may have for future workshops.
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Lesson Plan No. 1:
Area
Level
Time
Type of Lesson
Ontario Standards
Objective(s)
Materials
Procedure
Development
Summary/Closure
Assessment
Reinforcement
Lesson Plan No. 2:
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Level
Time
Type of Lesson
Ontario Standards
Objective(s)
Materials
Procedure
Development
Summary/Closure
Assessment
Reinforcement
Lesson Plan No. 3:
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Level
Time
Type of Lesson
Ontario Standards
Objective(s)
Materials
Procedure
Development
Summary/Closure
Assessment
Reinforcement
References
Appendix
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"The results of this experiment will likely confirm that as people grow older, they begin to lose their sense of smell (the teacher should ensure that the concentration of the first level jar is sufficiently weak that the average adult cannot discern it, while a young person can). Students will be asked why younger people might smell better than older people, and the teacher can explain that this difference in smelling ability could be caused by a lot of things such as being exposed to more pollution in the air, lifestyle habits such as smoking, or maybe just as a result of the aging process itself."
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Ernest J. Gaines' "A Lesson Before Dying", 2000.
Explores the lesson that the main characters learn in "A Lesson Before Dying" by Ernest J. Gaines.
1,315 words (approx. 5.3 pages), 0 sources, AU$ 73.95
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A look at the questions of racism and human dignity raised in Gaines' novel, "A Lesson Before Dying" and how the imprisoned and oppressed may find freedom even in the moment of their death.
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"In a small Cajun community during the 1940's in Louisiana, a young black man is about to go to the electric chair for murder. A white shopkeeper has been murdered during a robbery gone bad; and though the young man on trial had not been armed and had not pulled the trigger, in that time and place, there could be no doubt of the verdict or the penalty. "I was not there, yet I was there. No, I did not go to the trial, I did not hear the verdict, because I knew all the time what it would be" (p.3). So begins Grant Wiggins, the narrator of Ernest J. Gaines' powerful exploration of race, injustice, and resistance, A Lesson Before Dying. "
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Elementary Math Education, 2002.
Discusses educator Diane McCarty's approach to teaching math and the method she designed for using her approach.
774 words (approx. 3.1 pages), 1 source, MLA, AU$ 45.95
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Reviews the article ?Morning, Noon, Night and Math? and its discussion of Diane McCarty?s approach to teaching the relevance of math in everyday life. As an educator, McCarty sought to dispel the myth that mathematics is not needed to perform daily tasks. McCarty designed a math unit with the following goals in mind: 1) experience the role of math in everyday life, 2) recognize relationships among different aspects of mathematical processes, 3) become more familiar with the use of mathematical precepts in various careers, 4) relate the use of math to common human activities, and 5) enhance students understanding of mathematics.
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"The math unit created by McCarty was very effective in showing the students the importance of mathematics in everyday life. The children found that math was an instrumental part of all three environments?this was especially true in the work environment. The interviewees encouraged children to learn as much as they could about math even if math wasn?t their favorite subject. The interviewees were very effective in demonstrating to the students the relevance of math in the work environment."
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Lessons, 2005.
This paper provides lessons on a range of educational topics and theories.
4,500 words (approx. 18.0 pages), 0 sources, AU$ 294.95
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This paper offers lessons created as part of a graduate program in education. The lessons consist of a range of documents, from lesson plans to texts created using programs such as Kidspiration. The lessons also include analyses of education programs in terms of a range of learning theories and models such as social constructivism and other Western theories of education and development.
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"The issue of teaching learners in P/J who are afraid of math problems is admittedly a challenging one. It must be acknowledged that it is unlikely that we will ever be able to reach the point where learners will "welcome problems with open arms and minds". Given an educational context in which even many candidates at our Teachers' Colleges admit to having a high degree of anxiety when facing math problems in their youth, it may be realistically concluded that nothing less than a profound overhaul of our education system's approach to the math curriculum will address this fear and anxiety."
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Third Grade Lesson Plans, 2005.
Presents five different third grade lesson plans on improving language skills.
2,204 words (approx. 8.8 pages), 5 sources, APA, AU$ 113.95
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This paper describes the objectives, assignments, materials and handouts of five different lesson plans designed for the third grade level. The lesson plans focus on language skills and include a lesson plan for ESL students.
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"The goals of this lesson are to give a student-centered approach that focuses on the language skill of speaking and using grammar on the level of verbal interchange and conversation. The third grade student will therefore be able to practice verbal literacy in a structured environment around a lesson plan that concentrates on the free exchange of ideas between individuals. The content topic incorporated into the lesson is one of speaking rather than listening because routine oral skills are the focus of the lesson in terms of practice and maintenance. Additional goals include the need to, "Determine student "level" and "needs"(e.g.,Ferris & Tagg (1996) found the most important
academic language need was authentic practice in classroom participation). Determine related functional uses of language (e.g., identify specific purposes such as planning business meetings, and their related speech acts such as greetings, apologies)" (Lazarton, 2001). This can be done with groups of students or by the teacher in any classroom situation including tutoring or one on one lessons. The lesson generally has objectives or goals of increasing fluency and proficiency in English language verbal skills through structured conversation. In this way, the student will learn the language as something that is living and useful to them, rather than abstract or the subject of endless repetition
by the teacher."
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Math Anxiety, 2005.
Examines the article "The Causes and Prevention of Math Anxiety" by Marilyn Curtain-Phillips.
791 words (approx. 3.2 pages), 1 source, APA, AU$ 47.95
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Marilyn Curtain-Phillips' article, "The Causes and Prevention of Math Anxiety" attempts to explain the causes of math anxiety among students young and old alike. This paper shows how the
article suggests that while math anxiety is something that is tangible and real, it is also something that can be conquered when it is approached from the right perspective.
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"Curtain-Phillips then goes on to suggest that teachers should alter the manner in which they teach math in order to help students feel more successful and realize higher levels of achievement in the classroom and out. The authors cites research conducted by Spikell in 1993 which suggests that students are more able to comprehensively learn actively rather than passively, meaning lessons should be presented in a manner that engages students actively. The article points out that lessons in math should be taught from a visual and special, logical and mathematical, body and kinesthetic, musical as well as verbal and linguistic perspective so that everyone is able to grasp information based on the manner in which they learn best."
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Media Framing Lesson Plan, 2007.
A description of a lesson plan for teaching current trends in Chinese culture through media framing.
957 words (approx. 3.8 pages), 4 sources, MLA, AU$ 55.95
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This paper presents a lesson plan with the aim of identifying current trends in Chinese culture through media framing. The paper presents an overview of the subject material - an essay written by K. Hallahan, titled "Seven Models of Framing: Implications for Public Relations". The paper then discusses the objectives for the lesson and the requirements of the students. It provides a suggested procedure and student assessment for the information taught.
Table of Contents:
Overview
Connections to the Curriculum
Time Required
Materials Required
Objectives of the Exercise
Analytic Skills
Suggested Procedure
Opening
Development
Closing
Suggested Student Assessment
Extending the Lesson
Related Links
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"Suggested Student Assessment. Because the media framing analysis is a highly subjective process, students will be requested to defend their respective positions on a given news account in the form of an essay that will be assessed on the basis of how well it takes into account the various media framing structural dimensions in supporting its position."
"Extending the Lesson. When students identify an issue that is particularly interesting to them, they would refine and extend its concepts through a WebQuest approach that uses a free Web site account. WebQuests have become increasingly popular in recent years for this purpose, and these become a "work in progress" that students continue to contribute to as additional research is completed and more news accounts become available."
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High School Math, 2005.
This paper provides a lesson plan for the teaching of mathematics in high school.
3,825 words (approx. 15.3 pages), 10 sources, AU$ 250.95
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In this article, the writer develops a lesson plan for teaching quadrilaterals in high school math and considers some of the underlying pedagogical theory and how it applies. The writer notes that quadrilaterals are defined as polygons with four sides, and while this encompasses any such figure, the more important of these are parallelograms, squares, and rectangles. Further the writer shows how the student can discover certain relationships by looking to the real world.
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"Below is a lesson plan for the instruction of high school students in the mathematics, specifically on the subject of quadrilaterals. This lesson is found in the larger subject area of Geometry. Quadrilaterals are defined as polygons with four sides, and while this encompasses any such figure, the more important of these are parallelograms, squares, and rectangles. The lessons in this subject area define these figures and address different mathematical concepts applying to them, including ways of determining area, angles, and other ratios. This lesson should introduce the students to the area of quadrilaterals defining this area of Geometry by describing the elements that make up a quadrilateral and the mathematical relationships that define this type of figure, as well as the formulae that are used to calculate different characteristics."
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A Lesson Plan Utilizing the Scientific Inquiry Model, 2007.
A lesson plan, predicated upon the scientific inquiry model, that asks students to consider how human beings impact the mating and feeding habits of wildlife whose ecosystems suddenly are disrupted by human waste.
890 words (approx. 3.6 pages), 1 source, APA, AU$ 52.95
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The paper relates that the lesson plan presented seeks to employ the scientific inquiry model to foster rational, rigorous and inductive thought and to facilitate the ability of students to communicate about technical/environmental matters in a second language. The author points out that the class will enter the room to find a poster depicting seagulls or other marine wildlife mired in an oil spill, which emphasizes the dangers of human pollution. The paper includes a step-by-step procedure for the lesson. The author states that the student observations will be assessed for grammatical fluency, for descriptiveness, for answering all of the questions posed by the instructor and the amount of detail devoted to answering each question.
Table of Contents:
Abstract
Expectations/Opportunities
Pre-assessment/Student Accommodations
Resources
Lead-in
Step-by-Step Procedure
Assessment/Evaluation
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"As part of their observations, students will be asked to answer the following questions: "what happens when one particular area is cleaned up and another area is not?" (The class has brought garbage bags to clean up some areas which are especially hard-hit by pollution while leaving others alone for longer-term observation). "What happens to the soil and vegetation of areas that have been polluted and littered with garbage?" "
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Lesson Plan Creation: Learning Processes & Bloom's Taxonomy, 2004.
A lesson plan created to show how to incorporate learning processes & Bloom's Taxonomy.
1,270 words (approx. 5.1 pages), 3 sources, MLA, AU$ 71.95
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The paper shows how education students should incorporate Bloom's Taxonomy and student learning processes into their lesson plans. The course created in this paper is for adult learners, but the processes and procedures used can also be used for any grade level. This paper itemizes and explains each of the steps in preparing a lesson plan, beginning with defining the topic, audience, and environment of the course, and ending with a listing of technologies to be used as learning adjuncts.
Table of Contents:
Topic
Audience
Environment
Course Objectives
Learning Process and Bloom's Taxonomy
Idea Map
Outline
Storyboard
Instructional Technology Usage
Resources
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"The class which I am preparing this lesson plan for is "Coping with Separation," a part of the Operation READY (Resources for Education About Deployment and You) educational system for soldiers and their families. This course has been adapted by me to help soldiers and their family members to be able to recognize and deal with stress-related problems associated with deployments."
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Teaching Lesson Plans, 2007.
An analysis of how teachers can include reading fluency in lesson plans.
925 words (approx. 3.7 pages), 4 sources, MLA, AU$ 53.95
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This paper aims to design a plan to integrate fluency teaching strategies into lesson plans. The paper identifies a minimum of five fluency building strategies and provides an explanation and rationale for each strategy. The paper also describes how three reading fluency activities can be included in a Dr. Seuss unit and includes a rationale for each activity strategy.
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Objective
Review of the Literature
Use of the Strategies for Fluency in the Lesson Plans
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"Each day of the lesson plans will focus on one of the five identified strategies for fluency building in readers. Day one will make use of the strategies noted for phonemic awareness. This will be accomplished through Dr. Seuss's books such as 'C'at in the 'H'at. Day two will focus on the strategies reviewed for phonics instruction. Day three will be geared toward fluency in reading by reading aloud to students, having the students read aloud and then having students read independently. Day four will focus on vocabulary instruction with the teacher using the strategies noted in the research for vocabulary instruction. Day five will test the students on their comprehension of the instruction provided for phonemic awareness, phonics, and vocabulary as well as testing their fluency through having the students read aloud from the Dr. Seuss books that are used in the first four days of the instruction in this unit."
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