Standard3

@Standard1 | @Standard2 | @Standard3 | @Standard4 | @Standard5 | @Standard6 | @Standard7 | @Standard8 | @Standard9 | @Standard10 Home   **Standard 3**   ** Teachers understand that children learn differently. ** // The teacher understands how pupils differ in their approaches to learning and the barriers that impede learning and can adapt instruction to meet the diverse needs of pupils, including those with disabilities and exceptionalities. //

**Evidence 1: Project Based Learning Plan [|ThompsonKEDT674final.doc] **

**Rationale 1:** In my project based learning module, my Statistics class would consist of two portions, traditional teaching and a term long project where the students will be participating in political campaigns. In these campaigns students will do tasks such as create websites and television ads in addition to having debates and participating in question and answer forums with local constituents. I will provide an opening homemade video as an opener presenting the overall task of the project and it will end in an election of local officials from town and a portion of the student body. The students will be divided into campaign teams where they will be given a title and will work collaboratively to complete the given tasks. The effectiveness of their work will result in a successful campaign. Each student will be held accountable and can contribute to their teams in many different ways. The tasks will coincide with the units they are learning at the time. With the amount of work required for the course, no student can be exempt from doing his or her share. They will also have to use different methods of communication online to combine their efforts. The entire project follows the 21st Century Framework and will require those skills to be successful in the course. My goal is that every student will feel a sense of accomplishment when the project is finished.

**KSD** // 3.K.1 The teacher understands and can identify differences in approaches to learning and performance, including different learning styles, multiple intelligences, and performance modes, and can design instruction that helps use students’ strengths as the basis for growth. //

With all of the different data collection, media creation and communication requirements in this project, students will be required to apply the math concepts and the 21st Century Skills in many different learning environments. We will also keep up with traditional methods for concepts to reinforce what they are applying in the project. This project is totally student engineered so they will have to take the initiative and utilize many different characteristics in order to successfully complete the project and ultimately the course. They will also reflect on these methods as they go, making them aware of their strengths and weaknesses and promoting their improvements in future units of the project.

// 3.S.8 The teacher creates a learning community in which individual differences are respected. //

The students will be divided into 2-4 groups depending on the numbers and each will be required to take upon a role in the group. They will require group reflections, peer reflections and self-reflections throughout which holds the students accountable. Certainly students can succeed individually, but if they don’t all work together the to achieve a goal, ultimately the group will falter. It is up to the students in this setting to best utilize their group members.

// 3.D.5 The teacher makes students feel valued for their potential as people, and helps them learn to value each other. //

The reflections and the different tasks required for each member to complete allows them to contribute in many different ways. Their collaboration will be monitored by each other and myself and they will have to work together to succeed. The initial and final portion of the project requires community members to partake in a forum and critique student presentations and debates. This feedback the students will receive will show the relevance of what they are working on in the real world and create a connection to their future.