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EDU 645 Entire Course For more classes
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2 Papers for each Assignment (not for DQs) EDU
645 Week 1 Discussion 1 Formative Assessments EDU
645 Week 1 Discussion 2 Standards and
Objectives EDU 645 Week 2 Discussion 1 Gradual
Release of Responsibility EDU 645 Week 2
Discussion 2 Embedded Formative Assessment EDU
645 Week 2 Assignment Instructional Plan Design
Analysis (2 Papers) EDU 645 Week 3 Discussion 1
Integrating Technology EDU 645 Week 3 Discussion
2 Rigor, Thinking, and Technology EDU 645 Week 3
Assignment 21st Century Instructional Plan
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EDU 645 Week 1 Assignment Response to
Intervention For more classes visit www.snaptutori
al.com EDU 645 Week 1 Assignment Response to
Intervention Business - General Business Response
to Intervention. What is the purpose of the
response-to-intervention (RTI) approach? What are
the benefits of this approach? What are the
challenges? Can you think of any way to overcome
these challenges?
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EDU 645 Week 1 Discussion 1 Formative
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Assessments Formative Assessments According to
Chapter 1 of the required text, Formative
assessment is assessment FOR learning. Summative
assessment is assessment OF learning. Formative
assessments occur during the lesson as opposed to
the end of a unit of instruction and should be
the primary focus of assessment in schools.
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EDU 645 Week 1 Discussion 2 Standards and
Objectives For more classes visit www.snaptutorial
.com EDU 645 Week 1 Discussion 2 Standards and
Objectives Standards and Objectives. a. Describe
the purpose of a learning standard (referred to
as a goal in Chapter 1) and the critical
components of a learning objective. How would
you differentiate between the two if attempting
to explain it to somebody else? What is the
relationship between formative assessments during
instruction and the standards and objectives of
that lesson?
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EDU 645 Week 1 DQ 1 Assessment Crisis For more
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1 Assessment Crisis. Watch the video Linda
Darling-Hammond on Competing Internationally.
Then, explain the current crisis in America with
regards to education and assessment. What do you
think the cause(s) of this crisis might be? What
are the possible implications? Explain your
reasoning. Respond substantively to at least two
of your peers. Analyze their responses and
compare and contrast their reasoning with yours.
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EDU 645 Week 1 DQ 2 No Child Left Behind (NCLB)
and High Stakes Testing (HST) Debate For more
classes visit www.snaptutorial.com No Child Left
Behind (NCLB) and High-Stakes Testing (HST)
Debate. The effects of the No Child Left Behind
(NCLB) Act on high-stakes testing (HST) has
generated controversy amongst educators. In this
discussion you will briefly debate the efficacy
of NCLB. Find your assigned Debate Group below
Debate Grouping (by first letter of last
name) A-L Proponents of NCLB and HST M-Z
Opponents of NCLB and HST
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EDU 645 Week 1 Journal Formative and Summative
Assessment For more classes visit www.snaptutorial
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Summative Assessment Business - General
Business Formative and Summative Assessment.
Compare and contrast formative and summative
assessment. What is the purpose of each, as it
relates to learning? How might an educator use
each to reflect on his or her teaching strategies?
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EDU 645 Week 2 Assignment Instructional Plan
Design Analysis (2 Papers) For more classes
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2 Papers Instructional Plan Design
Analysis Three instructional plan templates
constructed by a variety of leaders in education
provide solid examples of what quality
instructional plans should include. The work of
Madeline Hunter dates the furthest back and is
still used today, primarily in the elementary
setting. Grant Wiggins and Jay McTighe provide a
more modern approach to curriculum and lesson
design with their model of Understanding by
Design (UbD).
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EDU 645 Week 2 Assignment Learning Outcomes For
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Week 2 Assignment Learning Outcomes Business -
General Business Learning Outcomes. Create a blog
using WordPress or Blogger. This will act as a
portfolio for your work in this course, so it is
important to make it presentable and polished by
using a professional URL and a consistent theme
and format throughout the blog. Then, using the
information in Chapter 6 of your textbook and the
article Enhancing curriculum and delivery
linking assessment to learning objectives,
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EDU 645 Week 2 Discussion 1 Gradual Release of
Responsibility For more classes
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Discussion 1 Gradual Release of
Responsibility Gradual Release of
Responsibility After viewing the videos Improving
Practice with Sarah Brown Wessling and Embedded
Formative Assessments, and after reading
Releasing Responsibility by Fisher and Frey,
discuss the following Part 1 Sarah Brown
Wessling remarks It is not about ways of
delivering content as much as it is about ways of
getting students to become thinkers ways for
students to be more autonomous.
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EDU 645 Week 2 Discussion 2 Embedded Formative
Assessment For more classes visit www.snaptutorial
.com Embedded Formative Assessment. Discuss the
following What evidence did you see
in the video New Teacher Survival Guide Planning
linking the concept of beginning with the end in
mind and formative assessment? What
did the instructional coach/department chair say
is the question you ask yourself to assess
learning? While the teacher used the
Gradual Release model, her pacing was off and
affected her ability to fully
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EDU 645 Week 2 DQ 1 Two Classroom Measurement
Problems For more classes visit www.snaptutorial.c
om EDU 645 Week2 Two Classroom Measurement
Problems. What do the authors say are the two
general problems encountered in classroom
measurement? How are these two problems similar
to each other? Explain why it is important to
surmount these challenges, and brainstorm
strategies for overcoming them.
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EDU 645 Week 2 Journal Norm Referenced and
Criterion-Referenced Tests For more classes
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Norm-Referenced and Criterion-Referenced
Tests Business - General Business Norm-Referenced
and Criterion-Referenced Tests. Explain the
difference between norm-referenced and
criterion-referenced tests, and recall a time
when you were asked to take one of each. Do you
think either test supported your learning? Why or
why not? If not, explain what you think could
have helped it support your learning
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EDU 645 Week 3 Assignment 21st Century
Instructional Plan Design Description (2
Papers) For more classes visit www.snaptutorial.co
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Instructional Plan Plan Design
Description Part 1 Instructional Plan
Design Synthesize what you have learned thus far
by developing an instructional plan utilizing one
of the templates provided in Week Two. Be sure to
consult the Instructor Guidance for added support
in creating a high quality instructional
plan. Your instructional plan must include the
following components regardless of the format you
choose
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EDU 645 Week 3 Assignment Test and Essay
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EDU 645 Week 3 Assignment Test and Essay
Items Business - General Business Test and Essay
Items. In the portfolio blog you created last
week, develop at least three test items that
support your outcomes, and write at least one
essay item that supports your outcomes. These
should be included in the same post as your
outcomes. Then, start a new post in your blog
that explains your thought process and rationale
behind the test items and essay item(s).
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EDU 645 Week 3 Discussion 1 Integrating
Technology For more classes visit www.snaptutorial
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Technology Integrating Technology Discuss the
following What evidence did you see and hear by
watching Mr. Pronovost Differentiating
Instruction Through Interactive Games that
supports what has been learned thus far regarding
setting communicating learning objectives,
using the gradual release model, giving feedback,
and assessment? How does he specifically
structure his lesson to incorporate technology?
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EDU 645 Week 3 Discussion 2 Rigor, Thinking, and
Technology For more classes visit www.snaptutorial
.com Rigor, Thinking, and Technology. According
to the vision statement of the Partnership for
21st Century Skills, education systems should
pursue measurement of student outcomes that are
Performance-based Embedded in curriculum Based
on a common evidentiary model of cognition and
learning Keeping in mind that Performance Tasks
are NOT assessments, rather tools to practice
thinking and problem solving in more complex
ways, analyze the Performance Task for grade 4
math and reflect on the following
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EDU 645 Week 3 DQ 1 Portfolio Assessment   For
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Week3 Portfolio Assessment. Explain the three
challenges to validity when using portfolios as
assessments, and evaluate the benefits they offer
to the learning experience. Respond to at least
two of your classmates, offering substantive
feedback on their evaluation of portfolios as
learning tools. Do you agree with your
classmates evaluations? Why or why not?
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EDU 645 Week 3 DQ 2 Performance Authentic
Assessments For more classes visit www.snaptutoria
l.com Performance/Authentic Assessments. The
authors state that there is a temptation to
limit the scoring criteria to those qualities of
performance that are easiest to rate rather than
the most important required for doing an
effective job (KubiszynBorich, 2010). What do
they mean by this? Explain the benefits and
challenges of incorporating performance
assessments, and evaluate their overall
effectiveness in the classroom.
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EDU 645 Week 4 Assignment 21st Century
Instructional Plan Student Population (2
Papers) For more classes visit www.snaptutorial.co
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Assignment 21st Century Instructional Plan
Student Population Part 1 Instructional Plan
Design This week you will construct a new
instructional plan by considering your student
population. Regardless of grade level, your class
consists of 27 students.
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EDU 645 Week 4 Assignment Analyzing and Improving
a Test Using Statistics For more classes
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Assignment Analyzing and Improving a Test Using
Statistics Business - General Business Analyzing
and Improving a Test Using Statistics. In the
online course, view the results for a
hypothetical psychology test. Then, create a
report with the following a. The mean score for
each question. b. The mean score for the entire
test.
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EDU 645 Week 4 Discussion 1 Special
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Populations Special Populations As we discuss
special populations this week, we are going to
approach it through the lens of being a Student
Teacher in a Special education classroom. Also,
we will explore other resources to assist in
better understanding Special populations when
developing curriculum assessments.
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EDU 645 Week 4 DQ 1 Item Analysis For more
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Week4 Item Analysis. Explain quantitative item
analysis and qualitative item analysis. What are
their benefits to learning and assessment? What
are the risks to learning and assessment if these
types of analyses are not administered? Finally,
provide two examples of imperfect test items for
your peers to qualitatively analyze. Explain why
you think it is necessary for teachers to use a
combination of both qualitative and quantitative
item analysis. Respond to at least two of your
peers, identifying the errors in their listed
test items, and providing suggestions on how they
can be improved.
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EDU 645 Week 4 DQ 2 Marking For more classes
visit www.snaptutorial.com Marking. Why do the
authors propose that marks only reflect academic
achievement, and not other factors like effort or
attitude? Could including factors like these in
the marking data affect instructional decisions
that need to be made? Explain. Respond to at
least two of your peers, providing feedback on
their support for or against including other
factors in marks/grades.
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EDU 645 Week 4 Journal Marks and Marking Systems
Reflection For more classes visit www.snaptutorial
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Systems Reflection Business - General
Business Marks and Marking Systems Reflection.
Select one of the following prompts pertaining to
marks and marking systems, for critical
reflection What do the authors mean when they
say that its all too tempting to use marks as
vehicles to reach, or try to reach, other ends?
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EDU 645 Week 4 Journal Rubric Analysis (2
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4 Journal Rubric Analysis Using two different
sources, respond in writing (APA format) using
the prompts below to guide your written
analysis. Part 1 Explore the Exemplars website,
specifically the Resources tab for Rubrics.
Review the Exemplars Math Rubric and Exemplars
Reading Rubric. Questions to discuss
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EDU 645 Week 5 Assignment Performance Task
Analysis- Summative Assessment Preparation(2
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Task Analysis- Summative Assessment Preparation.
This weeks assignment is to bring us back to
your own summative assignment for the course the
design of a summative assessment. You will spend
some time analyzing the Smarter Balanced
Assessment Consortium website to inform your
response. The following must be done before
constructing your assignment
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EDU 645 Week 5 Assignment Validity, Reliability,
and Accuracy For more classes visit www.snaptutori
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Reliability, and Accuracy Business - General
Business Validity, Reliability, and Accuracy.
Select one of the learning outcomes below and
draft a hypothetical assessment that supports the
outcome (e.g., multiple choice items, essay
items, authentic assessment, etc.). Explain how
you plan to promote validity and reliability in
your assessment, and how your assessment
addresses the four categories of sources of error
identified in the text, thereby promoting
accuracy. Learning Outcomes
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EDU 645 Week 5 Discussion 1 Getting students to
think about their thinking For more classes
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Discussion 1 Getting students to think about
their thinking Getting students to think about
their thinking. Part 1. Access TEDEd. Take some
time to peruse through the menu of lessons and
provide us with your impressions. The following
serves to prompt your response as opposed to a
required list o How do the lessons in TEDEd
promote student engagement? o What are some ways
students are encouraged to think about what they
are learning?
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EDU 645 Week 5 DQ 1 Correlation and Causality For
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Week5 Correlation and Causality.According to the
authors of the textbook, one of the most
frequent misinterpretations in statistics (and in
education) is to infer that because two variables
are correlated with one another, one variable
causes the other (KubiszynBorich, 2010). What
does this mean? What are the potential dangers to
assessment and learning when one mistakenly
implies causality where only a correlation
between two variables exists? Respond to at least
two of your peers, providing feedback
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EDU 645 Week 5 DQ 2 Validity and Reliability For
more classes visit www.snaptutorial.com Validity
and Reliability. Using Mindmeister or Microsoft
Word, create a mind map that represents the
various types of validity and reliability, and
explains why they are important in learning and
assessment. Then, post your mind map to the
discussion forum, either as an attachment (for
Word documents) or pasted link (for Mindmeister).
View your classmates mind maps, and respond to
at least two of them with constructive feedback.
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EDU 645 Week 5 Journal Accuracy and Error For
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Week 5 Journal Accuracy and Error Business -
General Business Accuracy and Error. The authors
of your textbook state that all tests and scores
are imperfect and are subject to error
(KubiszynBorich, 2010). What do they mean by
this? Why is it important to recognize that there
is no perfect test? Knowing this, what can you
do to ensure that you obtain the most accurate
assessment results as possible?
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