CTSE 130 Observations

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CTSE 130 Observations

• Group 2
• Holly Stewart
• Sarah Al-Amir
• Patricia Russell
• Jenny Wapner

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Menlo and Norwood Elementary

• Menlo Elementary
• -Total enrollment 1,369 students
• -K-5 school
• -Average 3rd. Grade class size 18.7

• Norwood Elementary
• -Total enrollment
• 1,103 students
• -K-5 school
• -Average 2nd.
• Grade class size 19.1

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32nd. St. and Foshay Schools

• 32nd. Street K-12
• -Total enrollment 1,003 students
• -K-12
• -Average 8th grade class size 121 students

• Foshay Learning Center
• -Total enrollment 3,742 students
• -K-12
• - Average 7th grade social studies class
  size 30.9

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MENLO
32ND STREET
NORWOOD
FOSHAY
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FRAMEWORKS AND STANDARDS

• Frameworks, curriculum and standards were not
  displayed in any of the classrooms that we
  attended.

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Menlo and Norwood Technological Capabilities

• MENLO
• 235 computers
• 5.8 students per computer
• 47 classrooms with Internet

• NORWOOD
• 282 computers
• 3.9 students per computer
• 45 classrooms with Internet

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32nd Street and Foshay

• 32ND STREET
• 236 computers
• 4.3 students per computer
• 39 classrooms with Internet

• FOSHAY
• 858 computers
• 4.4 students per computer
• 91 classrooms with Internet

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Actual Technological Usage

• The computers present were not being used by the
  students
• In most of the classrooms there was only one
  working computer being used and that computer was
  not being used by the students

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Instructional and Social Enviroment

• In each class the teacher basically treated the
  students equally
• How the teachers handled wrong answers
• Told the students he/she was wrong and
  recommended another students help
• Corrected the student and guided student to right
  answer
• Told students they were wrong
• Let them know it was wrong, but encouraged them
  to find the right answer

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Teacher and Student Interactions

• For most of the schools, the teachers called on
  the students as a group
• At Menlo the teacher picks students randomly with
  the knowledge of who is weaker in each subject

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Group Work vs. Individual Work

• Menlo and Norwood mainly did individual work
• Both classes focused on reading and writing
• 32nd and Foshay did group work
• 32nd Street class was a band program (essentially
  a group class), but it was also split into
  sections

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Emotional Response

• Menlo, Norwood and Foshay provide environments in
  which students and teachers could focus and
  perform well
• The learning environment at 32nd Street was
  compromised by financial, staffing and
  organizational deficiencies