For some children, reading becomes difficult before they have the words to explain why. A child may sit down with a book and hesitate over words they have seen before, […]
Studies of communities of professionals determined that they have common beliefs or behaviours associated with the idea of professionalism. These common beliefs or behaviours include the sharing of a common […]
Wiggins and McTighe (2005) describe six (6) preparatory actualities in a learning unit’s design process: Content standards or goals Relevant topic and content Relevant skill(s) and procedure(s) Learners’ favourite activity(ies) […]
One concept related to knowledge about effective teaching that I chose to summarize from the province of Ontario’s professional teaching standards, Costa and Garmston (2002), and the Danielson (2007) text […]
Hand Signals: Ask student(s) to display a thumbs up to indicate they understand a specific concept, principle, or process; a thumbs down if they do not understand; and a waving […]
The examples of learner materials and activities for the unit lesson about numbers and their word representations were part of my artifact collection of evidence that supported my Professional Growth […]
SECTION A: Introduction My name is Elaine M. Peters. I live in Caledon (one of three parts of Peel Region, which is comprised of Mississauga, Brampton, and Caledon), Ontario, Canada. […]