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Content Knowledge
Content Knowledge
Description:The teacher understands the central concepts, tools of inquiry, and structures of the discipline(s) he or she teaches and creates learning experiences that make these aspects of the discipline accessible and meaningful for learners.
Interpretation: The teacher understands the lessons that they are teaching. The educator is able to use what they have learned to teach their students in a meaningful way.
Math By Example:
Math By Example:
Description of Artifact: The Math by Example worksheets are a series of worksheets composed of common mistakes students might make on certain content areas.
Indicator: 4(k) Understands common misconceptions in learning the discipline and how to guide learners to accurate conceptual understanding.
Indicator in my own words: The teacher understands common mistakes that students might make during the lesson and is able to guide students to the correct answer.
Rationale: The worksheet is a good example of 4(k) because the Math by Example worksheets gives students common mistakes that they might be making for a certain area. For example, when students multiply decimals by decimals they sometimes forget to shift the total number of decimals back over in their final answer. In this worksheet they showed why they got it wrong and how to fix it. This shows proficiency because it shows my ability to understand common misconceptions and how to address them with students so that they do not make those same mistakes.
Kansas City Royals Worksheet:
Kansas City Royals Worksheet:
Description of Artifact: Lesson 4 of the TWS math unit was a baseball worksheet that focused on multiple different decimal operations including addition and subtraction. In addition to just number problems, the worksheet also consisted of word problems.
Indicator: 4(a) Effectively uses multiple representations and explanations that capture key ideas in the discipline, guide learners through learning progressions, and promote each learner’s achievement of content standards.
Indicator in my own words: This means that the teacher can successfully use multiple types of problems to capture key points of the lesson and is able to prove students proficiency in certain content standards.
Rationale: This worksheet is a great example of my proficiency in Standard 4 because I was able to effectively capture key ideas on their worksheet from the lesson and I would correct the papers. If a student needed help I would guide them in the right direction until they got the correct answer. For example, I had students with IEP's in my classroom. For these specific students I would allow them to do two of the four combinations on the front. In addition to that, if they moved on to the back I would read the word problems for them and help them understand what the question is asking them. Another example of the indicator was that some students were working on the addition aspect of the problem while others were working on the subtraction. A few students were also able to move onto the back side of the worksheet which consisted of word problems. By using multiple representations of the lesson I was able to help all learners meet the content standard. This worksheet shows proficiency in Standard 4(a) because it allows students to show what operations that they feel really confident in and what operations or problems they might need some extra help in. It also gives me a good idea on what problems students might need extra help on.
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