How has your understanding of the nature of science and scientific thinking evolved throughout the course? What have you have learned about the use of inquiry-based instruction in the science classroom? Reflect on what you still need to...
analyze the teacher’s effectiveness and submit a recorded reflection that includes the following: Part 1 - How did the video demonstrate the InTASC Standard for this course (module), especially regarding...
Theories of Cognitive and Language Development In early childhood development, several cognitive and language development theories are viewed as frameworks in the field. As a professional, it is essential that you understand these theories. This discussion will help you to build your framework of...
For your midterm creative project, I want you to build upon the personal brand inventory discussion assignment from last week and use a social media platform to endorse either your personal brand or a hypothetical company that you one day might establish. Because this is...
Language Acquisition Piper (2012) mentions that cognitive and language developments are intertwined, and over the years, many theoretical models have been developed to describe this process in children learning one language or multiple languages. Further, children are born with the innate capability to learn...
Co-teaching is a collaborative approach to instruction in which two teachers, typically a general education teacher and a special education teacher, work together to plan and then implement instruction for a class that includes students with disabilities (Bateman & Cline, 2015). Identify and describe two...
Theories of Language Development In Chapter 3 of the Piper (2012) textbook you were introduced to four different theories of cognitive and language development in diverse learners. As an early childhood development professional, it is important to be knowledgeable about all of these theories...
The leadership assignment provides students the opportunity to apply their knowledge of leadership by evaluating the skills, values, methods, and performance of someone in a leadership position. Through a personal interview, the student will determine the leader's strengths and weakness, accomplishments and failures, but, most...
Quantitative research designs are used to answer different types of research questions and to test different types of hypotheses. Grand Canyon University (GCU) has a set of quantitative core designs, found on the DC Network. Review the "GCU Quantitative Core Designs" document so you can...
Historically, there has been a debate over whether leadership is learned (i.e. it can be taught) or innate (i.e. like personality, something you're born with). Typically, whether on one side of this debate or the other, it is generally agreed upon that leadership can be...