Educational Psychology Chapter 13: Assessing Student Learning & Chapter 14: Standardized Test & Accountability Journal #7 Chapters thirteen and fourteen focused on assessing student learning, standardized testing, and accountability learning environments. Throughout this journal entry I will be discussing and responding to the following questions. How did you feel about the concept? How is this concept significant concerning the context of your classroom? How might you use what you learned to become a better teacher? If this event sparked additional questions, what are they and what actions will you take to address them? After researching your additional questions, what information knowledge and or skills did you gain? Chapters thirteen and fourteen focused on assessing student learning, standardized testing, and accountability learning environments. I feel that these concepts are necessary for teachers to identify targets and assess the students’ knowledge. I also fill t
Educational Psychology Chapter 11: Effective Learning Environments Journal #6 Chapter eleven focused on effective learning environments. Throughout this journal entry I will be discussing and responding to the following questions. How did you feel about the concept? How is this concept significant concerning the context of your classroom? How might you use what you learned to become a better teacher? If this event sparked additional questions, what are they and what actions will you take to address them? After researching your additional questions, what information knowledge and or skills did you gain? My feelings about effective learning environments I feel that effective learning environments speaks for itself. Learning can’t take place in chaos. The strategies that I read about can be used in most teaching situations no matter if it’s elementary, middle, or high school learning environment. Slavin writes, there is not magic or charisma to make you an effective classroom manag