Mattie's Voice

 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 mak...

 Educational Psychology Chapter 8: Student Centered and Constructivist Approaches to Instruction  Journal #5  Chapter seven focused on student centered and constructivist approaches to instruction. 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?   My Feelings about Student Centered Learning I feel that student centered learning is a great way to increase student engagement. I also enjoy the social exposure of this instructional approach. I personally love when my students become independent. I want to give them the tools that they need and know that if I am absent or have a visitor walk in my classroom, they can continue to work without me ho...

 Educational Psychology Chapter 7: The Direct Instruction Lesson  Journal #4  Chapter seven focused on direct instructional learning. 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?        To begin, I feel direct instruction is an effective way to delivery instruction. Slavin defines, “Direct instruction is used describe lesson in which teachers transmit information directly to students, structuring class time to reach a clearly defined objective as efficiently as possible” (p.166). The concept of direct in...

   Educational Psychology Chapter 6: Cognitive Theories of Learning                     Journal #3  Chapter six focused on the cognitive theories of learning. 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 engagement with this reading material has sparked additional questions. I wonder what role these theories play in the processing for students with disabilities. I also wonder what role it plays with individuals who speak multiple languages, especially the students who I teach t...