Fair Isn't Always Equal: Chapter 7

Chapter 7: This chapter discussed assessments and how important it is to have consistent grading. When students are given a letter grade, it symbolizes how well they learned the material. If no feedback is given then this system of assessing is useless to the student. Students strive to have good grades and it is important that teachers support them and their work by giving feedback, whether it is through formative assessment or written feedback on a final product. I think that this is very important as students learn from their own mistakes. I will try to provide feedback early and often so my students will know how they are doing and any improvements that could be made.

Multiple Intelligence: Chapter 12

Chapter 12: This chapter relates how students think and what they think. It is important to understand that with multiple intelligences students learn, relate and retain differently. By using the multiple intelligences to your advantage students will learn more, relate their understandings to meaningful examples and retain more. Students solve differently because to their strengths and weaknesses of the different intelligences. It is important that as a teach you give them the time, resources and knowledge to be able to solve real-world examples and retain the knowledge.

Multiple Intelligence: Chapter 11

Chapter 11: In this chapter we recognize that everyone has strengths and weaknesses including those with special needs. Every student shows strength in different multiple intelligences. It is important as a teacher to be able to recognize these strengths and use them to aid your students understanding and learning. I am going to see my students’ success and achievements and congratulate them on such. This is also important as all students should be given an opportunity to succeed. By doing this, students will feel that they are at the same level of understanding and learning as others no matter the weakness.

Multiple Intelligence: Chapter 8

Chapter 8: This chapter was about using the multiple intelligences to aid you in classroom management. There were several examples that were given in the text that gets students attention, help prepare transitions, communicate class rules, form groups and manage individuals. It is important to me to use multiple intelligences in every aspect of the classroom including classroom management. This will help students remember groups or rules. This is important as students will learn more even when the context does not directly apply to the unit.

Integrating Chapter 8:

Chapter 8: In this chapter grading accurately in a differentiated classroom is discussed. Students should be graded on their own achievements and learning and not to be compared with the rest of the class. The book mentions that students should e graded on achievement of goals, progression of goals and work habits. By grading progressively, a student can see their actual progress and know that they are learning the material correctly and in a timely fashion. I think this is important to let students know how they are doing as they work towards their final product so they are fully prepared and are not surprised. The book also advises teachers to stay away from grading averages and curves as this is not an accurate representation of how and what students have learned.

Multiple Intelligence: Chapter 14

Chapter 14: In this chapter, a ninth intelligence is uncovered. This intelligence, existential intelligence, focuses on ultimate life issues. I feel that this is very relevant to science as many scientific theories are deep and meaningful questions that do not have a simple answer. I also think that there are other intelligences besides this possible ninth intelligence that have not been categorized yet. This is important to keep in mind as students may fit into an intelligence but it may not be their true intelligence.

Multiple Intelligence: Chapter 13

Chapter 13: In this chapter there were three major ideas discussed. The first is how to use technology with the multiple intelligences. The second is using the multiple intelligences and relating them to cultural diversity. The third idea was multiple intelligences and career counseling. I think that it is really important to incorporate both technology and the multiple intelligences into the classroom, so combing the two into one activity really helps with lesson planning to bring both into the classroom. I also think that it is important to broaden students awareness of different cultures and the different ways that these cultures are learning. We could really learn a lot by examining a different culture and their teaching styles.