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=**Marian University EDT 678 **=

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Standard 5
**Teachers know how to manage a classroom.** The teacher uses an understanding of individual and group motivation and behavior to create a learning environment that encourages positive social interaction, active engagement in learning, and self-motivation.


 * Evidence 1: ** Advanced Placement Statistics 4th Quarter Project


 * Rationale 1: ** This project was developed as part of the Advanced Placement course criteria. After the AP Stats exam there is about 5 weeks left of school and all of the material required for the class has been taught prior to the exam. This project is a culmination of all of the topics taught throughout the year. It consists of having the students research, plan, and conduct an experiment. Then statistically analyze the data gathered during an experiment. The students work together in small groups to come up with a research question they are interested in. They research similar experiments online to see if they can help them plan their experiment. They are given deadlines throughout the 5 weeks that they have to meet with the various steps of the experiment. They are to work on together within their group to manage the project. I am available for consultation, but they are expected to manage the workload themselves. At the end of the 5 weeks, they submit a written report and give an oral presentation of their findings to the rest of the class.

This project is important to my development as a teacher because it has helped me teach students many real world and 21st century skills. The students are having to work on a long term project where they have deadlines and need to check in with me periodically for status updates. They have to work collaboratively to accomplish these deadlines because it is too much for one or two students to do on their own. They have to learn to use their class time productively or they will have to do a lot more on their own time, some of which can only be accomplished during school time. They learn to multi-task when they are waiting for information to come back to them they need to work on other aspects of the project to finish on time. During this project they will learn to use different aspects of technology because this project is created on the computer and submitted online. Most of the students in this class are juniors and seniors and this project helps me give them an idea of the skills needed for a job and or college class.

// 5.K.4 The teacher understands the principles of effective classroom management and can use a range of strategies to promote routines and positive relationships, cooperation, and purposeful learning in the classroom. // This project promotes cooperation among group members. It is a long term project that has a lot of different aspects to it. It would be very difficult for one person to be able to manage it on their own. It takes the collaborative group to work through it smoothly. They are given due dates for the various parts of the project so they stay on task and don’t procrastinate. Since this project also puts all they have learned into a practical example of how statistics is used in the real world it gives the students a taste of why they learned what they did. It brings real meaning to the concepts discussed in class.
 * KSD: **

// 5.S.1 The teacher creates a smoothly functioning learning community in which students assume responsibility for themselves and one another, participate in decision making, work collaboratively and independently, and engage in purposeful learning activities. // This project has written guidelines and rubrics of the expectations for each part of the project. This gives the students the opportunity to work independently in their groups to complete what they need to complete. At the end of the project each student is given the opportunity to evaluate the other members in their group. It gives them the chance to reflect on their own contribution to the group, the overall participation of the group members, and how they could have done things differently. This is an important component of the project; for students to reflect on the process.

// 5.D.3 The teacher values the role of students in promoting each other’s learning and recognizes the importance of peer relationships in establishing a climate for learning. // When I did this project last year, I noticed that many of the students not only helped their own group mates but other groups as well. They were interested in the topics the other groups had chosen and how they were conducting their experiment. They consulted with students in other groups and helped each other learn from some of their mistakes and successes.