Week 7 & 8 Reflection

Within these past two weeks, I learned a lot about measuring data and calcuating/showing that measured data. In week 7, we learned about sepcific terms we use when measuring data like mean, median, mode, range, and standard deviation. I knew that we had to interpret data within our classrooms, but I did not know of some of the terms we need to know to interpret that data, like standard deviation or standardization scores. In my future classroom, I think I would rather use T-Sore when having that bell curve just because it makes more sense to me.

Week 8, we started learning hot to calculate the data, but with an easy method. Excel was never my strongsuit, but I think I got the hang of the equations and charts pretty fast. What I truly love about using Excel for data, is that it helps to show which students are struggling with certain topics, how the enire class is doing with the topics, and what topics do I need to review with either small or large groups. I think these past two weeks have showed the side to teaching that we don't talk abput much but is highly important to the teaching process.

Week 6 Reflection

This week, we learned about how our assesments, lesson objectives, and the state standards should all aligh with one another. In the one scenatrio we read about Mr. Sullivan, his lessons were fun and engaging but his assessment was not nearly realted to the lessons he was teaching. His lessons were may have been aligned to the state standards, but not to his assessment, which caused a misalignment in the lessons vs. the assessment. I realized how important it is to make sure everything is aligned so that your student's will have an easier time with the lessons and assessments. I remember many of my tests in school having questions on topics we never fully went over, which I felt was highly unfair. It causes stress/anxiety in students and can even develop into them having lower confidence in their learning abilities. In my future classroom, I want to make sure that my studetns feel as if they know the content well and will not have as much stress and anxiety I used to have going into tests and quizzes. I will always keep in mind that I should start with thinking of the end goal I want my students to take away and learn from the lesson, and then work backwards.