EDS 379A

1. Final Colloquium
Christobelle Tan
EDS 379A
11.28.12

2. Context:
The Preuss School
Honors Algebra 1 Students
 Students are in 7th – 9th grade, majority 8th
grade
 Total: 25 students
 18 English Learners – all reclassified to R-
FEP.
 52% Latino descent, 24% Asian descent, and
24% are of White or Black or other descent.

3. Assessing Student Learning
 TPE 2: Monitoring Student Learning During
Instructional Time

4. Assessing Student Learning
TPE2: Monitoring Student Learning During
Instruction
• Before: content
with students doing
work, unanswered
questions.
• After: Check and
address students
misconceptions.

5. Engaging and Supporting Students
in Learning
 TPE 4: Making Content Accessible
 TPE 5: Student Engagement
 TPE 6B: Developmentally Appropriate Practices in
Grade 4-8
 TPE 7 : Engaging English Learners

6. Engaging and Supporting Students in Learning
TPE 4: Making Content Accessible
• Computer
technology,
written and oral
communication,
diagrams,
interactive notes,
physical models.

7. Engaging and Supporting Students in Learning
TPE 5: Student Engagement
• Community
Resources:
Ferny and the
Rockets
• y=mx+b
relevant and
real.

8. Engaging and Supporting Students in Learning
TPE 6B: Developmentally Appropriate Practices
In Grades 4-8
• Group activity, Partner activity, Table Groups,
Partner Project.
• Class in set up in a way to increase group
participation and to work cooperatively.

9. Engaging and Supporting Students in Learning
TPE 7: Teaching English Learners
• To share where
they have heard
of these words
before. Use their
definition or add
on to their
definitions.

10. Creating and Maintaining Effective
Environments for Student Learning
 TPE 10: Instructional Time
 TPE 11: Social Environment

11. Creating and Maintaining Effective Environments for Student Learning
TPE 10: Instructional Time

12. Creating and Maintaining Effective Environments for Student Learning
TPE 11: Social Environment
• Parent
involvement
• Encouragement :
Hollywood
Squares
• Respectfulness
• Respond to
sensitive issues.

13. Next Steps
TPE 9: Instructional Planning
• Establish clear long-term and short-term goals
for student learning, based on state and local
standards for student achievement as well as on
students’ current levels of achievement.
• To accommodate varied student needs, they
plan differentiated instruction.
• When support personnel, such as aides and
volunteers are available, they plan how to use
them to help students reach instructional goals.