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Iron Sharpens Iron: Co-Teaching In A Teacher Education Program, Patricia C. Kornelis, Gwen R. Marra, Ed Starkenburg
Iron Sharpens Iron: Co-Teaching In A Teacher Education Program, Patricia C. Kornelis, Gwen R. Marra, Ed Starkenburg
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Recently the Education department at Dordt College revamped its program. We were implementing co-teaching during our year-long student teaching experience for seniors, but we felt it would be more effective if students had experience with co-teaching before being one of the main participants. As changes were discussed, we were challenged to look for opportunities to implement co-teaching so students would benefit from it as a student as well as seeing it modeled and explained. As a result of this, Ed Starkenburg and Gwen Marra have been co-teaching an undergraduate Children’s and Adolescent Literature course. They will share their experiences of …
Resources Preservice Teachers Use To Think About Student Writing, Leah A. Zuidema, James E. Fredricksen
Resources Preservice Teachers Use To Think About Student Writing, Leah A. Zuidema, James E. Fredricksen
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This article identifies five categories of resources that preservice teachers drew on as they considered student writing and planned their own approaches to assessing and teaching writing. Identifying these resources helps us better understand how beginning writing teachers think about student writing—and better understand mismatches that commonly occur between what teacher educators teach and what new teachers actually do. Our study builds on literature that considers how writing teachers are prepared, extends research about how preservice teachers use what they learn,and adds layers of detail to literature about the resources that beginning teachers draw upon to aid and support them …
Negotiating For Release Time And Leave, Maura Mast, Nathan L. Tintle
Negotiating For Release Time And Leave, Maura Mast, Nathan L. Tintle
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Many large-scale research projects require a course release or a complete reduction in teaching responsibilities for a semester, year or more. This article suggests some ways to get them.
Yearlong Student Teaching: Boom Or Bust?, Patricia C. Kornelis, Joshua E. Bowar
Yearlong Student Teaching: Boom Or Bust?, Patricia C. Kornelis, Joshua E. Bowar
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The Iowa Department of Education awarded Dordt College and a second institution of higher learning a grant to implement a yearlong student teaching pilot program. This presentation describes the implementation of the program and examines the benefits and challenges that resulted from it.
Analyzing Unique-Matching Games Using Elementary Mathematics, Calvin Jongsma, Tom Clark
Analyzing Unique-Matching Games Using Elementary Mathematics, Calvin Jongsma, Tom Clark
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We present here an analysis of the game of Spot It! that can be used as background information for the purpose of leading a math circle around the game. The presentation here follows the progression of solving the puzzle for simple cases first and culminating in the solution of the original game.