PLE post 6

I found the group differences forum to be very insightful.  The thing I learned that I had not considered before was how immigrants are often swallowed up by categories of multiculturalism and ESL and often aren't addressed as their own category.  I would have liked to have learned more about Ableism and how best to deal with or work with students with disabilities.  I think that the main way that the information presented will help me in the classroom is to make me aware of circumstances that the students in my room could be experiencing.  Overall, the group differences forum was extremely helpful.

 

I don't think that anything could have been done to help me learn more in this class; it rode the line right up to information overload but kept from going over.  It was a well structured class and a good classroom environment.

PLE post 4

The learning theory that most closely resembles my personal theory of learning is social cognitive theory.  The main way that it reflects my theory of learning is through modeling.  I think that math is best learned through modeling; the teacher showing how a process works or how a problem is solved and then giving the students a chance to solve it.  Another example of how it reflects my theory of learning is self-regulation.  Students have to take personal responsibility for their work so that they can repeat the process on the test.  In this case they need to regulate how they study and keep themselves from copying homework for a few easy points.