The concept of using a one on one strategy in the classroom stemmed from elements present in Tier 3 of RTI. A one on one intervention used in the classroom can provide more concentrated, rigorous, and attentive learning for students. One on one allows teachers and other professionals to work directly with a student on deficient skills. A benefit of a one on one intervention is that it can be used with all types of students, not just special education or previously diagnosed students. This intervention can be used in any academic setting with any population of students; the skills practiced will just need to be modified per grade level. One on one can be implemented when a professional assigns center or group work for students; during this …show more content…
This Pennsylvania city has an estimated 100,000 inhabitants of mixed races and cultures including Caucasian, African American, Latinos, and Nepali and African refugees. The high school has 2,500 students enrolled in grades 9-12. The physical setting of this study, where the majority of the research and observation will take place, is located on the second floor on the south side of the building. The classroom has functioning windows, chalk board, media interactive board, and 17 student desks. The desks are set up in a mixed desk arrangement with three single desks against the west side of the room, and two single desks towards the center of the room. The rest of the available desks are set up in groups of three in different areas of the classroom. All of the desks are facing the east side of the classroom where the interactive board is located. The classroom houses two teacher desks that are against the south side of the classroom. The classroom walls have posters and pictures of inspirational quotes, test taking strategies, and content related information. The population of this study consists of 10 randomly chosen tenth grade students, seven boys and three girls, currently enrolled in a social studies learning support class in an urban city high school. The subjects participating in this study are of mixed races including Caucasian, African American, and Latino. Most of the subjects in …show more content…
Typical classroom procedures were being utilized during baseline collection, however before baseline data collection, students were given vocabulary assessments in a different format. Typical classroom procedures to learn vocabulary included writing definitions, vocabulary worksheets, and independent studying.
Intervention (B)
Intervention data was collected at week two and four during each intervention rotation. Data was collected at week two as a progress indicator, and then again at week four to measure comprehension and effectiveness. The collection of intervention data was similar to the baseline collection of using student assessment scores.
As a student, practice is crucial to learn group therapy techniques. In order to achieve these practices, I attended 2 support groups of the same topic. Observation and attendance constructs an idea of how group therapy works. Attending this group was important because of the profoundness of its meaning and experiences I have witnessed.
Another school in the same district is located “in a former roller-skating rink” with a “lack of windows” an a scarcity of textbooks and counselors. The ratio of children to counselors is 930 to one. For 1,300 children, of which “90 percent [are] black and Hispanic” and “10 percent are Asian, white, or Middle Eastern”, the school only has 26 computers. Another school in the district, its principal relates, “‘was built to hold one thousand students’” but has “‘1,550.’” This school is also shockingly nonwhite where “’29 percent '” of students are “‘black [and] 70 percent [are]
RtI was designed to provide early intervention to students that are experiencing difficulties in developing literacy skills. Throughout RtI, assessment data is collected to monitor student progress, and is used to determine if the intervention should be continued or modified (Smetana 2010). A common consensus is that the RtI framework consists of three tiers: Tier I, Tier II, and Tier III. In Tier I, primary interventions are used that differentiate instruction, routines, and accommodations to the students that need little to no interventions. The students in this tier are often times classified with the color green.
The setup of RTI’s are; to give teachers effective instruction, monitor progress, if child is not responding get more instruction, monitor progress again, and if student is still not responding qualify as special education. School psychologist looked at RTI’s as a problem solving model and labeled the model along with the early intervention program described in 4 steps. Step 1 was compromise the problem and identify, this is when teachers and...
The reading plan includes at least two interventions with a proven intervention program like Star Reading, Success Maker, Words Their Way, or other
As the time approached, my attitude toward student-teaching was one of confidence and in some ways overconfidence. I believed that I was equipped with all of the tools necessary to be a superior teacher. Little did I know what truly goes on behind the scenes of a teacher. Between grading papers, attending meetings, and preparing lessons, I would often feel overwhelmed. Still, student teaching would prove to be much more valuable than I anticipated. It would teach me to appreciate the wisdom of mentors and experienced teachers, value or being organized and prepared, and lastly the resilience of students.
To begin, my observation was at Webster Elementary School, a school placed in the city surrounded by houses and other schools. The specific classroom I am observing is full of Kindergarten students who seem to very advanced than I had imagined. The classroom walls are brick and white, but the classroom teacher Mrs. O'Brien does an amazing job keeping the space use for both an upbeat and educational vibe, especially for environmental print. Everywhere you look there are educational posters, numbers, and mental state vocabulary words, as well as, students completed work. To add, students sit in medium sized tables with 4-6 other students when they aren’t having whole group instruction on either
Past analysis have shown that word learning gains were only stronger for English only students that despite summer loss in the treatment and control groups the program still had an effect. The quasi-experimental study showed small but significant effects (Lawrence, Crossen, Pare-Blagoev, & Snow, 2015). Within this study 28 schools were part of the randomized trail. Treatment was specified as participating in the word generation program. Again, we see in this particular study that the school itself was randomized in the treatment group rather than than the classrooms within schools. Note this is not a concern, but just a limitation. The effect sizes were as followed; Math d=1.13, Science d=.47, Social Studies d=.38, English d=.44, averaged together with an overall effect size of d=.62 (Lawrence et al., 2015). The main concern here is within the effect size for English which is the specific area they are testing with the Word Generation program and it is reported with an effect size of d=.44. Looking at the difference of means between the pre-test and the post-test vocabulary was reported having an average pre test of 18.57 and an average post test of 19.89, the difference is .71 (Lawrence et al., 2015). The effect size calculated from raw scores is .17. Traditionally in psychological research we would like to effect sizes ranging from .20=small, .50=medium, and .80=large (Cohen, 1992). According to Lipsey (1998)
Paramount to education in America is the concept of the classroom. Common definitions of the average classroom incl...
One of the most intriguing things concerning higher level learning is the impact it can have on students, both Graduate and Undergraduate. The effects that the pressure to succeed in college can have on these students can vary, with both social and educational interactions molding the individual for their futures. A key ingredient in all these developing situations is stress: how it appears to the students and whether it will be a triumph or tragedy for them. This provides a unique opportunity for counselors to both mentor students, assessing their viability as future counselors, and to help them through this tumultuous time in college with their mental development. Researchers found that undergraduate students presented to counseling for issues
A behavioral intervention plan (BIP) is designed for a specific child to try to help that child learn to change her or his behavior. Once the function of a student 's behavior has been determined, the Individual Education Program (IEP) Team should develop the behavior intervention plan A behavioral intervention plan can be thought of as a plan to support the student in order to help him or her change behavior. Effective support plans consist of multiple interventions or support strategies and are not punishment. Positive behavioral intervention plans increase the acquisition and use of new alternative skills, decrease the problem behavior and facilitate general improvements in the quality of life of the individual, his or her family, and
The traditional forms of teaching include a formal classroom setting, books, lecture, notes, homework, and attendance. The traditional teaching method is one-way; the teacher lectures to the students and the students take notes. The students all have the classroom book that they read from and the teacher gives homework for the students to do. The teacher takes attendance every day and the students’ attendance affects the overall grade for the class. The advantages of this teaching method are; it is easy to teach many students at the same time, it is systematic, and it provides a basic approach to teaching. The disadvantages of this method are; the students may not get enough individual attention and the students may not learn the information with this method. This traditional teaching method is a good way to teach many students at the same time. However, some students might not feel comfortable asking questions in this setting. For this reason, some students might get behind or stop attending classes. One of the advantages of this formal teaching method is that it is systematic. It is an easy method to follow because it is a simple format; the teacher lectures and the students listen, the teacher gives homework and the students do it, and the teacher g...
Educators must have the understanding of the single student and his or her behaviors, so that when they are in pairs for assignments a positive, active learning environment will be created.
During the first day of school, a variety of different students enter the classroom. These students are excited and nervous, they have their parents by their sides who are observing the classroom walls and arrangement. From the minute the students enter the classroom, students are observing the classroom environment and notice the everything. Everything in the classroom needs to have a purpose, but provide a pleasant environment. When preparing and organizing the classrooms, teachers need to consider the different variables that impact the classroom. Classrooms can be disorganized if the walls are cluttered and have no meaning The organizations of the desks, the wall decorations, and the seating arrangements significantly impact the physical environments. Students are like sponges, they soak up everything that surrounds them. In the article A comparison of actual and preferred classroom environments as perceived by middle school students in the Journal of School Health stated “studies have shown that classroom environments are closely related to a number of aspects of student
I attended a second grade class at Smallville Elementary on February 22, 2014; the class began promptly at 0855. There are 26 children in this second grade class. There are 15 male students and 11 female students. The student diversity is 2 Hispanics, 1 African-American, 1 East Indian, and 1 New Zealander (White but with an extreme accent). Three children were left-handed.