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Instructional Strategies for High Incidence Disabilities Assignment: Teaching Science
Overview - For this assignment, you will demonstrate your understanding of the skills presented in Week 4 course materials. Chapter 7, "Effective Strategies for Teaching Science" outlines several big ideas for teaching science skills through six principles of designing science education. Your application assignment is to create a teaching tool (strategy) that meets the needs of exceptional students or students struggling in the area of Science. To complete your assignment, you must create the tool, implement the lesson with a student that could benefit from the instruction, and reflect on your experience. You must develop a strategy (tool), take a picture of the materials after you implement the lesson, and write a two page reflection.
Directions
1. Identify a student with exceptionalities or a student that struggles in the area of science skills.
2. Using the ideas outlined in the text, or a credible resource (see Suggested Resources), select an effective teaching strategy that targets the needs of your exceptional (struggling) student. Design an interactive, hands-on learning tool that targets the area of need for your student. You may involve a group of students for this activity, but you will be targeting the needs of your identified exceptional (struggling) student. Your activity must focus on science instruction from the K-12 TEKS or Common Core Curriculum.
3. Using the template provided, design a plan to implement your strategy.
4. Create the materials you will use to implement the strategy for teaching science.
5. Implement the strategy with your identified exceptional (struggling) student. Remember, you can incorporate a group of students in this activity, but you will be targeting the needs of your identified exceptional (struggling) student.
6. Using the Reflection section of the template, write a two page reflection on the creation and implementation of the strategy (tool). Fully discuss the topics outlined in the template. Be sure to include the effect on student learning.
7. Photograph the materials you used after implementing the tool (strategy). Imbed the photograph in your template.
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