Educational Research For Masters Program

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1) Gender and race as variables in psychosocial adjustment to Middle and High School PATRICK AKOS JOHN P. GALASSI The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

2) Effect of Interactive Multimedia on the Achievement of 10th-Grade Biology Students Sara Jane Calderin Florida International University

After you read the two articles How to be a wise consumer of psychological research and either the article about small changes in the teaching of reading or the article on breakfast and dieting, please post your thoughts about the relationship of these articles to your professional practice or your personal experience. In a brief posting, give one example of how flaws in research can influence an area of your professional work. This posting can be brief, up to 200 words, and will be graded. 

After you and complete the evaluation of the research study “Gender and Race as Variables in Psychological Adjustment to Middle and High School,” post a 250-word discussion board response in which you and will identify three important points about evaluating a research report that you learned as you evaluated this study. Please submit your response and then compare your posting with that of other     �f��g�(

each question must be 300 words

Cultural Competence In The Classroom

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Cultural Competence in the Classroom

Nikhil Goyal is a successful high school student who, like many students his age, hates school. But unlike most students his age, Nikhil wrote a speech about it and delivered it to a global audience his presentation Why Kids Hate School?: Nikhil Goyal at TEDxYouth@BFS (link below) The central theme of the presentation is relevance and, specifically, how schools often lack relevance to the lives of their learners.

In this assignment, you will reflect on the story of Nick Perez and analyze it based on what might have happened differently if Nick’s education targeted the learning of 21st century skills through culturally relevant learning opportunities. Additionally, you will recommend a culturally relevant learning experience that might have been able to meet Nick’s needs in high school. Review the Instructor Guidance for this week for additional information and use the Ladson-Billing (1995; summarized in the Instructor Guidance) resource and Chapters 4 and 8 of Wardle (2013) to define a culturally relevant learning experience; apply this framework to the creation of solutions. Then, create your paper to meet the content and written communication expectations stated below.

In your paper, include the following: (3 points)

  • Address the following three guiding statements:
    • Discuss the learning experiences and cultural competencies that you believe were valued at Nick’s school, based on the information presented in the video. According to Nick, “I was denied the right to exist normally. My school had wasted my time until there was no time left.”
    • Discuss the cultural competencies and learning experiences that would be most applicable and interesting to Nick using his interest in computers as a form of his cultural identity (think about the way that he described his life at home and at computer camp).
    • Determine which of the 4C skills (i.e.,creativity and innovation, critical thinking and problem solving, communication, and collaboration that are presented in The 4Cs Research Series (link below)  Break down which you perceive are most likely relevant to Nick’s current position as a programmer in an advertising firm and which of these skills you perceive are not adequately addressed in typical classroom environments today.
    • Summarize how the acquisition of learning and innovation skills through culturally relevant learning opportunities can lead to greater student success in the classroom and in the real world.
  •  (1.5 points): Summarizes cultural competencies in your response to the Video Analysis guiding statements. Include examples using at least one of the following four characteristics:
    • Awareness of one’s own cultural worldview (including biases)
    • Knowledge of different cultural practices and worldviews
    • Positive attitudes and open-mindedness toward cultural differences
    • Ability to work successfully with others from different cultures
  • References (1.5 points): Summarize culturally relevant instruction in your response to the Video Analysis guiding statements. Propose strategies that align with this approach and include at least one of the following nine areas:
    • Maximizing academic success through relevant instructional experiences
    • Addressing cultural competence through reinforcing students’ cultural integrity
    • Involving students in the construction of knowledge
    • Building on students’ interests and linguistic resources
    • Tapping home and community resources
    • Understanding students’ cultural knowledge
    • Using interactive and constructivist teaching strategies
    • Examining the curriculum from multiple perspectives
    • Promoting critical consciousness through opportunities to challenge predominant elements of the students’ social norms
  •  (1 point): Summarize 21st century skills in your response to the Video Analysis items to reflect the Framework for 21st Century Learning  (link below)
  • Must be two  double-spaced pages in length (not including title and references pages) and formatted according to APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center 
  • Must include a separate title page with the following:
    • Title of paper
    • Student’s name
    • Course name and number
    • Instructor’s name
    • Date submitted
    • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VEvg2zBYWtU&t=295s​
  • http://www.p21.org/our-work/4cs-research-series
  • http://www.p21.org/about-us/p21-framework

What might diversity look like in the classroom?

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In this presentation, you must give the staff suggestions for how to work with diverse students and families and how to be sensitive to cultural differences. For example, you may suggest that the teacher changes assignment due dates around religious holidays.

For this assignment, you will create a staff development workshop for teachers in PowerPoint with speaker notes. This presentation will address the needs of diverse youth, including spiritual and religious needs by discussing the questions listed below.

Your presentation must address each of the following areas:

· What is diversity?

· What might diversity look like in the classroom?

· What spiritual and religious issues impact diversity?

· How might the staff improve their cultural sensitivity?

· How do religious holidays impact class assignments?

· How might your staff use data to better meet the needs of a diverse classroom?

· What social and emotional factors must your staff keep in mind when working with diverse students?

· Give 3 practical tips classroom teachers can use to promote an inclusive environment and encourage diversity in the classroom.

Your presentation must include the following components:

· The Vernon textbook, the Kimbel & Schellenberg article on “meeting holistic needs,” and a minimum of 3 peer-reviewed sources must be used in order to develop the presentation;

· Information must clearly align with the ASCA National Model and must address specific ASCA standards and student competencies;

· Detailed presentation notes must be included on each slide of the presentation in the notes section (seek assistance from Liberty University’s technology department or use an online tutorial if you do not know how to add presentation notes to PowerPoint slides);

· Citations and a references slide in current APA format must be included; and

· Informative and visually appealing content must be included.

Article –  https://search-proquest-com.ezproxy.liberty.edu/docview/1558312728?accountid=12085

Content Reveiw

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Content Review     Directions: •Respond to each item. Each response should be concise and between 2–3 paragraphs in length. •Use MS Word to write your responses, and submit your answers to all three questions in one Word document. •Copy and paste each question within the document, so that your Instructor can see which question you are responding to. 1.In Chapter 1 of Diversity in Early Care and Education, Janet Gonzalez-Mena introduces the concept of transformative education and discusses the role of dialogue. Review the information presented on pages 25–26 (including Point to Ponder 1.9). Using an example related to the care of infants or toddlers that you have read about or observed in the first four weeks of this course, explain what the terms transformative education and dialogue mean, as well as how these concepts relate to each other.   2.Differences between individuals’ concepts of time, which are shaped by culture, can lead to conflicts. Review the information on time concepts presented on pages 38–39 of Diversity in Early Care and Education and then review the information on outcomes to cultural conflicts addressed on pages 54–56 of the text. Describe one or more conflicts that may arise between an infant/toddler professional and a family member if the two individuals have different views on time. Then, using this example, compare and contrast two or more of the five outcomes described on pages 54–56, and explain the advantage(s) of one outcome over the other.   3.On page 56 of Diversity in Early Care and Education, Janet Gonzalez-Mena refers to the challenge issued by the National Association for Education of Young Children (NAEYC) for infant/toddler professionals to move beyond dualistic thinking toward holistic thinking. Using an example related to the care of infants or toddlers, explain what holistic thinking means and describe how it presents a better alternative for addressing the needs of everyone involved.