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•Select one of the following chapters to conduct research:
Chapter 2, 3, 5 or 12. Review the chapter and respond to related
questions for that chapter by conducting your own research.
Chapter 2- Teaching Diverse Students
1. Teaching all students. Remember that a teacher’s job is to
teach all students and assume an attitude that all students can
learn. Research techniques and strategies that can be used to
accomplish this task. Sources of information include the library,
the Internet, current journals, and recent books.
2. Intelligence profile. Evaluate your own intelligence profile
according to Gardner. In what frames of mind (intelligence
areas) do you come out strongest?
Chapter 3- Managing Classroom Environment
1. Discipline approaches. Analyze the three approaches to
classroom management. Which approach, if any, do you prefer?
Can you put together parts of the different approaches and come
up with an eclectic approach that you think would work for you?
Can you identify some basic concepts that appear to be true of
all three approaches?
2. Causes of misbehavior. Think back over the classes you have
attended in which there have been disciplinary incidents. List
the possible causes for any such misbehavior. How might
knowledge of the causes of these incidents influence a teacher’s
actions? Some behavior problems are teacher created and some
are student centered. Can you think of examples?
Chapter 5- Using Classroom Technology
1. How does technology enhance the teacher’s ability to plan
instruction? Use one of the available search engines to explore
the web for technological tools such as lesson planning
software, worksheets and puzzle tools, poster and bulletin board