Our social
studies instruction reflects the competencies and concepts embedded in the New York State Standards for Social Studies and the New York State Assessments.
Not exact matches
In cases where they do have this opportunity, the
instruction is often rushed or superficial,
reflecting a national trend wherein elementary social
studies are marginalized.
The lesson is really an organizer that the teachers use as they engage in the real work of lesson
study:
studying teaching materials, discussing content and
instruction,
reflecting on their practice, and investigating student learning.
This is
reflected in statistics on hours of
instruction that we collected from the schools in the lottery
study.
Job Overview The middle school social
studies teacher plans, implements, and
reflects upon social
studies instruction in order to realize the mission of the school.
Study of the nature of reading
instruction, K - 6 as
reflected by current research, teaching and evaluation methods and techniques, published and teacher prepared materials, and effective classroom management.
The cognitive principles of learning are based on reports from (a) the National Academy of Sciences, 1 (b) a practice guide for teachers by the Institute of Education Sciences in the U.S. Department of Education on Organizing
Instruction and
Study to Improve Student Learning, 2 (c) and a joint initiative between the Association of Psychological Sciences and the American Psychological Association on Lifelong Learning at Work and at Home.3 The recommendations here
reflect the wisdom of these reports, which are based on scientific evidence, rather than being consensus opinions of experts.
3 — Teachers indicate they are intentionally
reflecting on their practice and are seriously working with others to improve their practice (i.e.,
study groups with action plans, grade level meetings to improve
instruction), discussion within groups is informed by research on best practices and student assessment data
Finally, schools were having an easier time
reflecting on
instruction and student work in
study groups than they were focusing on research - based topics for periods of 3 months or longer.