Sentences with phrase «understanding learner characteristics»

You will gain teacher career development that stresses understanding learner characteristics, instructional design, program and student assessment and the effective integration of technology into instructional programs.

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Although constructivism has been defined many different ways, Applefield, Huber, and Moallem (2001), in their review of constructivist literature, found the following four central characteristics of constructivist learning: (a) learners construct their own learning; (b) the dependence of new learning on student's existing understanding; (c) the critical role of social interaction and; (d) the necessity of authentic learning tasks for meaningful learning (p. 38).

Areas of professional development addressing how a student's cultural background may influence behavior, the typical and atypical language and literacy characteristics of English learner students, or how best to communicate and interact with parents can all aid in improving teacher understanding, according to the study.