Elementary Video Case StudiesDescription |
A supplement for courses in Child Development, Early Childhood Development, Observation, Elementary Teaching Methods, Introduction to Education, Elementary Math and/or Science, and/or Assessment. Organized in two parts Development and Learning and Assessment and Instruction, this CD can be used to supplement any development text or course, or any elementary education course where observation, development, and/or assessment are a significant focus.  |
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- Accessible Navigation allows students to click on the segment they wish to watch directly from the Table of Contents.
- Instructors do not need to spend valueable class time explaining how to use the CD-ROM.
- Six cases allow students to observe development and learning in elementary classrooms, with select cases using math or science lessons as examples.
- Every student observes the same real classroom instruction providing students with a shared experience and making classroom discussion more meaningful.
- Seven cases provide students the opportunity to observe classroom assessment and instruction, select cases use literacy and math lessons as examples.
- Providing students with a shared experience while illustrating how assessment and instruction look within various lesson topics.
- Free when packaged with any Merrill book.
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Table of Contents |
Elementary Classroom Video Case Studies Part I: Development and Learning Case 1: Piagetian Tasks (Run Time 11 min) Case 2: Moral Questions and Decisions (Run Time 4 min) Case 3: Properties of Air in First-Grade Science (Run Time 14 min) Case 4: Integrated Primary Botany Lesson (Run Time 10 min) Case 5: Using Balance Beams in Fourth Grade (Run Time 14 min 23 sec) Case 6: Finding Area in Fifth-Grade Math (Run Time 10 min 39 sec)
Part II: Assessment and Instruction Case 7: First-Grade Literacy Class (Run Time 11 min) Case 8: Graphing in Second-Grade Math (Run Time 14 min) Case 9: Second-Grade Writing Portfolio (Run Time 1 min 33 sec) Case 10a: Assessing Understanding of Balance Beams in Fourth-Grade Class(Run Time 7 min 30 sec) Case 10b: Assessing Understanding of Balance Beams in Fourth-Grade Small Group (Run Time 14 min 44 sec) Case 11: Assessing Problem-Solving Strategies in Fifth-Grade Math Area Case 12: Assessing Understanding of Adding Fractions in Fifth-Grade (Run Time 15 min)
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