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Assignment Directions: Use the Persuasive Essay Outline on the next page to outline your persuasive essay by completing the following: 1) Use the feedback you received from your instructor to revise your thesis statement. a) Write your thesis as a complete sentence (as you would in your essay) in the “Thesis Sentence” section under the Introductory Paragraph heading in the outline below. 2) Create a topic sentence for each of the three paragraphs that comprise the body of your essay. a) Record the topic sentences in each of the “Topic Sentence” sections under the “Support for Thesis” headings in the outline below. b) Your topic sentences should support your thesis and provide transitions between the paragraphs. 3) Write at least three details for each topic sentence. a) These details should provide support for the topic sentence. b) Remember to include at least one in-text citation for each supporting paragraph. 4) Write a concluding sentence under the “Conclusion” heading in the outline below. a) Your concluding sentence should be your thesis restated in different words.

An increasing number of American students are adult learners, and distance learning has become a prominent element in the educational environment. Further, In adult education, epistemology changes from the student learning what the teacher tells him/her to know to a process of the teacher and student working together in the discovery of new knowledge. As such, successful mentoring and coaching are critical to the process. In this assignment, you will explore the relationship of mentoring, coaching, and collaboration and their application to adult learning. General Requirements: Use the following information to ensure successful completion of the assignment: Instructors will be using a grading rubric to grade the assignments. It is recommended that learners review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment in order to become familiar with the assignment criteria and expectations for successful completion of the assignment. Doctoral learners are required to use APA style for their writing assignments. This assignment requires that at least two additional scholarly research sources related to this topic, and at least one in-text citation from each source be included. Directions: Write a paper (2,250-2,500 words) that explores the relationship of mentoring, coaching, and collaboration and their application to adult learning. Include the following in your paper: An analysis of mentoring and coaching in the teaching and learning process. In what circumstances are mentoring and coaching necessary? (Benchmarks Learning Theory 2.1: Differentiate between mentoring and coaching in the teaching and learning process.) A discussion of how cognition influences coaching and mentoring success. A discussion of how mentoring and collaboration are applied in adult distance education.

Review a social media blog and examine it for fallacious reasoning. Identify at least two examples of fallacies that we have discussed in class within the selected blog. Record the fallacious quotes from the blog, and explain what type of fallacy you believe they are. For follow-up discussion, decide whether or not you agree or disagree with your classmates and explain why. Your response should be based on the fallacy only, not the content of the selected blog. Include a citation for the source you use. fallacy: appeal to ignorance hasty generalization either/or circular reasoning appeal to tradition is/ought http://www.restoreculture.com/blog/ example: Blog Chosen: http://blackagendareport.com/ #1 October 24 is “Workers Demand a Raise Day” Statement with Fallacy: “President Obama and other politicians have not been helpful in increasing workers’ paychecks.” Fallacy: Hasty generalization I felt that the fallacy used in this statement was hasty generalization. There was not any evidence or anything substantial to support the statement. The blog stated that The Baltimore Workers Assembly created “Workers Demand a Raise Day” to demand that the minimum wage be raised to $15 an hour. While the movement itself is sincere, the statement presented does not necessarily rely on facts, or statistics to prove the point. The statement is only backed by their emotion and their belief that there is not enough being done to raise the minimum wage let alone that it is solely the Presidents or other politician’s faults(Ford, 2013). Reference: Ford, A. (2013). Workers demand a raise day.Black Agenda Report. Retrieved fromhttp://blackagendareport.com/search/node/Workers%20demand%20a%20raise%20day%20October%2024 #2 ……follow same format for Fallacy #2.

ELENA Play is important for children in preschool and kindergarten because it provides a variety of learning opportunities. Play promotes growth and social, emotional, language, literacy, cognitive, physical, and motor development. It also provides children with the opportunity to learn skills that will help them reach school readiness. There are multiple types of play to incorporate into your schedule. In the future, I will regularly incorporate informal play, socio-dramatic play, and outdoor play in my schedule. Informal play, also known as free play, is important because it encourages children to use their imaginations, creativity, manipulate items, explore, and understand how things around them work. I will choose materials, games, and toys with care and also make sure they are items that can be seen and used in multiple ways. Socio-dramatic play is another form of play I will incorporate. This type of play offers teachable moments on responsibility, problem solving, self-expression, explore roles, and language development. I will have a dramatic play set up in my classroom with everything labeled to encourage language and literacy development. Outdoor play is another type of play that helps children develop their large muscle groups, gross motor skills, and motor coordination. Incorporating this into my schedule allows teachable moments in cooperative skills as well. I will have outdoor play in a natural environment and embark on listening walks where children can explore and listen to their natural environment. I would include moveable objects that promote exercise such as wagons, slides, balls, tricycles, bubbles, and a parachute we can use as a group. It is important to incorporate different types of play to best meet the individual needs of the children within your class. AMBER “Play is the work of the child” as noted by Jean Piaget. Play is essential for healthy development, and research shows that 75% of brain development happens after birth. When an infant smiles and makes noises and the adult or caregiver responds with the same likeness, this is an instance of play. Through play a child learns social and motor skills and cognitive thinking. Play time helps children learn to communicate their emotions, to think, and solve problems. Physical play helps a child develop their large motor skills, like when jumping and running at the park. Playing with Legos or small farm toys looks like fun, but it also serves as a way to develop their fine motor skills and cognitive development. Children gain knowledge through play and it helps them test their beliefs about the world around them. This week we learned about 9 different types of play, but I will focus on social play, physical play, and expressive play. Social play begins around the age of three and it when children start to play with others, such as sharing their toys and taking turns. In a preschool classroom there is plenty of time for social play during free choice centers and playground time. During free choice centers children might be playing with blocks to build something together, or ask for materials when building a structure independently. Physical play offers a chance for children to exercise and develop muscle strength. Playing games like tag, and hide and seek offer these kinds of experiences. Even having balance beams, and stepping stones in the classroom offer this type of movement without having to go outside. Dance parties during indoor recess also offer opportunities for physical play. Expressive play helps children learn to express their feelings. Having different types of noise makers such as rain sticks or drums in a “safe place” or “cozy corner” offers expressive play. Paint, markers, and oil pastels with paper or canvas can be a part of expressive play. Bean bags, squishies, and other items that offer varieties of textures are also ways children can be expressive while being playful. I believe expressive play is important for small children because they do not have the brain function or the vocabulary to verbally express how they feel.

Instructions In your proposal to the department chair, address the following: Key aspects of building a culture of assessment. Focus on strategies for involving faculty, staff, and students. A plan to analyze approaches for assessing student learning. Include specific characteristics and assessments of student learning to monitor. List the questions to address related to assessment for student learning. Use the tables and tools provided in Chapter 7 as a guideline. Discuss how analyzing the selected approaches for assessing student learning can support the development of a culture of assessment within the department. The proposal can be presented in paper format and include tables and charts. The proposal should be 4–5 pages in length and formatted in APA style. Use a minimum of three credible, reliable resources to support the development of the proposal.

Instructions In your proposal to the department chair, address the following: Key aspects of building a culture of assessment. Focus on strategies for involving faculty, staff, and students. A plan to analyze approaches for assessing student learning. Include specific characteristics and assessments of student learning to monitor. List the questions to address related to assessment for student learning. Use the tables and tools provided in Chapter 7 as a guideline. Discuss how analyzing the selected approaches for assessing student learning can support the development of a culture of assessment within the department. The proposal can be presented in paper format and include tables and charts. The proposal should be 4–5 pages in length and formatted in APA style. Use a minimum of three credible, reliable resources to support the development of the proposal.

Now that you have created a thorough outline, you should continue to expand the material in essay format using proper APA style. Additionally, you will need to show competency in constructing a research-based argumentative piece of writing. To meet that goal, you will need to meet the following requirements: 1200-1350 words. Format using 7th edition APA requirements Use at least four sources, including the source from your text, two sources from Keiser’s e-Library, and one additional credible source. No block quotes should be included. Use integrated quotes only. No visuals should be used. Narrative material only. No more than 20% of the paper should be from quoted source support. Use 3rd person objective point of view only. Avoid 1st and 2nd person point of view. Use argumentative and academic language only. Demonstrate critical thinking and critical analysis skills. PROPOSAL SELECTED READING Chua, A. (2007). “The Right Road to America?”. In G.H. Muller (Ed.), The McGraw-Hill Reader: Issues Across the Disciplines pp. 335-340. New York. NY: McGraw-Hill. SELECTED PROMPT Is it right, the right road to America? ABSTRACT Many people around the world dream about becoming a citizen of United States of America, and it seems at times, a challenging road to go through. Immigration is a very sensitive and complex subject that is debated in our daily life regardless of who you are, where are you from, your creed, racial background or your party affiliation. The “road” for immigrants has been known to be long, though, and for many people unfair. These individuals, many times, go through family separations, some feel intimidated by law enforcement, others live in extreme poverty and develop health issues due to the poor nutrition or being unable to receive medical care. This paper is especially important, because it touches personal situations and highlights main valuable keys regarding different opinions in this topic. It also studies different researches and statistics concerning the value and cultural contribution of immigrants to this nation, as well as the big dilemma of implementing and making mandatory for all immigrants to speak English. Finally, we will be exploring how far should the system of our country go in tolerance of immigration and navigate different options and suggestions made by Chua to have a better control of immigration and law flow in United States of America. THESIS STATEMENT American foundation was built by immigrants, and the diversity of our nation is our strong suit to progress. However, there should be a limit in this diversity and immigrants should contribute to American society and adapt to all guidelines that make America a great country. The Right Road to America supports how immigration affect or help America and its citizens. SOURCES https://www.lwv.org/immigration/immigrants-diversity-and-inclusion Generally, the language spoken, reflects or defines the country of birth, but is nor necessarily the same country of immigration. For instance, “Spanish-speaking” immigrants can come from different countries around the world, and dominate for example, Miami’s foreign-born residents. Today, the variety of different immigrant languages surpasses what it was during the first surge of immigration and has always been an issue with the system of immigration of United States of America. Diversity in language can be seen or viewed by many, as a barrier to community bonds. Some people feel that the cultural and financial cost of diverse population in United States are too high, and two examples of it, are language and crime. Language is required to communicate in schools, for emergency service purposes, work, and many more cases, and research show that training and teaching English language to immigrants has a high cost for the country. These are some of the many reasons why there is many people against immigration laws allowing people from other countries to come and stay in United States, and utilize the resources that in their minds, are only for Native-Americas. https://www.brookings.edu/research/changing-faces-immigrants-and-diversity-in-the-twenty-first-century Culture is a group of people sharing same beliefs, attitudes and goals and even though beliefs can change, it mostly remains consistent over time. Immigration has made United States of America and the entire world more culturally diverse, sheltering many people of many backgrounds from different parts of the world; but is variety a blessing? For many people the response has been no, and it is just obvious when it has been proved that racial, religious and ethnic variety often causes violence. This source talks about how other countries have fallen due to the large amount of communities of immigrants that did not adapt and did not follow the guidelines of that specific country. Some examples of these countries are Yugoslavia and Czechoslovakia that got affected by the remarkable battle and unequal treatment between communities. The visible success of America has been due to the immigration laws and how the system has welcomed immigrants to our land and helped them and provided opportunities to succeed and for them to help better our nation. https://thehill.com/…/immigration/250493-3-ideas-to-improve-legal-immigration This source argues about the need of changing or modifying immigration laws and our dynamic economy. This article also researches about the number of immigrants coming into the country, and how polls show that Mexicans are still majority of all immigrants that are living in the United States, but. Are not necessarily the majority group of new immigrants entering the nation. The article also indicate how Asian are taking the place of Hispanic immigrants and it has been said that American economy requires high skilled workers and Mexicans unfortunately have a lower education level than Indians and Asians. As this source mentions, there is three ideas to improve legal immigration and better the economy of the country and includes: A green card to mid-skilled workers, guest worker visas, and the third one is an immigration tariff charging a fee for a permanent work visa or a green card. These ideas allow more flexibility and openness for immigrants who want a better future, and at the same time, help making America stronger.

A. Discuss the potential challenges you may face in your instructional setting that relate to the exceptional needs of students. Note: Examples of exceptional needs could be English language learners, gifted students, students with learning disabilities, or social or behavioral challenges. B. Explain how you would incorporate your personal philosophy of curriculum into the design and development of curriculum to address students with exceptional needs in your instructional setting. 1. Justify how your personal philosophy of curriculum would address the exceptional needs of students in your instructional setting. C. Explain how you would incorporate a specific curriculum ideology into the design and development of curriculum to address the exceptional needs of students in your instructional setting. Note: Examples of curriculum ideology could include scholar academic, social efficiency, learner-centered, and social reconstructive. 1. Justify how the curriculum ideology you would incorporate would address the exceptional needs described in part A. D. Acknowledge sources, using APA-formatted in-text citations and references, for content that is quoted, paraphrased, or summarized. E. Demonstrate professional communication in the content and presentation of your submission.

Survey at least three (3) different schools for creating your own reconsideration process. Do not use Fayetteville or Blue Valley for your sources (see below). Remember that reconsideration or challenge policies are often school board policies, so you may have to look for board policies on a district’s website, and not on an individual school’s website. Cite within your document which steps in your process came from which source. Be sure to use correct APA in-text citations. At the end of this process, create a References page with full APA citation of the at least three (3) reconsideration sources you evaluated to come up with your own process HINTS: Write this as if it was your school document. Whatever you include should be clear to any reader what the steps are. (Don’t assume another librarian is reading this — but a patron, for example). Don’t include the names of the different schools within the process — you wouldn’t do that if you were writing this for your own school. In other words, don’t let the seams show that you have lifted the information from different school documents. Do include the in-text citations, which should include the names of the school. Since you are not coming up with this policy on your own, you need to give credit for everything you put in the policy. It should be a patchwork of what you like from the different sources. Be sure the in-text citation shows that. Criteria for your policy: Explain how the process of how the reconsideration process is started. What will happen to the item that is being challenged? Who has the right to object to materials? Be specific, patron is not specific. Who is on the committee for reconsideration? Who is the chairperson for the committee? What is the time frame for the process? What instructions are given to the committee? What do they need to do once they have a book to evaluate? What is the process that the committee follows for decision making? How is the material evaluated? Who makes the final decision of the complaint? How is the process different for non-print materials? Reconsideration form includes: The material information (type, title, author, publisher, etc…) Complainant’s contact information What is the complainant’s complaint? Why is it a complaint? Curriculum familiarity (why do they think the material is included in the collection?) Information for policy comes from at least 3 sources In-text citations are used correctly. Reference page in APA format is done correctly. Most school libraries do not include their policies on their websites. You will need to look at the district website where they keep their school board policies. You can also search through the databases (Library Lit, for example) for a list of the steps that a reconsideration process would take. Identify each step, who is involved, and how does the process go to the next step until there is some kind of resolution. Be sure to look at the rubric so you can see a complete list of what I will be looking for.

In this assignment you will demonstrate your understanding of the learning objectives: Evaluate various assessment data the drives classroom instruction for the individual student and Describe the factors to consider when planning appropriate research-based instructional approaches for student with mild to moderate disabilities. Additionally, completion of this assignment represents an introduction to Course Learning Outcome 3 and MASE Program Learning Outcomes 1, and 4.In order to create dynamic lesson plans that engage all students at their present levels of performance, instructional planning must be driven by formal and informal assessment results. Formal assessments include data collected through standard scores that are collected by trained professionals such as the school psychologist. This can include educational assessments such as Henry’s assessment in Week 3.Informal assessments, on the other hand, are typically content-based and are administered by the teacher to measure a student’s achievement on classroom instruction. For example, can include a ‘thumbs up or thumbs down’, a morning warm-up of information from the day before, or a brief quiz at the end of a lesson. Teachers also assess students through informal observations by walking around the classroom during group activities and independent practice or during whole group instruction.Mr. Franklin and you spend quite a bit of time together planning instruction to meet the needs of all your students. Because he is considered the content expert while you are the content delivery expert (access specialist), he looks to you for guidance on creative and engaging lesson plans that are determined by assessment data results and the student’s IEP written plan. The lesson you are creating must meet the needs of your 28 students, with seven who have been identified as having specialized academic and/or behavioral needs.InstructionsChoose three assessments from Informal Assessment Strategies (Links to an external site.) to rationalize how each one meets the needs of the students in your class.Content ExpectationsUsing support from your assignment reading, the Instructor Guidance, and the discussions, your written paper will:Identify three informal assessments.Explain how the informal assessment you’ve chosen will accurately evaluate the needs of all the students in your class.Examine how the assessment results will inform instructional planning.Summarize at least one additional resource that provides more information on one of the three assessments you’ve chosen.Written ExpectationsSyntax and Mechanics: Exhibit meticulous use of grammar, spelling, organization, and usage throughout your submission.Source Requirement: Reference at least two scholarly sources in addition to the course textbook in order to provide compelling evidence to support your ideas.Page Requirement: Your submission must be two to three pages in length excluding a title and reference page.APA format: All in text citations, page format and references must be written in APA 6th edition format.Next Steps: Review and Submit the AssignmentReview your assignment with the Grading Rubric to ensure you have achieved the distinguished levels of performance for each criterion. Next, submit your document no later than Day 7.RecommendationThe MASE program provides the opportunity for you to create an online portfolio that can be used in your career development and professional practice. Throughout the program you will have various assessments that can be included in this e-portfolio and these will be finalized in the last course of the MASE program, Capstone course, ESE699. You may select this assignment and subsequent coursework to include as artifacts. Therefore, it is strongly encouraged you save your coursework on a flash-drive (e.g., a USB removable drive) or store in a cloud-based option such as Dropbox, GoogleDrive, or other similar applications.Success Tip: Start preparing now for the Week Six Final Assignment!The Week Six assignment involves creating a resource manual for Mr. Franklin. Preparation for this assignment must begin early to make certain you are thinking ahead and saving your work. Review the full instructions for the Week Six assignment for more information.Carefully review the Grading Rubric (Links to an external site.) for the criteria that will be used to evaluate your assignment.