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American Indian Cultural Regions This is a plan used by the Ohio Department of Education on American Indian Cultural Regions: underground houses – ODE IMS – Ohio Department of Education (studylib.net) It is not a bad plan at all but it could use some changes that include: Time: This is a very long, detailed and extended […]
What is your new approach to differentiating assessment? I use several types of assessments in both music and Native American Culture. My new approach from the readings in this class include: MUSIC After the readings of Heacox (2009), Wormeli (2006), and Hall, Strangman & Meyer (2003), I have discovered that some of the implements […]
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Tiering In A Packed Curriculum When Tiering it is easy to follow the words of both Heacox and Tomlinson in this paraphrasing: When giving assignments, allow for student creativity. If you give students the ability to choose the format of the end product, students will not only feel empowered, they will make effective use of […]
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CHOICE Why does choice matter? As far as I am concerned choice matters because it is an integral part of student interest. I often hear horror stories from music directors on the lack of interest from students in the music….well DUH? Personally, I find it fascinating that some teachers do not use choice (especially […]