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EDU 381 Week 1 DQ 1 Standards
and Learning

EDU 381 Entire Course

EDU 381 Week 1 DQ 1

Standards and Learning
EDU 381 Week 1 DQ 2
Creating Instructional
Objectives
EDU 381 Week 2 DQ 1 The
Concept Attainment Model
EDU 381 Week 2 DQ 2
Comparing Instructional
Methods
EDU 381 Week 2 Matching
Objectives to Instruction

Standards and Learning.

Estes, Mintz, and Gunter state
that, Classroom instruction
must be aligned with state
standards and the associated
high-stakes tests in order to
provide students with the
opportunity to be successful
(Estes et al, 2011).
Explain how state standards
came into existence. Discuss
the impact of the standards
movement on classroom

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EDU 381 Week 1 DQ 2 Creating
Instructional Objectives

Creating Instructional
Objectives. After reading
Chapter 3, respond to the
following questions: What is
the purpose of backward
planning or backward design
(Wiggins &McTighe, 2005)?
How does backward design
relate to the KUD format
discussed in your text? How
would you evaluate this
approach to curriculum? How
does it affect student

EDU 381 Week 2 DQ 1 The Concept

Attainment Model

The Concept Attainment

Model. Estes, Mintz, and
Gunter state, The concept
attainment model is flexible
and can be adapted in a
variety of ways and with a
variety of materials (Estes et
al, 2011). View the video
Guided Discovery of
Dictionaries
(http://www.youtube.com/watc
h?&). Then reflect on what
you have observed in the

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EDU 381 Week 2 DQ 2 Comparing
Instructional

Comparing Instructional
Models. Estes, Mintz, and
Gunter state, The constructivist
theory of learning is congruent
with both concept attainment
and concept development
(Estes et al, 2011). How would
you distinguish the concept
attainment model from the
concept development model?
How are the two approaches
similar and how are they
different? In which units of

EDU 381 Week 2 Matching

Objectives to Instruction

Matching Objectives to
Instruction. Select an
academic standard for a
content area that you will be
teaching that is compatible
with the direct instruction
model. In a one-to-two page
paper, using the KUD format,
write one students will
understand objective, at least
two students will know
objectives, and at least two
students will be able to do

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EDU 381 Week 3 DQ 1 The Quest
for Knowledge

The Quest for Knowledge.

One of the problem-centered
inquiry models discussed in
your text is the WebQuest
model of inquiry. First, explore
WebQuest.org
(www.webquest.org). You will
find a variety of sample
WebQuests to view. Examine
several samples and select
one that you might find useful
in your own classroom. Then
identify the model of

EDU 381 Week 3 DQ 2 Socrates

and Strategies

Socrates and Strategies.

According to your text, the idea
of a Socratic seminar stems
from one of the dialogues of
Plato in which Socrates
suggests that no idea can be
taught directly and all that we
know must be extracted from us
through a series of questions
and a process of inquiry. This is
the foundation of the Socratic
seminar (Estes et al, 2011).
View the video Intro to the

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EDU 381 Week 3 Lesson Plan

Lesson Plan. We have

examined a variety of
instructional models. Select
one of the models we have
learned about and create a
lesson plan (based on
academic standards) using
that instructional model. Be
sure to address each of the
items below in your lesson
plan:

EDU 381 Week 4 Differentiation

EDU 381 Week 4

Differentiation.

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EDU 381 Week 4 DQ 1 Assessing
and Evaluating

Assessing and Evaluating

Learning. Assessment is the
process of collecting
information to find out what
students are learning. As we
have examined different
instructional models
throughout this course we
have learned about evaluating
instructional objectives.
Choose one instructional
model we have learned about
and respond to the following

EDU 381 Week 4 DQ 2 Cooperative

Learning

Cooperative Learning.
Cooperative learning models
are designed to promote
behaviors such as
interdependence, individual
accountability, positive
interactions and social skills
that support group processing.
Read Chapter 13 and respond
to the following questions:
What benefits did you see
in this example of co

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EDU 381 Week 5 DQ 1 Analyzing
Instructional

Analyzing Instructional
Planning. Choose one of the
case studies presented in
Chapters 14, 15, or 16. Then
reflect and respond to the
questions for the case study
you have chosen:
Chapter 14: A Kindergarten
Case Study
The teacher in this scenario
checks the readiness test
scores of her future students.
How much influence

EDU 381 Week 5 DQ 2 Making the

Models Work for You

Making the Models Work for

You. We have examined a
wide variety of instructional
models that you will have the
opportunity to use as future
educators. These models
become part of your
instructional repertoire as an
educator. The authors of your
text have expressed a desire
that they want teachers at all
grade levels and in all content
areas to believe that the most

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EDU 381 Week 5 Final Paper

FINAL PAPER
Part One: Lesson Plan
Select academic standards on
which a unit of study can be
developed. Create three lesson
plans that could be used in this
unit using three different
instructional models (select from
models that have been covered in
this course) that can be utilized
effectively to create objectives to
meet the standard you have
chosen. Be sure to address

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