Posted: February 7th, 2015

Contextual factors in local education

Contextual factors in local education

Order Description

Given:

Contextual factors include community, school, and classroom factors; characteristics of students; students’ varied approaches to learning; and students’ skills and

prior learning. It is important for classroom teachers to realize how contextual factors will affect their instructional planning and assessment.

Task:

A. Write an essay (suggested length of 5–7 pages) in which you describe the contextual factors in your classroom and discuss how these factors affect the teaching–

learning process. In your essay:
1. Describe two environmental contextual factors for each of the following areas:
a. Community
b. District
c. School

Note: Environmental factors may include geographic location, community and school population, socioeconomics, race and ethnicity, stability of community, and community

support for education.

2. Describe each of the following four classroom contextual factors:
• Physical features
• Availability of technology equipment and resources
• Extent of parental involvement
• One other classroom contextual factor

Note: Other classroom factors can include grade level, classroom subjects, classroom rules and routines, grouping patterns, and classroom arrangement.

3. Explain how four student contextual factors impact the design of instruction and assessment of learning.

Note: Student factors can include age, gender, race and ethnicity, special needs, achievement and developmental levels, culture, language, interests, learning styles

and modalities, and skill levels.

4. Discuss student skills and prior learning that may influence your development of each of the following three components: learning goals, instruction, and

assessment.

B. Submit a completed “School Demographics Survey” attached below.

C. When you use sources, include all in-text citations and references in APA format.

Note: For definitions of terms commonly used in the rubric, see the attached Rubric Terms.

Note: When using sources to support ideas and elements in a paper or project, the submission MUST include APA formatted in-text citations with a corresponding

reference list for any direct quotes or paraphrasing. It is not necessary to list sources that were consulted if they have not been quoted or paraphrased in the text

of the paper or project.

Note: No more than a combined total of 30% of a submission can be directly quoted or closely paraphrased from sources, even if cited correctly. For tips on using APA

style, please refer to the APA Handout web link included in the General Instructions section.

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I have the demographics sheet filled out, scanned in and ready to send as jpg. I teach in Mrs. Kline’s math class in McCormick Junior High School in Cheyenne, WY. We

are in Laramie County School District Number 1. Please use the demographic info to make up theories and inferences in answering the contextual blah blahs that that

affect teaching and learning. Make up reasons for each of the contextual factors that would work in any Rocky Mountain area. We are the Capitol of the state and have

Warren Air Force Base located here as well. Sinclair Oil Refinery and Union Pacific RR are two big business’ here. Winters can be bad and school can be closed for

weather about 2-5 days per year, on average. Mrs. Kline has two classes of 24 students and one that has 14. She teaches Algebra and pre Algebra. There are no citation

requirements, other than doing it correctly if you choose to. The population of Cheyenne is growing quickly and there are many discussions about how to handle growth

in student bodies. At one high school, they are averaging a new student each day.

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