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Reading Response 1 (Opening Minds: Chapters 1-3)
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Opening Minds
Peter Johnston

Here’s how you can approach this assignment:

Step 1: Read the Assigned Chapters

• Focus on Chapters 1-3 of Opening Minds. Take notes on the key ideas, concepts, and themes discussed in these chapters. This will help you gather the information needed to respond to the questions in the template.

Step 2: Review the Google Document Template

• Access the Google Document link provided in your assignment instructions.
• Familiarize yourself with the template structure and identify where you need to provide your answers based on your reading of the chapters.

Step 3: Respond to the Questions

• In the template, you will likely be prompted to reflect on the content of Chapters 1-3 and how it applies to your learning or experiences.
• Consider the following types of questions that might be asked:
  • Summary: What are the main points of Chapters 1-3?
  • Reflection: How do these chapters challenge or expand your understanding of teaching, learning, or leadership?
  • Application: How can the ideas from these chapters be applied to your current or future practice as a nurse, educator, or in another role?

Step 4: Provide Support for Your Responses

• When you respond, ensure that you back up your answers with specific examples or quotes from the chapters. This will show that you’ve engaged with the reading material and can critically reflect on it.

Step 5: Review and Revise

• After completing your responses, review them for clarity and accuracy.
• Make sure you’ve followed the assignment instructions and included all required elements.

Step 6: Finalize and Submit

• Once you’re happy with your responses, finalize your document in the provided template and submit it according to your course’s submission guidelines.

By following these steps, you can ensure that your response is thoughtful, detailed, and properly structured for submission. Would you like additional help with specific sections of the book?

Leadership Strategies From Theory to Practice
Throughout this course, we discussed leadership as a practice, strategies we can use to select our leadership style, how we can understand our leadership style and strengths to enhance our leadership development, and the most effective leadership strategies for a diverse workforce.
After reading Chapter 12 in Managing and Leading Nonprofit Organizations: A Framework for Success(Dann, 2022), think about what you have learned about leadership practice and what type of leader you aim to be in the future. As you continually learn about yourself and others as leaders, reflect on personal experiences, encounters with others, challenges, and how you have developed your skills to refine your leadership abilities. Develop an original response to the following question:
Self-reflect on the leadership strategies, styles, and practices you studied this term. How will you transfer the strategies from theory to practice in your leadership roles? Provide two detailed examples of course findings and other scholarly research.

This Discussion aims to spark a critical and creative exploration of how digital badging can be used to recognize and foster professional development (PD) across the professions. Drawing upon the insights from the week’s materials and your own experience and understanding of digital badges, answer all of the following: In this assignment, you will explore the topic of Artificial Intelligence by responding to one of the three options listed below that most interests you. To help you choose, review the chart below describing the required assignment elements for each option and its corresponding focused approach. I’ve enclosed the necessary links for the assignment to be completed correctly. It is two parts

Struggling with where to start this assignment? Follow this guide to tackle your assignment easily!

Step 1: Understand the Assignment Requirements

• This discussion has two parts:
  • Part 1: Explore how digital badging fosters professional development.
  • Part 2: Select one of three options to dive deeper into artificial intelligence (AI).
• Materials: Review the provided links and weekly readings for insights on digital badging and AI.

Step 2: Structure Your Post

Part 1: Digital Badging and Professional Development

1. Define Digital Badging:
   • Explain what digital badges are and how they represent skills or achievements.
   • Example: Digital badges are visual symbols awarded for completing specific learning objectives, showcasing competencies in professional development.
2. Connection to Professional Development (PD):
   • Discuss how digital badges:
     • Recognize learning achievements.
     • Encourage lifelong learning.
     • Foster accountability and motivation for PD.
3. Examples of Digital Badging in Practice:
   • Provide examples from various fields (e.g., education, healthcare, technology).
   • Example: Teachers earn badges for completing workshops on new teaching strategies.
4. Your Experience:
   • Reflect on your experience with digital badges or how you see them benefiting your profession.

Part 2: Exploring AI (Choose One Option)

Option 1: AI in the Workplace

• Discuss how AI is being implemented in professional settings.
• Address potential benefits (e.g., automation, decision-making) and challenges (e.g., ethics, job displacement).

Option 2: AI in Learning and Development

• Explore how AI is transforming learning and training.
• Consider personalized learning experiences, adaptive learning technologies, and AI-driven feedback tools.

Option 3: Ethical Considerations of AI

• Focus on ethical implications of AI use.
• Address biases in AI, data privacy concerns, and societal impacts.

Step 3: Engage with Peers

• Respond to at least one peer’s post by:
  • Offering a thoughtful affirmation (e.g., highlight a strong point in their discussion).
  • Suggesting an improvement (e.g., offer a new perspective or additional resource).

Step 4: Cite Evidence

• Include at least one scholarly reference to support your discussion. Use APA 7th edition formatting for citations.

Example APA Citation

American Psychological Association. (2020). Publication manual of the American Psychological Association (7th ed.). Washington, DC: APA.

Step 5: Revise and Proofread

• Ensure your post is clear, concise, and well-organized.
• Confirm your formatting and citation style meet the guidelines.

I need the final chapter, chapter 5 written to match the data collected throughout the paper. Attached is my current paper, as well as the outlined template for chapter 5.

Because lessons do not stop when a student leaves the classroom, purposeful collaboration with other teachers, staff, and families can help reinforce and expand the student’s knowledge and skills. Whenever possible, teachers should try to engage families in ways that encourage them to have their child practice the math skills at home. Having both the teacher and parents/guardians on the same page helps to support the student.
Read the case study to inform the assignment.
Case Study: Fiona
Grade: 9th
Age: 14
It is the beginning of the second semester, and Fiona is having a great deal of difficulty in her mainstream algebra class. Prior to this year, she was receiving instruction in the resource setting. At her eighth grade transition IEP meeting, her parents expressed their wishes that Fiona be in the mainstream algebra class, despite her special education teacher explaining that low reading comprehension negatively affects the understanding of math concepts. Fiona understands basic concepts of algebra but has not mastered the skills needed to move to the higher-level concepts her class is now working on. Currently, her math performance has been measured two years below grade level and her reading performance one year below grade level. Fiona’s general education math teacher has spoken with her parents about the possible need for additional support, and her parents have agreed to help at home, as they do not want her being pulled out for resource at this time.
The following goals have been identified by the special education teacher collaborating with the general education math teacher for Fiona:
Simplify addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division equations [e.g., (2x + 6) + (4x + 7) = 6x + 13].
Solve expressions with variables (e.g., 3x = -24).
Write and solve the algebraic equation in a real-life word problem.
Part 1: Strategies
As the special education teacher, select two researched-based instructional strategies that could be used to help Fiona meet her identified goals.
Instructional strategies should include:
Explicitly teaching related vocabulary
The use of the concrete-representational-abstract strategies
Graphic organizers
Mnemonic devices
The use of assistive technology
In 250-500 words, summarize the recommended instructional strategies, rationalizing their appropriateness for Fiona’s goals and ability to help motivate Fiona to meet her goals. Include specific tips for implementation.
Part 2: 3 Day Unit Plan
Design a comprehensive mathematics unit plan based on the goals identified for Fiona. Outline three sequenced lesson plans, using the “3 Day Unit Plan Template.”
Your unit plan must include:
Appropriate augmentative and alternative communication systems and assistive technology to make the lesson content more accessible.
Integration of both formative and summative assessments to demonstrate mastery and support the generalization of learning for the student.
Integration of an appropriate ELA writing standard related to Fiona’s third identified goal.
Part 3: Home Connection
In 250-500 words, explain how you plan to involve Fiona’s parents in meeting her goals. Include a specific at-home activity to help in her continued success.
While APA format is not required for the body of this assignment, sold academic writing is expected, and in-text citations and references should be presented using APA documentation guidelines, which can be found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center.
This assignment uses a rubric. Review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the expectations for successful completion.

I need the final chapter, chapter 5 written to match the data collected throughout the paper. Attached is my current paper, as well as the outlined template for chapter 5.

Because lessons do not stop when a student leaves the classroom, purposeful collaboration with other teachers, staff, and families can help reinforce and expand the student’s knowledge and skills. Whenever possible, teachers should try to engage families in ways that encourage them to have their child practice the math skills at home. Having both the teacher and parents/guardians on the same page helps to support the student.
Read the case study to inform the assignment.
Case Study: Fiona
Grade: 9th
Age: 14
It is the beginning of the second semester, and Fiona is having a great deal of difficulty in her mainstream algebra class. Prior to this year, she was receiving instruction in the resource setting. At her eighth grade transition IEP meeting, her parents expressed their wishes that Fiona be in the mainstream algebra class, despite her special education teacher explaining that low reading comprehension negatively affects the understanding of math concepts. Fiona understands basic concepts of algebra but has not mastered the skills needed to move to the higher-level concepts her class is now working on. Currently, her math performance has been measured two years below grade level and her reading performance one year below grade level. Fiona’s general education math teacher has spoken with her parents about the possible need for additional support, and her parents have agreed to help at home, as they do not want her being pulled out for resource at this time.
The following goals have been identified by the special education teacher collaborating with the general education math teacher for Fiona:
Simplify addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division equations [e.g., (2x + 6) + (4x + 7) = 6x + 13].
Solve expressions with variables (e.g., 3x = -24).
Write and solve the algebraic equation in a real-life word problem.
Part 1: Strategies
As the special education teacher, select two researched-based instructional strategies that could be used to help Fiona meet her identified goals.
Instructional strategies should include:
Explicitly teaching related vocabulary
The use of the concrete-representational-abstract strategies
Graphic organizers
Mnemonic devices
The use of assistive technology
In 250-500 words, summarize the recommended instructional strategies, rationalizing their appropriateness for Fiona’s goals and ability to help motivate Fiona to meet her goals. Include specific tips for implementation.
Part 2: 3 Day Unit Plan
Design a comprehensive mathematics unit plan based on the goals identified for Fiona. Outline three sequenced lesson plans, using the “3 Day Unit Plan Template.”
Your unit plan must include:
Appropriate augmentative and alternative communication systems and assistive technology to make the lesson content more accessible.
Integration of both formative and summative assessments to demonstrate mastery and support the generalization of learning for the student.
Integration of an appropriate ELA writing standard related to Fiona’s third identified goal.
Part 3: Home Connection
In 250-500 words, explain how you plan to involve Fiona’s parents in meeting her goals. Include a specific at-home activity to help in her continued success.
While APA format is not required for the body of this assignment, sold academic writing is expected, and in-text citations and references should be presented using APA documentation guidelines, which can be found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center.
This assignment uses a rubric. Review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the expectations for successful completion.

For this preliminary exam, you will continue building on the literature review outline you began in the research methods course last spring semester. Create an 8-10 (double-spaced) page narrative that synthesizes literature relevant to your topic. Organize your response in terms of what is known about the topic, how that knowledge has been produced, and what remains to be known in the literature around your selected research topic. In the first section, discuss the ideas and theories associated with your topic. For example, “Research indicates that involvement with student organizations and clubs positively impact first year students’ transition to campus and sense of belonging (Astin, 1992; Schlossberg, 1984). Use this section to give an overall big picture of what is currently known about your topic. In the next section, overview the methodological genealogy of the literature. In other words, describe previous methodologies (quantitative, qualitative, mixed methods) used within the literature and their associated methods. For example, you might have a statement similar to this, “Researchers have primarily used qualitative methodologies, such as narrative inquiry and case study design, to explore this topic. These researchers generated data through conducting student interviews, reviewing student social media, and observing students throughout the semester.” Use this section to discuss how this topic has been explored through research. In the last section, discuss how your review of the literature supports your previously established problem statement and research questions or how you have been prompted to revise your problem statement or research questions. This section should address what remains to be known (the gap in the literature and what is missing in current literature).
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Before you begin, please review the following excerpts from Merten’s (2019) Research and Evaluation in Education and Psychology.
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Purpose of a Literature Review
The purpose of the literature review section of a research article is to provide the reader with an overall framework for where this piece of work fits in the “big picture” of what is known about a topic from previous research. Thus, the literature review serves to explain the topic of the research and to build a rationale for the problem that is studied and the need for additional research (p. 89).
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For Quantitative Studies
Quantitative researchers examine research in order to build a knowledge base of a topic that is sufficient to develop a hypothesis that can be tested and to benefit from guidance in terms of methodology found in prior studies (p. 92).
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For Qualitative Studies
The researcher should have a good understanding of previous research but remain open to possible emerging hypotheses that would require examination of additional literature during the study. . . . Some qualitative researchers actually suggest that the research questions be formulated before the literature review is conducted in order to guide the literature process. The wording of the questions can then be modified as necessary based on the literature (p. 92).
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Synthesizing Your Literature
Provide an overview of your topic and describe the methods you used to search the literature. Then provide an advance organizer for the reader of the subtopics that you will address. For each study, make a determination if it is important to report details of its strengths and weaknesses in order to establish the overall picture of knowledge in the field or to provide support for your choice of methods. It is possible to explain several studies in detail and then cite other studies that agree or disagree with the findings of those studies rather than providing a detailed critique of every study in your literature review. . . .The literature review should lead to a statement of the need and purpose for the study, research questions, and hypotheses (pp. 112-113).
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You may find you need to reorganize your current outline of the literature and/or that you need to gather more sources in order to begin writing your literature review. Make sure your exam response includes the three required components:
What is known: Narrative overview of the literature
How it is known: Discussion on previous methodologies used
What remains to be known (gap in the literature): Problem statement and research questions of your own study and how your review of the literature connects to both
I’ve attached the following documents: a sample outline of a literature review I created last year, a summary of my research topic and key elements to address in the literature review, a document that discusses my dissertation topic (list of several potential dissertation titles) and methodology, and a sample preliminary written exam rubric that my committee will use when grading the final response.
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Reference
Mertens, D. M. (2019). Research and evaluation in education and psychology (5th ed.). Sage.

just reword it as it is, use the same reference list, do not change anything. the assessment is attached for you that you need to work off. please send me the Turnitin report without database storage + AI check. make sure there are no highlighted copied sentence at all. Thank you in advanced

MUST watch the every second of the video and read every words of every articles I provided before writing!!!
If you don’t want to spend time to watch video or read articles, don’t work with this order!!!!
All resources need to be read physically by writer himself not using any AI, writing also NO AI using at all.
Instruction:
Read articles first, then go to https://www.timssvideo.com/us3-exponents watch video and attached resources. After you have watched the TIMSS video, and looked at the associated resources (e.g., the Lesson Graph, NRC Comments, etc.), write a 5-10 page written paper, in APA format and incorporating pertinent citations (They should include some the readings I provided but can incorporate other sources as well.), that tailors the readings to the particular instance of teaching you watched. In the paper, make sure you describes:
a. The nature of the mathematical aspects evident in teaching in the video
b. The ways that mathematical work was evident in, or ‘could’ have influenced, the teacher’s planned lesson (even if it did not ‘appear’ to influence their planned lesson).
c. The ways that mathematical work was evident in, or ‘could’ have influenced, the teacher’s enacted instruction (even if it did not ‘appear’ to influence their enacted instruction).
d. The way in which you would structure a teacher education experience in order to best prepare the teacher to engage in the mathematical work for teaching that lesson.
When you cited from video, please provide the exact time of video. Please cite and post some patterns form lesson graph. I will upload an example of this essay. That is for other topic, do not copy or cite anything from the example essay. You can see want I want this essay looks like.