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QNT 561 Wk 1 – Statistics Concepts and Descriptive Measures

Purpose of Assignment

The purpose of this assignment to orient students to the key concepts in statistics. This assignment will introduce students to the language of statistics. Students will also get a chance to warm-up on evaluating some basic descriptive statistics using Excel® prior to the course start.

Assignment Steps

This assignment has an Excel® dataset spreadsheet attached. You will be required to only do one of the three datasets.

Resource: Microsoft Excel®, Statistics Concepts and Descriptive Measures Data Set

Download the Statistics Concepts and Descriptive Measures Data Set.

Choose one of the following datasets to complete this assignment:

Consumer Food Financial Hospital

Answer each of the following in a total of 90 words:

For each column, identify whether the data is qualitative or quantitative. Identify the level of measurement for the data in each column. For each column containing quantitative data: Evaluate the mean and median Interpret the mean and median in plain non-technical terms Use the Excel =AVERAGE function to find the mean Use the Excel =MEDIAN function to find the median

For each column containing quantitative data: Evaluate the standard deviation and range Interpret the standard deviation and range in plain non-technical terms Use the Excel =STDEV.S function to find the standard deviation For range (maximum value minus the minimum value), find the maximum value using the Excel =MAX function and find the minimum value using the Excel’s =MIN function

Submit your assignment.

Materials:

Statistics Concepts and Descriptive Measures Grading Guide Statistics Concepts and Descriptive Measures Data Set

Resources

Statistics Concepts and Descriptive Measures Grading Guide Center for Writing Excellence Reference and Citation Generator Grammar and Writing Guides Learning Team Toolkit

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ECE 455 Topic 1 Assignment Development of Early Number Concepts

Successful teachers recognize the connections between conceptual understanding, procedural fluency, and real‐world application when teaching children to make sense of numbers. They embed opportunities for children to concurrently develop numeracy skills in all math areas, including the contexts of counting, cardinality, and base ten concepts.

For this assignment, select three state math standards for kindergarten related to number sense (counting and cardinality) for the selected grade level.

Using the “Number Sense Standards Table,” create one math activity for each standard that is developmentally appropriate for the selected grade level and that uses manipulatives.

Each activity should provide:

Real‐world application for the math skill taught

Manipulatives and other resources

Differentiation  strategies to meet the individual needs of all students

Formal and informal assessment  strategies to ensure mastery of the standards

Write a 250‐500 word rationale for the hands‐on learning activities you created and how each supports learning of the selected standards. Discuss how each activity, manipulative, and assessment is developmentally appropriate for the selected grade level.

Support your matrix and rationale with 2‐3 resources.

While APA format is not required for the body of this assignment, solid academic writing is expected, and in‐text citations and references should be presented using 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.

You are required to submit this assignment to LopesWrite. Refer to the LopesWrite Technical Support articles for assistance.

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ECE 455 Topic 2 Assignment Clinical Field Experience A: Math Lesson Observation

Allocate at least 3 hours in the field to support this field experience.

Using a variety of instructional strategies ensures that students have the opportunity to practice and apply math concepts in various contexts. Presenting the learning in different ways helps support students with varied learning styles.

For this assignment, observe your mentor teacher implementing one or more math lessons to the entire class. Pay close attention to the presentation of objectives, implementation of instructional methods, differentiation strategies, and the use of informal and formal assessments.

Use any remaining field experience hours to assist the teacher in providing instruction and support to the class.

In 250‐500 words, reflect on your observations.  Describe how the students interacted with the learning activities and assessments. Include:

Information on what math concepts/standards are currently being taught in your field experience classroom

Instructional strategies the teacher used and how effective they were.

How instructional resources, including manipulatives, were utilized in the lesson.

How the instruction was differentiated to address students’ diverse learning needs.

How you will apply what you observed to teaching and assessing math content in your future professional practice.

APA format is not required, but solid academic writing is expected.

This assignment uses a rubric. Review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the expectations for successful completion.

You are required to submit this assignment to LopesWrite. Refer to the LopesWrite Technical Support articles for assistance.

Document the locations and hours you spend in the field on your Clinical Field Experience Verification Form.

Submit the Clinical Field Experience Verification Form to the LMS in the last topic. Directions for submitting can be found on the College of Education site in the Student Success Center.

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ECE 455 Topic 2 Assignment Development of Math Lesson Instruction

Successful teachers understand how to integrate personal, family, and community experiences and cultural norms of young children into their lessons to develop young children’s mathematical thinking. These are also incorporated into collaborative and supportive interaction in the early childhood classroom.

For this assignment, use the grade level of your field experience class and select 1‐3 math standards based on content that is currently being taught. You will be implementing one of these activities in a future field experience. Develop three cooperative group activities for groups of 3‐4 students. One group activity should be technology ‐based, one should focus on problem solving, and one should focus on active inquiry.

Describe each activity in 250‐500 words, including the following:

Standards‐based objective

Content related, age appropriate vocabulary

Strategies that integrate personal, family, community experiences, and cultural norms of students

Cooperative learning strategies to support collaboration and supportive interaction  (Each student should be an active part of the activity.)

Resources and hands‐on materials to enhance learning

Differentiation to address students’ diverse learning needs

APA format is not required, but solid academic writing is expected.

This assignment uses a rubric. Review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the expectations for successful completion.

You are required to submit this assignment to LopesWrite. Refer to the LopesWrite Technical Support articles for assistance.

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ECE 455 Topic 3 Assignment Clinical Field Experience B: Math Instruction Planning Interview

Successful teachers understand how to develop young children’s mathematical thinking while continually assessing student learning to inform instruction.

Allocate at least 4 hours in the field to support this field experience.in

For this assignment, work with your mentor teacher to identify two K‐3 grade teachers from different grade levels to observe teaching a math lesson. After the observations, interview each teacher about how he or she uses assessment data in planning math instruction.

Include the following questions in your interview:

What types of assessment do you use to determine the needs and interests of your students in relation to math instruction?

How do you differentiate math instruction to address students’ diverse learning needs?

What formative assessments (formal and informal) do you use during math instruction?

What summative assessments do you use to determine student achievement?

How do you make accommodations in assessment and testing conditions for students with language barriers?

Use any remaining field experience hours to assist the teacher in providing instruction and support to the class.

In 250‐500 words, summarize and reflect upon our observations and interviews. Reflect  on how you could implement what you learned into your future professional practice.

APA format is not required, but solid academic writing is expected.

This assignment uses a rubric. Review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the expectations for successful completion.

You are required to submit this assignment to LopesWrite. Refer to the LopesWrite Technical Support articles for assistance.

Document the locations and hours you spend in the field on your Clinical Field Experience Verification Form.

Submit the Clinical Field Experience Verification Form to the LMS in the last topic. Directions for submitting can be found on the College of Education site in the Student Success Center.

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ECE 455 Topic 3 Assignment Assessment Tools in Mathematics

High‐quality math teaching and learning begins with the end in mind, including identification of how learning will be assessed during and after learning activities are completed.

For this assignment, you will create developmentally appropriate pre‐assessments  for the group learning activities you designed in Topic 2. For each of the three activities, describe a summative assessment you could create to measure student learning of the objectives of that activity.

In addition, write a 250‐500 word rationale that discusses:

The use and importance of formative and summative assessments  in a math lesson.

Two developmentally appropriate strategies for making accommodations in assessments and testing conditions for  students with language barriers.

Support your reflection with 1‐2 resources.

While APA format is not required for the body of this assignment, solid academic writing is expected, and in‐text citations and references should be presented using 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.

You are required to submit this assignment to LopesWrite. Refer to the LopesWrite Technical Support articles for assistance.

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ECE 455 Topic 4 Assignment Clinical Field Experience C: Pre-Assessment Administration

Pre‐assessments help guide instruction. Educators use pre‐assessments to identify current student knowledge and identify student needs. This data can be used to set learning goals and guide instruction. Assessment in an early childhood classroom is often done in a small group.

Allocate at least 3 hours in the field to support this field experience.

For this assignment, you will administer one of the pre‐assessments you developed in Topic 3 for your group activities. Work with your mentor teacher to identify a group of 3‐5 students to administer the pre‐assessment.

After administering the pre‐assessment, creat e a table that includes:

Grade level

Description of the pre‐assessment

First name of the student

Analysis of the pre‐assessment results

One learning goal based on the pre‐assessment results

Next steps to achieve the learning goal

Share the information with your mentor teacher and determine if one of the group activities you developed for Topic 2 could be adapted to help students achieve the learning goals identified. Arrange a time to implement that activity with the small group during a future field experience.

Use any remaining field experience hours to assist the teacher in providing instruction and support to the class.

Below the table, write a 250‐500 word reflection reviewing the strategies you discussed with your mentor teacher. Include what you learned from the experience of pre‐assessing math skills and how you will use this in your future professional practice.

APA format is not required, but solid academic writing is expected.

This assignment uses a rubric. Review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the expectations for successful completion.

You are required to submit this assignment to LopesWrite. Refer to the LopesWrite Technical Support articles for assistance.

Document the locations and hours you spend in the field on your Clinical Field Experience Verification Form.

Submit the Clinical Field Experience Verification Form to the LMS in the last topic. Directions for submitting can be found on the College of Education site in the Student Success Center.

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ECE 455 Topic 4 Assignment Development of Numerical Operations

When early number and operation concepts are taught well, children move from understanding “10” as ten ones to understanding “10” as one unit of ten. This knowledge can be applied in many mathematical operations, including addition and subtraction.

Select at least three number and operations in base ten standards for the grade level of your field experience classroom. Design three learning  centers for a small group of students that will be run by volunteers. In developing your learning centers, consider students’ personal, family, community experiences, and cultural norms, and how those can be integrated into the math centers. Create one learning center that promotes active inquiry, one that includes problem solving, and one that incorporates technology .

For each learning center, write a 150‐250 word handout for the volunteer who will be facilitating each center’s activity.

Include the following in each handout:

Purpose and learning objective aligned to the state standard

List of materials/manipulatives to be used and the purpose of each (including technology resources)

List of age‐appropriate content‐related vocabulary  to be taught and used throughout the activity

Directions for how to run the activity

How the activity can be differentiated  for students above and below grade level

In a 250‐500 word rationale, discuss how your centers are designed to:

Integrate the personal, family, community experiences, and cultural norms of students .

Provide opportunities for collaboration and supportive interaction  in the early childhood classroom.

Support your rationale with 1‐2 scholarly resources.

While APA format is not required for the body of this assignment, solid academic writing is expected, and in‐text citations and references should be presented using 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.

You are required to submit this assignment to LopesWrite. Refer to the LopesWrite Technical Support articles for assistance

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ECE 455 Topic 4 Assignment Clinical Field Experience C: Pre-Assessment Administration

Pre‐assessments help guide instruction. Educators use pre‐assessments to identify current student knowledge and identify student needs. This data can be used to set learning goals and guide instruction. Assessment in an early childhood classroom is often done in a small group.

Allocate at least 3 hours in the field to support this field experience.

For this assignment, you will administer one of the pre‐assessments you developed in Topic 3 for your group activities. Work with your mentor teacher to identify a group of 3‐5 students to administer the pre‐assessment.

After administering the pre‐assessment, creat e a table that includes:

Grade level

Description of the pre‐assessment

First name of the student

Analysis of the pre‐assessment results

One learning goal based on the pre‐assessment results

Next steps to achieve the learning goal

Share the information with your mentor teacher and determine if one of the group activities you developed for Topic 2 could be adapted to help students achieve the learning goals identified. Arrange a time to implement that activity with the small group during a future field experience.

Use any remaining field experience hours to assist the teacher in providing instruction and support to the class.

Below the table, write a 250‐500 word reflection reviewing the strategies you discussed with your mentor teacher. Include what you learned from the experience of pre‐assessing math skills and how you will use this in your future professional practice.

APA format is not required, but solid academic writing is expected.

This assignment uses a rubric. Review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the expectations for successful completion.

You are required to submit this assignment to LopesWrite. Refer to the LopesWrite Technical Support articles for assistance.

Document the locations and hours you spend in the field on your Clinical Field Experience Verification Form.

Submit the Clinical Field Experience Verification Form to the LMS in the last topic. Directions for submitting can be found on the College of Education site in the Student Success Center.