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Standard 5 The teacher uses an understanding of individual and group motivation and behavior to create a learning environment that encourages positive social interaction, active engagement in learning, and self-motivation.
 * Teachers know how to manage a classroom. **

Evidence 1:

Rationale 1: In this lesson, I made a Jeopardy game to review linear equation for my 8th grade mathematics class. Students were given specific expectations of how they needed to work with their group. While using the PowerPoint game as a tool, students practiced linear equations in a different way. The PowerPoint gives the groups immediate feedback on their answer while explaining how to solve the problem. As a group, students were able to demonstrate their understanding of linear equation by working as a team to solve the problems. This lesson was done the day before the unit test on linear equations.

The evidence from this lesson allowed me to understand each student’s understanding of the concept by how they answered the questions, and whether they seemed confused or confident while answering the questions. Their motivation is directly related to their understanding of the concept and the interest of the lesson. Also, it allowed me to reflect on how the unit was taught, and if any reteaching was needed to take place before the test. Students seemed to enjoy reviewing using the Jeopardy PowerPoint and were more engaged then in the past when given a review worksheet. They worked well as a team to solve the problems. Student motivation impacted the learning due to better scores on the unit test.

KSD 5.K.1 The teacher can use knowledge of human motivation and behavior drawn from the foundational sciences of psychology, anthropology, and sociology to develop strategies for organizing and supporting individual and group work. Working as a team, students were able to collaborate on each problem. If there was a student who did not know how to solve the problem, the group members could teach them how. Being able to work in a team while reviewing, allows students to help each other in the learning. This will make them better prepared for the test then studying alone.

5.S.6 The teacher analyzes the classroom environment and makes decisions and adjustments to enhance social relationships, student motivation and engagement, and productive work. While the students are working in the groups, observations were made on how students were working in their groups. Based on off-task or unmotivated behavior observed, I would ask particular students to explain how their group came to an answer. This eliminated a lot of off-task behavior.

5.D.3 The teacher values the role of students in promoting each other’s learning and recognizes the importance of peer relationships in establishing a climate for learning. While in groups, students were in charge of their group’s game. This allowed the students to take on different roles in the group based on their strengths.