Throughout the class, you will be completing the following elements that comprise a data-based instruction project. (This assignment is valued at 35 points out of the 100 points for the course.)

1. Describe of the Setting. ( 5 POSSIBLE POINTS)

• Indicates age/grade level
• Ethnic/language and socio/economic characteristics
• Curriculum for the class

• Include a reference to effective teaching practices

• Use a pseudonym or some other way to protect the learner's anonymity and maintain confidentiality
• Write in "person first, disability second" language, in keeping with the spirit of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act;
• State academic instructional objectives connected to learner's Individual Educational Plan
• Relate academic behaviors to relevant state standards

• Address Lovitt's three basic features (simple, effective, accurate)
• Provide adequate information to make "data-based" decisions
• Show evidence of regular collection of data (e.g., graphic display, work samples, checklist)

• Explain instructional interventions (e.g., antecedents, consequences, error correction procedures, etc.)
• Include error correction procedures
• Explain planned and implemented changes in instructional systems

• Include evidence that "data-based" decisions were made (e.g., regarding placement in curriculum sequence; to continue or change antecedents or consequences; change in learner's objective or academic behavior, etc.
• Include evidence of "reflective" teaching (e.g., describing learner progress in relationship to instructional design; discussing personal growth or understanding of the demands of being a professional educator accountable for instructional design, etc.)

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