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ashleymariemattei

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Instructional Strategies to Improve Reading Comprehension

In this portfolio, I provide twelve instructional that strategies instructors can engage students in considering either before, during, or after reading a text. Alongside each strategy, I discuss concepts from modern literacy theory as rationale for why I believe the activity will increase student learning. The strategy portfolio demonstrates my ability to recognize which learning …

Perceived Incompetence and Avoidance Behaviors

Overview In this reflection, I apply theories of intrinsic motivation to consider the ways that assessments designed to motivate students to participate, rather than measure and increase students’ mastery, may decrease students’ intrinsic motivation to engage in learning activities. The reflection demonstrates how I use theories of motivation and mastery learning to shape my assessment …

Instructor Feedback, Self-Perception & Intrinsic Motivation

Overview In this reflection, I consider how the type and quality of an instructor’s feedback affects students’ perceptions of their abilities and, therefore, can increase or decrease students’ intrinsic motivation to engage in content-area learning activities. The reflection demonstrates my understanding of the ways that lesson activities or forms of instructor feedback that encourage comparison …

Considering Knowledge Acquisition Theories from a Critical Race Perspective

Overview In this analysis, I apply my understanding of theories of knowledge acquisition form Piaget, Vygotsky, and Freire to consider how the theories of learning to which instructors ascribe will impact their perceptions of their curriculum’s likelihood to reinforce the false notion of White supremacy and dehumanize Students of Color. I use Vygotsky’s theory that …

Collaborative Lesson Planning (Co-Teaching)

Overview In this paper, I discuss how a classroom context wherein I am fortunate enough to work with a co-teacher would impact my approach to lesson planning and instruction. Specifically, I discuss how collaborative teaching can support multilingual learners. Collaborative Lesson Planning and Instruction After reading Honigsfeld’s and Dove’s (2015) co-teaching and collaboration articles and …

Valuing Linguistic Diversity

Overview In this reflection, I discuss how the knowledge I gained about Second Language Acquisition through completing my Masters of Education program will influence how I differentiate instruction to support students acquiring English as an additional language. I describe Carlos, a student I met while volunteering in an academic intervention program, and discuss how my …

Lesson Planning with Asset-Based Learner Profiles

To plan lessons that bridge students’ strengths with content-area concepts, I create learner profiles that consider students’ experiencial, social, linguistic, cultural, and academic assets. I find asset-based profiles a useful tool in classrooms with culturally and linguistically diverse student populations. The ability to read across profiles and consider profiles alongside lesson objectives helps me choose …

Targeted Interventions to Improve Reading Comprehension

In the below paper, I describe a reading comprehension observation, evaluation, and analysis I performed to develop  strategies to help a student reading below grade-level better access, comprehend, and perform higher-order thinking activities on course texts. The student I worked with had previously progressed out of ESL programming, but the tactics I outline are appropriate …