INTASC+Standard+3

**INTASC Standard 3**


 * STANDARD:** The teacher understands how students differ in their approaches to learning and creates instructional opportunities that are adapted to diverse learners.


 * Specific Category of Standard 3**

INTASC.3.B K: The teacher knows about areas of exceptionality in learning--including learning disabilities, visual and perceptual difficulties, and special physical or mental challenges.

INTASC.3.C K: The teacher knows about the process of second language acquisition and about strategies to support the learning of students whose first language is not English.

Teachers must understand that students are exceptional for different reasons, and it is because of those reasons that they learn differently; and a teacher must be able to differentiate instruction for each of those students.
 * Understanding Sentence**


 * Artifacts**


 * Interview--[[file:David.Interview.doc]]
 * Response Paper--[[file:LING4030.final.docx]][[file:LING4030.midterm.docx]]


 * Reflect**

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The artifacts I chose for INTASC Standard 3 each represent an important fact in the responsibility teachers have to be able to teach all kinds of children. I chose this interview because it explains how a young man with Dyslexia was able to make it through normal schooling, to enter college and graduate to become a teacher himself. I found this not only motivational but important, because without the help of his teachers he would not have been able to have such successes in his educational career. It is important for teachers to be able to recognize such difficulties a student may be having, in order to appropriately generate a quality learning experience. Being able to foster learning in students is not easy, but attempting to create a fun learning experience in students that have any sort of exceptionality is even harder. The response papers I wrote show that students need a different kind of help depending on their specific need. Children who do not speak English as their native language, is a specific form of diverse learner, and they require very specific variations in teaching. These papers were written in retrospect to several professional journal articles. Each article giving me a bit more insight into the learning patterns of second language learners. I was able to learn how to better teach and to create suitable environments for maximum growth in learning for these students. Both artifact generated ideas on how to become a better teacher of different types of learners.=====


 * Project**

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I believe that these artifacts gave me a better insight into the possibilities of types of students I may have to teach. Through these I realize that is not only important to know what you are going to teach or how you are going to teach it, but how you are going to teach it to all your students regardless of any learning disabilities or differences. It is my job to find appropriate methods of teaching the same content to different able students. All students should get the same learning experience and have the opportunity to expand their base of knowledge. It is my job, to give them each this chance. The best way for me to do that is to know what they need and how to give it to them so that they are able to understand and learn.=====