Mar 29, 2024  
2020-2021 SGPP Catalog and Handbook 
    
2020-2021 SGPP Catalog and Handbook [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

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MED665 Movement and Motivation: Instructional Practices to Boost Learning and Achievement (3 cr.)


In this course learners explore the challenges of motivating students through instructional strategies and classroom management techniques that promote student engagement in their learning and boost achievement. Instructional strategies, best practices, and current literature serve as a framework for developing a deeper understanding of how to effectively reach students. Learners incorporate movement, facilitate the development of intrinsic motivational strategies, and promote shared responsibility for learning and then apply principles of effective student engagement in the field of teaching middle level learners to impact student achievement.

Upon completion of this course, the learner is expected to be able to do the following:

  1. Communicate the purposes and principles of motivation for effective middle level instruction.
  2. Explain the theoretical and practical foundations that underscore the best practices in middle level education.
  3. Apply strategies for motivating and guiding the early adolescent in developing newly acquired skills and build on prior knowledge in any subject area.
  4. Apply the constructive use of motivation and activity-based learning in the content area curriculum and student learning outcomes.
  5. Develop instructional planning norms that promote the use of movement as motivation in students’ learning experiences.
  6. Integrate motivation-focused strategies and movement into classroom learning as a way of differentiating instruction and assessment for students with diverse learning needs.
  7. Include motivation and movement in instructional planning in ways that support best practices and attend to district and state standards, benchmarks, and other student achievement criteria.



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