Description
**THIS ASSIGNMENT HAS THREE SEPARATE QUESTIONS**
QUESTION 1:
No Child Left Behind (NCLB) was a major piece of federal legislation that influenced teaching and testing practices in the schools. NCLB was updated in December 2015 and is now called the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA).
Please discuss the similarities and differences between NCLB and ESSA. Do you think ESSA is a significant improvement over NCLB?
QUESTION 2:
What do expert teachers know?
How do cultural tools and social influences shape thinking in Vygotsky’s theory of cognitive development?
Carefully form a response to each question to demonstrate knowledge of the material and a clear position on each question.
What to Submit
Short papers should use double spacing, 12-point Times New Roman font, and one-inch margins. Sources should be cited according to a discipline-appropriate citation method. Page-length requirements: 1–2 pages (undergraduate courses) or 2–4 pages (graduate courses).
QUESTION 3:
In this module, you will explore the concept of data literacy and its importance in psychological research. First you will watch the video How Not to Be Ignorant About the World. Both your text and the video discuss bias and intuition and how both of these can cause decision making to go awry. The video ends by suggesting four heuristics (methods of problem solving, or “practical tricks,” as Hans Rosling describes them) that help people make accurate decisions in the modern world. As you answer the questions, think about the four methods and how they could be useful in people’s lives and decision making.
For your initial post, review the video and answer the following questions:
How would you describe one of the cognitive biases discussed in the video or in your assigned reading?
How can biases cause people to make inaccurate decisions?
How might using data and scientific reasoning help to avoid these types of biases?
How does the concept of data literacy and its importance in psychological research apply to any of the following programmatic course themes?
Social justice
Career connections
Ethics
