Instructional resources of Dr. B. C. Roy College of Education:
Mathematics
Teachers as well students can strengthen their math planning skills, downloading the Math Standards of Learning curriculum framework.There is a greater emphasis in the process standards related to math, such as communication, reasoning, problem solving, connections, and representation. For example, rather than asking students to master concepts by rote and drill, we need to demonstrate for students why the distributive property applies to 5(x + 2) = 25 and what it looks like as a visual representation. We must create activities for students to independently determine how to use the property (and how not to use it) when solving practical problems.
we need to know when to teach certain concepts throughout the year .Consider asking a math teacher/specialist in our institution to sit down with us ,to go over the Essential Skills and Knowledge in the curriculum framework to highlight the key points of each standard. This person should be able to indicate any areas of weakness that general and special education students may have with a particular standard based on previous experience and SOL test data.
Teachers often overlook the use of writing in developing students’ math skills.
The process of writing requires gathering, organizing and clarifying thoughts. It demands finding out what we know and don’t know. It calls for thinking clearly. Similarly, doing mathematics also depends on gathering, organizing, clarifying thoughts, finding out what you know and don’t know.
Consider prompting your students to write in a math journal about solving a particular algebraic function by describing how they arrived at their answer and using the vocabulary of the day’s lesson. This activity forces the students to revisit what they learned and provides insight into a student’s level of understanding and processing skills. We can use this information to make instructional decisions (Burns, 1995).
The mathematics vocabulary found at VDOE‘s website can also assist with students’ writing because it includes visual representations as a reminder of what the concept means. By using mathematics vocabulary, you can create word wall posters as visual representations that provide the definition for the word contained within the image. These visual representations of the vocabulary word will assist students’ recall of those mathematical concepts. Consider highlighting the word wall posters during journal writing time as well as during instructional activities.
List: Geoboard,Magnetic Fraction,Set of pearl marbels,Pythagoras,Theorem charts,Value of pie,Volume printed,Cubes of algebra,Angled triangle,Triangle,Parallelogram,Circle set,Tropezeum,Chart of mathematics,Sextant, Theodolite Model,Optical square,Rain gauge,Quadrilateral,Magic circle etc.
Language
The term Language Resource refers to a set of speech or language data and descriptions in machine readable form, used for building, improving or evaluating natural language and speech algorithms or systems, or, as core resources for the software localisation and language services industries, for language studies, electronic publishing, international transactions, subject-area specialists and end users.
Examples of Language Resources are written and spoken corpora, computational lexica, terminology databases, speech collection, etc. Basic software tools are also important for the acquisition, preparation, collection, management, customisation and use of these Language Resources and other resources.
List: Chart on alphabet,national heroes,good habits,bengali grammar(karak,samas,pod,sandhi),list of antonym,pictures,puzzles,construction of word with picture etc.
Science
Science is an inspiring process of discovery that helps satisfy the natural curiosity with which we are all born. Unfortunately, traditional instruction that misrepresents science as a body of facts to be memorized and the process of science as a rigid 5-step procedure can deaden students' spirit of inquiry.
Students should come away from our classrooms with an appreciation of the natural world — fascinated by its intricacies and excited to learn more. They should view and value science as a multi-faceted, flexible process for better understanding that world. Such views encourage life-long learning and foster critical thinking about everyday problems students face in their lives. You can cultivate these ways of thinking in our students through science instruction that accurately and enthusiastically communicates the true nature of science and that encourages students to question how we know what we know.
Fortunately, fostering such understandings needn't require reorganizing your entire curriculum. Simple shifts in how content and activities are approached can make a big difference in overcoming student misconceptions and building more accurate views of the process of science. Educational research supports the following strategies for teaching about the scientific endeavor:
Make it explicit: Key concepts regarding the nature and process of science should be explicitly and independently emphasized. Engaging in inquiry and studying the history of science are most helpful when the nature-of-science concepts they exemplify are explicitly drawn out in discussion and interactions.
Help them reflect: Throughout instruction, students should be encouraged to examine, test, and revise their ideas about what science is and how it works.
Give it context, again and again: Key concepts about the nature and process of science should be revisited in multiple contexts throughout the school year, allowing students to see how they apply to real-world situations.
List: Ammeter,Bar magnet,Compass,Galvanometer,Meter roads,Simple pendulam,Sono meter,Spring balance,Power supply,Regulated power,Testtube holder,testtube brush,testtube stand,beaker,pipette,litmas paper,all chemical ingredients,biological compounds,slide,cover slips,description box,microscope,feter paper,mental fatigue test,bilogy chart etc.
Social Science
A.Provide a broad background of information resources in all areas of knowledge;
B. Support the general educational goals of the District and the objectives of specific courses, including materials that represent diverse points of view in order that young citizens may develop, under guidance, the practice of critical analysis of all media and intellectual integrity in forming judgments;
C. Meet the personal needs and interests of students, including materials that:
1. nurture the development of recreational reading/listening/viewing, cultural appreciation, and aesthetic values;
2. represent the many religious, racial, ethnic, linguistic, and cultural groups in our society and reflect their contributions to the heritage and culture of our civilization;
3. foster respect for the diverse roles available to women and men in today's society;
D. Support the professional needs of teachers and administrators; and
E. Introduce new instructional technologies into the learning environment.
List:Map,Chart,Thermometer,Wall map,World discoveries and colonization,Indian sculpture,Atmosphereand climate,Structure of earth,Rocks sample,Set square ,Barrometer,Hygrometer,Globe,Diagonal scale,Topographical map,Social reformers,Revolutionaries etc.
Physical Education
Our approach is to provide basic health and physical education related conceptions to students as well as faculty.So that they can implement it in their regular life and can live a healthy lifestyle.It will enhance the quality of their living and will protect our environment in an indirect manner
List:100 meter tape,Badminton racket,Short put 7.26 kg,4 kg,cricket bat,wicket,weight machine,volleyball,football,relay baton,cricket ball,feather socks,badminton net,discuss 1,1.5,2kg,starting block,heightmeter,khokho post,jablin,lazim,stopwatch,yoga mat,gym ball etc.
Library
The Instructional Materials Library inventory is a collection of over 7,000 unique items designed to support student learning and teaching practice for the VolsTeach program. The growing collection features a wide range of materials, including scientific and technical equipment, manipulative objects for modeling math and science concepts, and an assortment of print and electronic resources.
The primary goal of the library is to provide students and staff access to materials and equipment to support learning and teaching within the disciplines. To ensure the inventory is sustainable for long-term student and faculty use, maintaining and preserving items in good workable condition is a top administrative priority.
List: All books of education and method subjects.
journals: Journal Edu Care Jan-Dec.2015,Journal Edu & Welfare,2015 Jan-December,Journal Edu & Society,2015 Jan-Dec,Journal Education Times,2015,Education plus,Education at the crossroads,Education and welfare,Excellence in Education etc.
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