Paradigm Shift

Recently finding information is not an issue, but making sure that it is reliable, authentic, and relevant to the focus of your research is a challenging task. I think readers will agree with me that we can find ten articles that have the key words we are looking for and end up using one or two out of those ten sources. As a first-time postgraduate student, I am learning and growing as I go. A good example for this is research conducted by Umoquit M. and et al, (2011) to test the use of multidisciplinary review using diagrams to collect data, in their research a collection of 2690 documents were collected and only 80 were used for analysis.   So how I tackle this problem? I have three ways to locate and analyze literature, first method is to use advanced search options to narrow results. Second thing only use the secure website that starts with (https), so you can confirm is a trustworthy and secure website. The last thing that I learned after starting this program is to use peer r

          Concept map is one of the underestimated learning and teaching tools, that many teachers forgot to integrate in their lesson or avoid due to their advanced level. Concept map is a graphic representation of thinking or essential thinking, which learner can use to find the links between concepts that appear to be separated (Binoy & Raddi, 2022). This is specifically what teachers need when they design or plan integrated lessons, they need to reveal the connection that helps students to make sense of what they learn. For example, if you are a teacher who designs an integrated unit you will start from a real-life problem that has multiple aspects that relate to science, technology, mathematics or history. The only way to show those connections would be laying them on a map and showing how they are connected, which is creating a concept map that links the different integrated disciplines to the essential problem. Another use for concept map is allowing teacher to move from

                Data-driven decisions have proven to be more efficient and have been used in major fields such as marketing and business. Consequently, using this approach to help educators make the right decision is not surprising. Educators and administrators can use data to assess students’ current level, what they need to learn and can also use this data to help in planning students’ future learning. Data allows educators to create a map that will guide them in their journey toward accomplishing students’ academic goals and school mission and goals.  For example, if you are an admin in a school with a majority of ELL students, you will need to collect all the data regarding student ELA score and work on plans to improve student’s English proficiency level.                 Data-informed decision plays a great role in teaching mathematics and science. Collecting data formally and informally using summative and formative assessment will allow teachers to discover students’ miscon