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Unit 5 Assignment 1

Decent Essays

Nikisha,
Following is an excerpt from your unit five Discuss review:
This goes back to the feedback you were given on the last Complete section which you had questions about. Let me try to address that feedback while giving you examples from your work here. Please note that you have to cite research whether you paraphrase it or quote it directly. The sole differences are that 1) The direct quote goes in quote marks; paraphrased research does not, and 2) That you do not cite with page or paragraph info when you paraphrase. I think what my previous feedback indicated was this: Research use is great. However, I would far prefer few direct quotes. In other words, paraphrase your research rather than quoting directly. Direct quotes should be used extremely sparingly. There …show more content…

Let me give you an example of a long direct quote here that would have benefitted from having been paraphrased. Original: “The CCSS provide little guidance to ensure students with disabilities are successful in meeting the demands of a more challenging curriculum, leaving general education teachers and Special Education Teachers (SETs) with the task of determining how to provide students with disabilities appropriate instruction that achieves these high goals (Haager & Vaughn, 2013a), including instruction in areas in which teachers may need considerable professional development (PD), such as writing (Graham & Harris, 2013)” (Leko, Brownell, Sindelar, & Kiely, 2015, p. 26). Here’s a possible way to paraphrase that: Unfortunately, Common Core’s standards leave a lot to be desired. The restrictions/guidelines/expectations are vague in terms of expectations for teachers of special education students/expectations for special education students. At times, students are expected to become proficient in areas, such as writing and grammar, in which the teachers themselves may need professional development in order to learn appropriate

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