Calibrated Peer Review (CPR) is a network tool that will be used to help you practice writing and revising academic essays. CPR is accessible from a campus computer or any place that has Internet access. Please use the following URL: http://cpr.molsci.ucla.edu. CPR has three important deadlines per assignment: the release of source material, the text entry deadline, and the peer/self review deadline. The deadlines are specified within each CPR assignment. Please check for the deadline information frequently. Any changes to the deadlines will be announced by email. Below is a table with the deadlines for the four CPR assignments to be completed this semester. You will be asked to write an essay with a word limit around 500-1500 words for each CPR assignment. Check each assignment for the specific word limit.
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CPR Assignment (Deadlines are usually on Mondays) |
Source Available |
Text Entry Deadline |
Peer/Self Review Deadline |
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4-5 |
Applied Natural Selection |
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5-7 |
Human Influence |
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7-9 |
Evolution Misconceptions |
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07/26/06 |
Calibrated peer review (CPR) will assess your understanding by
having you write about the ideas about evolution you organized in written
form. You must write and submit an essay
according to the instructions at our course when you login at http://cpr.molsci.ucla.edu but start by
getting a password for your username at http://cpr.molsci.ucla.edu/cpr/cpr/login.asp-
follow the New Users: first time logging in? link. You
must select your own password. Record it - you will use it with your password
each time you access CPR.
A CPR tutorial is available and then a quiz on the tutorial, but
you can skip the tutorial and guess your way through the quiz (it doesn't
count) to access the assignment right away.
Portfolio
development deadlines for 2006. Refer to
guidelines from INTEL.
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Module Assignment |
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Due Date |
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1-3 |
Module 1-3: Engage: (1) Confirm what partner you will work with on the modules and start your communication on your own Intel discussion thread. (2) Consider and prioritize unit plan goals Explore: (3) PowerPoint presentation of teaching goals, and sample student presentation. See samples of a Unit Plan and Student Powerpoint Sample like those you should post on Blackboard by the deadline. |
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4-5 |
Explore: (5) Design or find a professionally designed lesson plan and outline a skeletal rough draft of how it will fit into the "procedures section" of a Unit Plan Template. Explain: (6) Use KEEP Toolkit to design and publish a teacher web site that students and parents can use to follow guidelines for one lesson. (7) Create a rubric form or template to assess evolution content and higher-level thinking skills. Link your rubric to your web page. |
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5-7 |
Elaborate: (8a) Using a Web form http://scied.fullerton.edu/biol409/feedback_Mod8a.htm,
each person peer reviews lesson plan web pages created by three other groups
in the course (8b). During your reviews, borrow ideas and modify your own
lesson. Describe modifications for a gifted student and for a student with
special needs. Please note that your reviews should be completed earlier than
the rest of Module 8 (by (8c) Describe how you will make accommodations for one gifted student and one resource student in your Unit Plan Template. |
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Evaluation: (9a) Revise all the work in your portfolio. (9b) Post a link to your KEEP Toolkit Unit Portfolio Showcase on Blackboard. (9c) Within KEEP Toolkit, send your Teaching Evolution Showcase to the instructors and the email list of students in your class. (9d) Peer review three revised Portfolio Showcases. |
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Evaluation: (10) Revise your final Evolution Teaching Unit Portfolio based on appropriate feedback received and prepare to teach a 10-minute lesson from your unit. Self-assess the work you did and the work done by your partner. |
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Teach a 10 minute lesson
from your unit during the FINAL EXAM class meeting |
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Thur |
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Web page created