Nicole Wallack
11 February 2011
CASE STUDY QUESTIONS
Case Study # 21
1. What do you see as the major problems or issues to be addressed?
The main problem in this case study is that the teacher, Sam Goodman, used
certain techniques and procedures one year, which are not working as well the
second year. He doesn’t know what to do to make them as successful as they
were the previous year. There is a group of four students who do not want to do
the work and are always finding excuses.
2. What do you see as the goals in this situation?
The goals in the situation are to help the students get their work done and find an
appropriate way in which to go about it. Sam needs to find a way that will get
these students motivated to do their work if the enrichment lab is not good
enough.
3. What would you do as the major educator or person in authority (cannot be a
parent or student) in this situation?
If I were Sam I would talk to the four students more in depth and one-on-one. I
would try to figure out where they were coming from and why they really did not
want to do the work and have fun with the rest of the class. I would also have an
in-person conference with each student’s parent and talk to him or her about ways
to get their child to do the homework. Finally, I would sit down with each student
and help them complete the work and see what they are struggling with and how
it can be fixed.
4. What theories and or concepts do you see manifested in this study? NOTE: You
need to use at least one piece of a theory or one concept recently addressed in
class.
a. Piaget’s Cognitive Process of Accommodation
b. The adjustment of information or processes
c. In the case study, Sam has to accommodate for the four students that are
not working to their potential. He has to figure out ways to motivate the
students to get them to complete their assignments.
a. Kohlberg’s Conventional Level
b. Moral decisions are based on loyalty and desire to please parents.
