David felt that authenticity in teaching held the most value, meaning being authentic to students and their education through both visible and behind-the-scenes actions, and preparing them for hard truths or realities of the real world they may not have experienced. We must assess students effectively while keeping our focus on helping students, not just going through the motions. Jessica learned that using peer-reviewed research on self-efficacy can help utilize praise to encourage real student progress in measurable ways. Self-efficacy refers to one's beliefs about their capabilities, with more self-efficacious students being intrinsically motivated, putting in more effort even after failures. Meghan explained that peer-reviewed articles are important to use for research because

1. Respond to student posts
David post
After reviewing the video, and reading through the transcript, I
felt authenticity held the most value. Not honesty, or being
forthright with your students, but being authentic to them and
their education in the manner you do things, including the
behind the scenes they may not see. Often times there may be
the hard truths for some students, or realities of the "real world"
they havent experienced yet. We have to prepare them for those.
I hesitate to use the term "tough love", but it is an apt metaphor.
Whether we're looked at as that really nice guy that teaches Art
101, or that
[email protected]
# that teaches Art 101, we must be authentic in our approach to
teaching and assessing those students. There will be opinions
and ideas they may not want to hear, as insturctors we must not
only be effective in assessing student perfomance, and using
that data collected to shape our reactions and our teaching
methodologies, but we must keep our eyes on the prize so to
speak, though authentic and applicable actions and information.
Otherwise we, and our students, are simply going through the
motions.
Jessica post
The most important concept I learned while watching the
multimedia piece titled Research and Relevance to the Field, is
the ability to use peer-reviewed research studies to learn new
ways to utilize self-efficacy during feedback and teaching that
you are liking praise to real student progress and that is real and

2. measureable (Capella University, 2019).
Self-efficacy is commonly defined as the belief in one's
capabilities to achieve a goal or an outcome. Students with a
strong sense of efficacy are more likely to challenge themselves
with difficult tasks and be intrinsically motivated. These
students will put forth a high degree of effort in order to meet
their commitments, and attribute failure to things which are in
their control, rather than blaming external factors. Self-
efficacious students also recover quickly from setbacks, and
ultimately are likely to achieve their personal goals. Students
with low self-efficacy, on the other hand, believe they cannot be
successful and thus are less likely to make a concerted,
extended effort and may consider challenging tasks as threats
that are to be avoided. Thus, students with poor self-efficacy
have low aspirations which may result in disappointing
academic performances becoming part of a self-fulfilling
feedback cycle (Margolis and McCabe, 2006).
Meghan post
One strategy suggested through our online Capella resources,
is to make sure that your journal or article has been peer
reviewed. Peer reviewed articles are the articles that have been
studied, read, and gone through considerable evaluation before
being published. As mentioned in the resource, peer-reviewed
articles are considered the “gold standard” in academic
publishing. (n.d., p. 1) These are so important in the study of
education, because they have been reviewed and studied by a
large number of experts in the field. These experts can ensure
the quality of the research done, as well as, provide the reader
with the comfort of knowing that this article is in fact scholarly.

3. Educators can then use these peer reviewed articles to conduct
research in their own classrooms.
Tamara post
There are many strategies for determining whether a research
report is relevant and useful to professional practice. First you
must use a good search engine. The Capella library has a wealth
of information pertaining to different topics, but one can also
google a topic and find relevant articles or material. Knowing
what keywords to use is also an important strategy. You don’t
want your searches to be to narrow or too broad, as this can
either give you too much material or limit the amount of
material that is found. The date that the material was published
will also assist in making sure it is relevant and useful. You
want to stick with material that was published within the last 5
years to make sure it is current. It is also a good idea to find
peer reviewed articles or ones that are written by respected and
well known authors, this helps to ensure the material is
credible.
Tashari post
When it comes to encouraging my audience to tune in and listen
to what I am saying, I believe sincerity, politeness and
frankness plays a big part of it. Of course, it will be better if
you are intuitive about others people feeling and you must have
the confidence to reach out to people. Sincerity is the most
basic traits you need. By being sincere it means by listening to
them without making any judgement. People can feel whether

4. you are sincere or not. It's a important value, one must keep to
heart. You must not break your confidence when you promise
not to. Trust is important. Once it broken, it difficult to
mend. One must always be polite(although I doubt everyone
is). In the face of unreasonable customer, one must still be
polite. After all, as the saying goes, the customer is always
right. However, I must warn you not to be too extreme or it will
only make you look pretentious which goes against the first law.
Being a polite person will make you a bearable companion.
Tabitha post
Meetings-
Signs of not listening in meetings may be shift in body
movements, looking down at their phones, writing or scribbling
on paper, looking around the room, or conversating with other
peers. Ways to help your peers listen would be to involve them
in activities, talk in a tone in which you are lively, and move
around being an open communicator.
Group Communication-
Public speakers can show they are listening by giving eye
contact to the people that are in the group, if it is a project they
can chime in with the other members and create ideas withb one
another. It is important to let everyone feel like they are being
heard so they can give there one hundred percent when you
come together, and it's a form of respect and courtesy.
Public Speaking
-Cues that an audience is listening is that if they give eye
contact, if they engage with you about the topic you are talking
about, you can encourage the audience to tune in by giving
visual aids and asking questions. Visual aids provides the peers

5. with information they can see in real time aiding in the
visualization of data.
Jason and Terris posts should be 75 word
Jason post
Wildfires are unplanned fires that begin in nature, are powerful,
are around 90% of them are started by humans. These wildfires
not only have the ability to burn everything in its path to ashes,
the smoke it creates is a significant issue that potentially
negatively impacts our health. Wildfire smoke contains air
pollutants such as particulate matter and carbon monoxide.
There was a study conducted in 2015 that showed a significant
increase in emergency room visits during a wildfire; all
cerebrovascular incidents and respiratory conditions were
associated with the smoky conditions from the wildfire (AMA,
2018). Increased respiratory distress can lead to heart attacks
and blood clots. Also, wildfires can destroy animal habitats and
force unnatural competition leading to lower population
numbers and even extinction.
Wildfires are an annual occurrence; 2018 recorded over 41,000
fires (III, 2019). There are specific forest firefighters that battle
these blazes. Aerial support is also used as well as controlled
burns to reduce wildfire spread.
Terris post
An emerging environmental health issue that keeps increasing

6. day by day would be outdoor air pollution. Due to the fuels
from our transportation system, heating systems, and cooking it
increases the air pollution that we breathe in when outdoors.
These increase every day and in large quantities due to the
population especially in cities as opposed to rural areas in the
country. The chemical pollutants that are found in the air raise
a concern regarding the human body’s respiratory system.
According to the World Health Organization, air pollution kills
one in eight people on a global scale and ninety-two percent of
the population habitats in areas that exceed the limits set by the
organization (WHO, 2017). One countermeasure to decreasing
air pollution is electric cars and ovens that don’t burn off the
fuel that pollutes the air. This is an ongoing issue and the
solution to air pollution is still in progress. Unfortunately, this
is an issue that cannot be resolved overnight and will take some
long-term planning to correct or adapt to.