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code Write one-paragraph response to this question: How did my professional knowledge and skills grow and develop over the course of the semester? Over the course of the semester, my professional knowledge and skills have grown and developed. I have gained knowledge about multiple different types of teaching instruction, such as direction instruction, cooperative learning, discussion-based instruction, etc. I have learned how to write a SWBAT and link it to a common-core standard. I have learned how to attend to the specific needs of students, although I do think I could use some more experience and discussion on this subject. I have learned about Bloom's Taxonomy and other learning theories, which I applied to my lesson. Through my observed lesson, I gained more professional skills than I could have hoped for. I learned how to improvise and tweak a lesson as its going, along with prolonging a lesson if it runs short (by adding a discussion at the end involving why the learning goal is important in the real world). I have learned that assessment is extremely important, and a teacher must make the information relevant and interesting, even if it's difficult. Communication is key, and students often just want someone to express that they believe in student learning and give students individual attention.