What did you learn in the program you are now completing, including in student teaching, about the use of data-supported instruction?

In an essay of approximately 2-3 pages, respond to the following:

What is the basic meaning of the term data-supported (or data-driven) instruction?
What did you learn in the program you are now completing, including in student teaching, about the use of data-supported instruction?
Which courses were most helpful in this regard?
What are the specific uses you have made of data-supported instruction in your practicum?
What are some of the ways knowledge of and skill in using data-supported instruction have made a difference in your instructional practices?
Critically discuss and evaluate the principle that methods of instruction and intervention should be data-supported. Should all instruction be data-supported? If so, why? If not, why not?
Discuss the difference in meaning between the terms data-supported instruction and evidence-based methods of instruction. Are these principles of equal importance regarding their application to instruction? If so, why? If not, why not?

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