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Carden FINAL EXAM Flashcards

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T/F A focus on planning forces teachers toe eliminate topics that are of lesser importance

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T

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T/F An instructional plan only requires information about the strategies used to teach content that relates to the chosen standard

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F

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T/F Special education teachers write IEPs for their students with input from the IEP team, but regular education teachers are responsible for following them if the student is in their regular education classroom

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T

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IEP

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Individualized Educational Plan

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What is inTASC?

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A set of professional standards for teachers

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A predisposition to act in a negative or positive way towards persons, ideas, or events is known as _________

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attitude

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  1. Students learn to work with others by participating in group projects.
  2. A teacher demonstrates how to handle conflict and students learn to problem solve when crises arise.
    Both are examples of _____ curriculum.
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Hidden

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When information from more than one subject area is combined in a lesson, it is called _____ _______

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Interdisciplinary Instruction

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When language methods of inquiry from more than one subject area are combined

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Interdisciplinary Instruction

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When a variety of strategies are used to teach a subject

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Differentiated Instruction

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Choosing of what will be done from the beginning to end of lessons

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Lesson Planning

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The teacher takes into account how plans and procedures made at the beginning of the year affect the weekly and daily lessons

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Nested Planning

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Organizing a flow of activities related to a topic

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Unit Planning

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Questions in each lesson plan should represent every level of ____ ______

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Bloom’s Taxonomy

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What is the ABCD format of written instructional objectives

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Audience
Behavior
Condition
Degree

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The last step in writing a lesson plan by the Backward Design model is

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to plan instructional activities

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What is the purpose of a lesson’s hook?

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to engage and hold student attention

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What factors should influence a teacher’s instructional decisions?

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socio-economic setting
gender
learning styles

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Examples of informal assessments

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questioning individuals
thumbs up/down
dry-erase board

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When objectives are poorly written they are often too ______

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vague

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**Bloom’s Taxonomy

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**Know types of questions for each level

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Implementation of a curriculum by a teacher with a specific group of students

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taught curriculum

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Why is reflective decision making so important in effective teaching?

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Effective teachers are teachers who can reflect on their past decisions or knowledge to make decisions for their students.

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3 characteristics of a teacher who is a reflective decision maker

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  1. They make plans and are constantly adjusting them depending on the outcome of those plans
  2. They are goal-directed and want to implement change in their students’ thinking and behavior
  3. They are good listeners and want to make decisions on the needs of their students by applying practical knowledge
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Differences in goals and objectives

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Goals are used to capture the big picture while objectives identify specific learning outcomes

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T/F an exit ticket is a good closure for a lesson

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T

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T/F Teachers should only use activities that have been shown to be best practices

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T

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What is the purpose of the Context for Learning

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It is for the teacher to recognize and evaluate the students she is teaching and the school she is teaching in. It shows that the teacher knows and understands her students and what they need as she plans her lessons.

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Why should a teacher differentiate instruction? (2)

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  1. to address diversity in the class

2. to increase student engagement

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5 good reasons for asking questions

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  1. review content
  2. remind students of classroom procedures
  3. guide student thinking
  4. give directions
  5. gather info about student
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T/F Explaining the steps required in a geometric proof would be a good assignment for a logical, analytical learner

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T

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32
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T/F Howard Bloom is credited with the theory of multiple intelligences

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F, Howard Gardner

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33
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“Instruction must be planned and executed with student variance in mind” is an example of ______ instruction

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differentiated

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T/F An appropriate assignment for a student who is a visual-spatial learner would be to compose a song

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F

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35
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Skinner is associated with the ______ learning theory

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Behaviorist

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T/F When administrators use the TEAM rubric to evaluate a teacher, they want to see both the teachers and students asking higher-order questions

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T

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“Are you saying you think this poem is sad” is an example of what type of question?

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Clarifying Question

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38
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Examples of essential skills teachers should have

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  • how to begin/end a lesson
  • how to generate productive discussion
  • how to keep accurate records
  • how to grade papers fairly
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Which learning theory purports that it is necessary for students to review what they have experienced and connect it to what they already know in order to create new knowledge?

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Constructivist

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40
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Examples of Multiple Intelligences**

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Interpersonal
Intrapersonal
Body-Kinesthetic
Visual-Spatial
Naturalistic
*look up more
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T/F Teachers should call on students before asking the question

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F, after

42
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Qualities of effective feedback

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  • honest
  • specific
  • gives “glow” and “grow” comments
43
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Another word for stereotyping; applying a characteristic to an entire group of people

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Generalization

44
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T/F The value placed on a student’s first language can have an impact on their willingness to learn

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T

45
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T/F The neighborhood a school is in should be taken into account when a teacher designs her lessons

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T

46
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The process by which an individual or group adopts the attitudes, customs, or values of another group

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Assimilation

47
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T/F Approx. 1 in 10 students in the US speaks a language other than English at home

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F (may want to look up this in the book for the actual #)

48
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Examples of SLIFE students

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Students with Limited or Formal Education

Ex. Refugee students, students who did not go to school in their previous countries, migrant students

49
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Characteristics of the culturally responsive teacher

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  • display vocabulary words in English as well as other languages spoken by students in the class.
  • encourage students to value their own personal cultural identity and history as well as those of others.
  • invite speakers of other nationalities to the classroom.
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Characteristics of effective classroom managers

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  • reteach the procedures if necessary.
  • provide feedback to students about their performance.
  • allow students to practice procedures.
  • explain and demonstrate procedures.
51
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T/F It is estimated that students who are now considered in the “minority” will be the “majority” by 2020

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T

52
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T/F Even though society, in general, has adapted to the changing demographics, schools have changed very little with regard to what is taught and how it is taught.

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T

53
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T/F Approximately 60% of all teachers are White educators who only speak English.

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F, look up stats (ch. 7-8)

54
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T/F Demographics of the teaching force has changed in direct correlation to the change in demographics of students.

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F, they have not changed

55
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Culturally responsive teachers should pay attention to these things in their students (3)

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  1. what students know
  2. what students have experienced
  3. what students value
56
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What is an “I” message?

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A way to phrase encouraging appropriate behavior. Tell student what they are doing wrong and how it affects you the teacher and other students

57
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3 types of classroom management

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Authoritarian: maintains classroom management through control, uses punishment
Permissive: freer classroom environment; lack structure and encourage student self-discipline
Authoritative: involves teachers having students best interest in mind; support students, want best for them

58
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Difference in rules and procedures

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Rules: If these are not followed, they have consequences. Dictate classroom behavior
Procedures: no consequences. teachers must take time to teach these. routines for students to follow

59
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3 things besides race and ethnicity to consider when evaluating the culture of students in your classroom

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Nationality
Pop Culture
Understanding “codes of power”

60
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Norma Gonzalez disagrees that “all members of a particular group share a normative, bounded, and integrated view of their own culture”. What does that mean? How does that affect teacher perspectives?

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This means that students who may be from a particular race, ethnic group, or nationality do not necessarily all view their culture or their surroundings around them. Students each have their own personal experiences that may or may not have to do with their grouping. For teachers, that means we have to remember to work harder to build relationships with every student. We cannot assume based on stereotypes of a certain group; each student is a unique individual.

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Teachers should have no more than ___ rules for their classroom

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6

62
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Classroom rules should be written in ________terms

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positive

63
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A teacher who wishes to become a culturally responsive teacher should seek ______________ ___________________ opportunities that will help him/her connect with the cultural community of which the student is a member.

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professional development

64
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The physical arrangement of a classroom can also affect the _____ of the classroom

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atmosphere

65
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A teacher who listens, and then repeats in his/her own words what the student just said is practicing ______ ______

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active listening

66
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How should a teacher handle classroom “clowning”

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  • isolate “clowning” student within the classroom

- physically move closer to the student

67
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T/F Minor interruptions are defined as incidences which are not exactly breaking the rules, but are not meeting expected behavior norms

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T

68
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What is the first priority when dealing with a serious conflict in the classroom?

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Student safety

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T/F Using humor is not a good way to de-escalate potential classroom problems

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F

70
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T/F Achievement outcomes for cooperative learning have been documented in elementary, secondary, and post-secondary classrooms

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T

71
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T/F The quality of a lesson is not as important as the cooperative learning strategies being used in that lesson

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F

72
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An assessment over a full unit or chapter is called a ______ assessment

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Summative, Formal

73
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6 element activity where students are placed in “expert groups”

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Jigsaw

74
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What is the difference in a scoring guide and rubric? Which would you use to grade a student on a poster board project?

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A Scoring Guide is a checklist wheres a rubric is a guide that explains the weight of different aspects of a project.
Scoring Guide

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T/F Classroom discipline is the same as classroom management

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F

76
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What are a few problems with using learning achievement as a measure of teacher effectiveness

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  • Students may learn well in spite of the teacher.
  • What would have happened if the teacher has used a different teaching strategy?
  • Were the textbooks poorly written?
  • Would students have performed differently if another teacher had taught the lesson?
77
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Purposes of assigning homework (5)

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to involve parents
to develop their study skills.
to practice.
to review previous lessons.
to give feedback.
78
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What should be included in an assessment (3)

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objective data
subjective info
value judgments

79
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What has not been proven to be central to the success of any cooperative learning lesson

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Bloom’s

80
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T/F an exit ticket is a formal assessment

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F, it is informal (formative)

81
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Mrs. Jackson is famous for having students write daily essays about the short stories they read in her language arts classroom. The students are required to work independently with no talking. Describe a cooperative learning activity the teacher might incorporate and still have students practice writing.

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Mrs. Jackson could use STAD to help students practice writing in a cooperative learning strategy. Students could be grouped or paired and each be required, or given, a topic to write about. The pair/group would have a minutes/days (depending on how long the teacher wanted to stretch the assignment for) to write on the topic and create an essay, each student having their own individual parts of the essay to write. The students could then share their essays with the class.

82
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2 advantages of the flipped classroom

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  1. students can access lectures outside of class (helps struggling students rewatch parts they don’t understand)
  2. allows for more group work in class. Students can help each other and teacher can help struggling student with concepts in class
83
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Name one advantage and one disadvantage to using true/false questions on a test.

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Advantage: Some questions naturally lend themselves to this kind of format and can accurately measure student learning if they are asked in the right way.
Disadvange: If questions are not written clearly, these questions can be confusing for students, or students may just feel as if they are blindly guessing on these questions.

84
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Compares a student’s score with a similar group of students who have taken the same assessment

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Norm-referenced test

85
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Intended to measure how well a student has learned a certain body of knowledge

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criterion-referenced test

86
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Used to make decisions that affect the future

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High-stakes test

87
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Assessment given periodically to measure student progress

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benchmarks

88
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type of assessment used for analysis

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diagnostic

89
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a strategy based on the idea that people are more engaged when they are arguing/debating a point

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academic controversy

90
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a strategy that forms heterogeneous learning teams, presents content, engages teams in practice, assesses individual mastery, and calculates team improvement scores

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STAD

91
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a strategy that utilizes drills and quick reviews of facts

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numbered heads together

92
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a strategy designed to randomly check for comprehension during a lecture or demonstration

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think-pair-share

93
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List the order of the backward design model

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  1. Objectives/Standards
  2. Assessments
  3. Activities
94
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What do principals most want to see from both teachers and students?

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Asking questions

95
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What types of questions should teachers avoid?

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Rhetorical questions

96
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Who came up with the theory of multiple intelligences

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Gardner

97
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Theory that says students are like a blank slate ready to be taught knowledge and behaviors

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Behaviorism

98
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Theorist with Behaviorism

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Skinner

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Theorist with Cognitivism

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Piaget

100
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Theorist with Social Learning/Constructivist

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Vygotsky

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