Chapter 10

Question 1

Instructional objective

Answer 1

A statement describing a final goal or outcome of instruction

Question 2

Cognitive domain

Answer 2

Learning new information and continual thinking

Question 3

Psychomotor (neuromuscular) domain

Answer 3

Simple and complex physical movements

Question 4

Affective domain

Answer 4

Attitudes, values and emotional skills

Question 5

Bloom’s taxonomy

Answer 5

Provides a framework for the progression of learning from basic levels to higher levels of processing

6 learning tasks: remembering, understanding, applying, analyzing, evaluating and creating

Question 6

Short-term objective

Answer 6

An objective that can typically be accomplished within the course of a single lesson or unit

Question 7

Long-term objective

Answer 7

An objective that requires months or years of instruction to be accomplished

Question 8

Task analysis

Answer 8

A process of identifying the specific knowledge and/or behaviours necessary to master a particular subject area or skill

Question 9

Expository instruction

Answer 9

Information is presented in the same format that students are expected to learn it (ex. teacher to student)

Lectures and textbooks- succinct but passive!

Question 10

Mastery and learning

Answer 10

An approach to instruction when students learn one topic thoroughly before moving to a more difficult one

Question 11

Direct instruction

Answer 11

An approach to instruction that uses a variety of techniques to promote learning of basic skills and to maintain attention (multi-modal)

Question 12

Programmed instruction

Answer 12

Approach to instruction where students independently study a topic that has been broken into small, carefully sequenced segments

Question 13

Information Communication Technology (ICT) as a learning partner

Answer 13

Using new technologies to enhance learning and make it more accessible to unique student circumstances

Question 14

Behaviour analysis

Answer 14

A process of identifying the specific knowledge and behaviours necessary to master a particular subject area or skill (ex. driving standard involves turning on the ignition, steering, accelerating, stepping on the gas etc.)

Question 15

Subject matter analysis

Answer 15

Break down the subject matter into specific topics, concepts, principles etc. (ex. identify various aspects of the legal system)
-especially important when the content includes many interrelated ideas and concepts

Question 16

Information processing analysis

Answer 16

Specify the cognitive processes involved in a task and helps to give you a better sense of what your students need to learn and what instructional strategies to use

Question 17

Developing a lesson plan

Answer 17

A lesson plan typically includes the objectives of the instruction, the instructional strategies used, instructional materials and equipment required and the assessment methods planned

Question 18

Computer-assisted instruction (CAI)

Answer 18

Programmed instruction presented by means of a computer (one form of computer-based instruction)

Question 19

Discovery learning

Answer 19

An approach to instruction where students develop an understanding of a topic through firsthand interaction with the physical or social environment (ex. lab experiments, library research projects, trial and error)

Question 20

Lower-level question

Answer 20

A question that requires students to express what they have learned in essentially the same way they learned it (ex. reciting a textbook’s definition of a concept or describing an application their teacher presented in class)

Question 21

Higher-level question

Answer 21

A question that requires students to do something new with the information they have learned (ex. applying, analyzing, evaluating, creating, planning and using metacognitive strategies)

Question 22

Cognitive strategy teaching

Answer 22

A teaching approach that enables students to regulate their learning (ex. reciprocal teaching, informed strategies for learning, the learning strategies curriculum and transactional strategies)

Question 23

Computer-supported collaborative learning

Answer 23

Enables individual students and groups to work together for a common purpose and helps to scaffold or support students in learning together effectively

Question 24

Co-operative learning

Answer 24

An approach to instruction where students work with their classmates to achieve group goals and help one another learn

Question 25

Jigsaw technique

Answer 25

An instructional technique in which instructional materials are divided among members of a co-operative learning group, with individual students being responsible for learning different material and then teaching that material to other group members

Question 26

Scripted co-operation

Answer 26

In co-operative learning, a technique in which co-operative groups follow a set of steps or a script that guides members’ verbal interactions
-Makes students individually accountable for their achievement but also reinforces them for group success

Question 27

Base groups

Answer 27

A co-operative learning group that works together for an entire semester or school year and provides a means through which students can be mutually supportive of one another’s academic efforts and activities

Question 28

Peer tutoring

Answer 28

An approach to instruction where students who have mastered a topic teach those who have not which encourages students to organize and elaborate on what they have learned in order to explain it to another student