Instructional Strategies Flashcards
Authentic activity
Approach to instruction similar to one students might encounter in the outside world
Ability grouping
The process of placing students of similar abilities into groups and attempting to match instruction to the needs of these groups.
Cognitive apprenticeship
Mentorship in which a teacher and a student wok together on a challenging task and the teacher gives guidance about how to think about the task.
Collaboration
A philosophy about how to relate to others how to learn and work
Collective self-efficacy
Shared belief of members of a group that they can be successful when they work together on a task
Computer-based instruction (CBI)
Instruction provided via computer technology
Convergent thinking
Process of pulling several pieces of information together to draw a conclusion or solve a problem
Cooperative learning
Approach to instruction in which students work with a small group of peers to achieve a common goal and help one another learn
Creativity (creative thinking)
New and original behavior that yields a productive and culturally appropriate result
Deductive reasoning
Process of drying a logical inference about something that must be true, giving other information that has already been presented true
Differentiated instruction
Practice of individualizing instructional methods, and possibly also individualizing specific content and instructional goals to align with each students existing knowledge, skills, and needs
Direct instruction
Approach to instruction that uses a variety of techniques (e.g., Questions, guided and independent practice) in a fairly structured manner to promote learning of basic skills
Divergent thinking
Process of moving mentally in a variety of directions from a single idea
Expository instruction
Approach to instruction in which information is presented in more or less the same form in which students are expected to learn it
Guided participation
A child’s performance, with guidance and support, of an activity in the adult world
Heterogeneous ability grouping
A strategy that groups of students of varied ability instead of by grade/age level
Inductive reasoning
Collecting data to draw a conclusion that may or may not be true
Learner-centered instruction
Approach to instruction in which instructional strategies are chosen largely on the basis of students existing abilities, predispositions, and needs
Learning strategy
Intentional use of one or more cognitive processes for a particularly learning task
Long-term memory
Component of memory that holds knowledge and skills for a relatively long time
mnemonic
Memory aid or trick designed to help students learn and remember a specific piece of information
Model
Person who demonstrates a behavior for someone else
Modeling
Demonstrating a behavior for another; also, observing and imitating another’s behavior
Problem -based learning
Classroom activity in which students acquire new knowledge and skills while working on a complex problem similar to those in the outside world
