SI Teaching Strategies

Question 1

Blooms taxonomy

Answer 1

A hierarchy of levels of knowledge; each level has associated burbs teachers can use to start questions. Remember, understand, apply, analyze, evaluate, create

Question 2

Brain-based learning

Answer 2

A type of learning which makes connections across sides of the brain; incorporates activity in learning

Question 3

Process oriented guided inquiry learning (POGIL) Activity

Answer 3

Small group inquiry-based activity in which the teacher acts as a facilitator

Question 4

Project-based learning (PBL) activity

Answer 4

Activity in which students create a solution or investigation in response to a problem

Question 5

Assimilation

Answer 5

A process in which existing schemas are applied to a new object or situation

Question 6

Critical thinking

Answer 6

Analysis and judgment

design and experiment, determine important part of a word problem, make a flow chart

Question 7

Evidence based science instruction

Answer 7

Using educational research to design lessons

Question 8

Peer-led team learning (PLTL) activity

Answer 8

Activity in which students work together to carry out a task, such as summarizing content, creating analogies, modeling concepts, or labeling an image

Question 9

Discrepant events

Answer 9

Events with unexpected outcomes

Question 10

Informal assessments

Answer 10

More flexible than formal assessments and can be adjusted to fit the situation and particular needs of the students being tested

Question 11

Disequilibrium

Answer 11

Occurs when a child cannot use existing schemas to comprehend new information

Question 12

Think-pair-share

Answer 12

Active learning activity in which the teacher provides a prompt, the students consider it individually (think), then pair up and brainstorm responses or solutions (pair), and then the students then share their results with the class (share).

Question 13

Formal assessments

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Are usually post instruction assessment with the purpose of assessing student knowledge, retention, and application. Often involves the use of a standardized rubric or scoring guide based on several criteria

Question 14

Performance based assessment

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A kind of assessment that require students to show mastery of specific skills by demonstrating, producing, or performing some thing

Question 15

Explicit teaching

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The process of teaching by communicating clear expectations and giving specific feedback to students

Question 16

Concept/vocabulary map

Answer 16

A form of scaffolding in which a new concept or vocabulary word is written in the center and pictures or descriptive words are written surrounding it

Question 17

Formative assessments

Answer 17

Assessments for learning. Usually made instruction assessment with the purpose of assessing students progress and informing the teacher so instruction can be altered as needed

Question 18

Inquiry-based activities

Answer 18

Activities that allow students to participate in the scientific method with little guidance from the teacher

Question 19

Rubrics

Answer 19

I scoring guide based on several criteria rather than a single numerical score

Question 20

K-W-L Chart

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A graphic organizer use throughout the unit that shows what students know (k), want to know (w), and learned (l).

Question 21

Accommodation

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Occurs when existing schemas cannot be applied to new objects or situations, and most therefore be adopted and revised

Question 22

Differentiation

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Teaching that offers multiple options for learning the material based on different student needs and learning styles

Question 23

Organization

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Students store new information and relate it to what they already know and understand about the world

Question 24

Summative assessments

Answer 24

Assessment of learning. Given at specific points in time in order to determine what students know and don’t know. I summative assessments are generally formal.