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Effective Teaching

Subject : teaching
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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. Locomotor skills - from the low-level simple manipulation of materials to the higher level of communication of ideas - and finally to the highest level of creative performance (music and art).






2. External catalyst that encourages behaviors (rewards and punishments). Begin with this and then move toward intrinsic. Examples: praise - grades - food - tokens - attention getters (how you open your lesson)






3. Changes in overt behavior of the learner. Examples of Teaching Strategies: Computers - games - worksheets - reading - lecture - homework - individualized learning packet.






4. 1. Compare/contrast activities - 2. Summarizing and note taking - 3. Homework and class practice - 4. Non linguistic representation (concept maps - pictures - graphs - kinesthetic activity: vary routine- humans are visual learners) - 5. Cooperative l






5. Knowledge: Recognizing and recalling information. About 90 percent of learning doesn't get passed knowledge. Example: What is the capital of...






6. Objectives must be organized and planned. Statement that describes what the student will be able to do upon completion of the instructional experience. Example: the student will be able to name all 50 states. Must be able to measure it!






7. 1.) Anticipatory Set - 2.) The Objective and It's Purpose - 3.) Input - 4.) Modeling - 5.) Check for Understanding - 6.) Guided Practice - 7.) Independent Practice (HW) - 8.) Closure

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8. Facts: small bits of knowledge- must know facts in order to understand concepts. The goal is to get them to conceptualization.






9. Each person has a different role. Most effective group collaborative out there - Jobs vary depending on the assignment. Individual and group accountability. Individual grades - peer evaluations - assess at the end of every day! 80% retention






10. 1.) Objectives - 2.) TEKS - 3.) Attention Getter - 4.) Content Delivery (15 minutes: lecture - lesson-discussion - demonstration) - 5.) Activities 6.) Closure of Lesson - 7.) Assessment. Discussion first - activity second.






11. Evaluation: Judging the worth of an idea - notion - theory - thesis - proposition - information - or opinion. Informed opinion or decision. Example: Which U.S. senator is the most effective?






12. HOW curriculum is implemented in the classroom. Example: problem solving - puzzles - etc.






13. Word or phrase formed from rearranging letters. Example: Elvis=lives - horse=?






14. A study of 25 -000 high school students determined that 3 major influences on academic achievement are: Ability (what the kid has) - motivation (teacher and kid) - quality of instruction (teacher-critical to children)






15. To apply - to employ - to relate - to predict - to use






16. Bandura - Moslow - Vygotsky






17. The brain thinks and processes in wholes (deductive reasoning) - so it is important for a student to understand the whole first - then once there is understanding - the teacher is able to move to specifics and details (inductive reasoning).






18. Reading Strategy: Who are the CHARACTERS - What is the AIM of the story - what PROBLEM happens - how is the problem SOLVED?






19. 1.) There is value in recognizing cultural diversity and a richness added to learning and culture that was not present previously in American culture. 2.) All students should have a full and equal opportunity to learn. 3.) Educational reform seeks to






20. Organization of information through visual representations: concept maps - graphic organizers - webs - advanced organizer - schematic - Venn diagram.






21. Questions should be posed by the teacher that guide reflective thought and critical thinking. They should move beyond rote memory answers.The best approach is to: PLAN and WRITE your questions in advance of classroom discussion (so students don't tak






22. Targets his/her audience and writes it for specific needs of the individual - provides for individual accomplishment and differentiation in students - and requires inordinate amount of time to create.






23. PREVIEW - QUESTION - READ - REFLECT - RECITE - REVIEW: Teach them how to look for the main points.






24. To define - to distinguish - to recall - to recognize - to develop - to outline - to identify






25. Most crime occurs between 4 pm and 7 pm. About one-fourth of the children in the U.S. live in poverty (< $18 -000). More than one-half of all students in the U.S. are being raised by a single parent.






26. Enthusiasm - knowledge - organization - clarity teaching - vary instructional routine






27. Prior knowledge interferes with new learning






28. No more than 22 seconds






29. You want all children to have mastery of the content. IF they do not do well the first time - reteach the material in a different way. 1.) Teach 2.) Test/Assess 3.) Reteach 4.) Retesting (using correctives). Be sure that you alter your teaching to th






30. Mental operations from the lowest level of simple recall of information to complex evaluative processes. What they will be able to do in class.






31. Designed to teach reading comprehension strategies. SUMMARIZING the content of a passage - ASKING a question about the central point - CLARIFYING the difficult parts of the material - and PREDICTING what will come next. Have them read the statement t






32. Changes in the mental structures that contain information and procedures for operating on information. Examples of Teaching Strategies: Audio-visual aide - experiments - hands-on-activities - concept maps - mnemonics - reports - and homework.






33. Knowledge - Comprehension - Application - Analysis - Synthesis - Evaluation... Three Domains of Learning: Cognitive - Affective - Psychomotor

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34. Feelings - attitudes - and values from lower levels of acquisition to the highest level of internalization and action. We want them to value what they learn.






35. Strategy used to help students categorize attributes of a specific concept (e.g. hurricanes - gulf coast region - verbs - etc.) In advance of the lesson - the teacher must determine: the name of the concept - concept definition - conceptual attribute






36. To distinguish - to discriminate - to analyze - to detect - to recognize - to infer - to categorize - to choose - to select






37. Cause and Effect Organization - Sequence Chart - Main-Idea Organizers - Network Diagrams - Magic Square - Dichotomous Key.






38. Teacher creates curriculum and activities for a student who is allowed to progress at his/her own rate. To create this: write content section (length varies from paragraph to 1-2 pages); number of content sections varies - content is followed by comp






39. 20 minutes per 50 minute period






40. Knowing when or under what conditions to use knowledge and procedures... 'If this - then this...' Logic: order of events.






41. Application of material (vs. learning: change in behavior).






42. 1.) Gaining Attention - 2.) Objectives - 3.) Recall of Prior Learning - 4.) Presenting the Stimulus - 5.) Providing Learning Guidance - 6.) Eliciting Performance - 7.) Providing Feedback - 8.) Assessing Performance - 9.) Enhancing Retention and Trans

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43. Transition is CRITICAL: Planning - Preparing - Presenting. 1.) Plan objectives and relate to relevancy and interest needs of students - 2.) Prepare the lesson sequence and allot approximate times for the lesson segments - 3.) Organize lesson: a) atte

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44. A process that energizes and directs behavioral outcomes. Extrinsic and intrinsic.






45. WHAT is taught in the classroom. Usually in written form. Example: textbook. Without content knowledge - it's impossible to teach.






46. Concept Maps - Reading Strategies - Questioning Techniques - Magic Square - Dichotomous Key - Cooperative Learning - Individualized Learning Packet - Puzzles and Information - Problem-solving activities.






47. Values or behaviors that students learn indirectly over the course of their schooling because of the structure of the educational system and the teaching methods used. Teachers must educate the 'whole student' not just the part of the student that th






48. Analysis: Critical thinking; identifying reasons and motives; making inferences based on specific data; analyzing conclusions to see if supported by evidence. Example: What influenced the writings of OR Why was DC chosen as the capital?






49. Piaget - Gagna - Bruner - Ausubel - Erikson - Vygoslsky.






50. KWL- What do I already KNOW - What do I WANT to know - End of the reading/activity - what have I LEARNED. READS- REVIEW headings and subheadings - EXAMINE boldface words - ASK - 'what do I expect to learn?' - DO it-read - SUMMARIZE in your own words-