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Effective Teaching
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teaching
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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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. Knowledge: Recognizing and recalling information. About 90 percent of learning doesn't get passed knowledge. Example: What is the capital of...
Cognitive Domain
Multiculturalism [4]
BT Stage 1
BT Stage 5
2. 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!
Learning Stages from Brain Article
Objectives
Strategies that Make a Difference [8]
Behavioral Theorists [4]
3. 1.) Objectives - 2.) TEKS - 3.) Attention Getter - 4.) Activities (introduce activities without content) - 5.) Content Delivery (lecture - lecture-discussion - demonstration) - 6.) Closure of Lesson - 7.) Assessment. Activity first - discussion secon
Lesson Plan Guide (Indirect Teaching)
How Long does it take to gain their attention?
Cryptograms
Robert Gagne's [9 Steps]
4. Crossword puzzles - word searches - cryptograms - anagrams
Three Things a Teacher Should Teach
Comprehension Identification Words
Declarative Knowledge
Types of Puzzle Challenges
5. 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)
Extrinsic Motivation
Discussion Questions
How Long does it take to gain their attention?
Understanding
6. 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.
Social Theorists [3]
How Long does it take to gain their attention?
Instruction
Affective Domain
7. 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
8. 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
Pros/Cons to ILP
How Does the Brain Think?
Robert Gagne's [9 Steps]
Multiculturalism [4]
9. Reading Strategy: Who are the CHARACTERS - What is the AIM of the story - what PROBLEM happens - how is the problem SOLVED?
Intrinsic Motivation
Bloom's Taxonomy
CAPS
BT Stage 6
10. Changes in overt behavior of the learner. Examples of Teaching Strategies: Computers - games - worksheets - reading - lecture - homework - individualized learning packet.
Kelly's Model [3 P's]
Reciprocal Reading [SACP]
Behavioral Definition and Examples of Instruction
Cooperative Learning
11. Synthesis: Divergent - original thinking - proposal - design or story. Example: What's a good name for OR What would the U.S. be like if the British had won...
Time wasted?
BT Stage 5
Discussion Questions
Declarative Knowledge
12. 20 seconds
Concept Maps
Cognitive Theorists [6]
How Long does it take to gain their attention?
Types of Puzzle Challenges
13. Application: Using information to solve a problem with a single correct answer. Example: Which principle is demonstrated in...
One activity
Instruction
BT Stage 3
Social Theorists [3]
14. Patterns and connections that CHANGE with experiences. When triggered - the connections that have been constructed by the brain reassemble into the patterns that make up memory. With experiences - dendrites grow and make connections with other neuron
Robert Gagne's [9 Steps]
Discussion Questions
The Brain Makes ____ and ____
Social
15. 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?
BT Stage 1
Intrinsic Motivation
BT Stage 6
Hidden Curriculum
16. Content as it relates to student interests and real life.
Student-Centered Curriculum
Time to get on task?
Synthesis Identification Words
3 Qualities You Want in you and your Students
17. The oldest most widely used form of curriculum broken into 3 categories: Common Content - Special Content - and Elective Content.
Subject-Centered Curriculum [3]
Social Theorists [3]
Types of Puzzle Challenges
The Brain Makes ____ and ____
18. To translate - to prepare - to interpret - to distinguish - to conclude to predict - to estimate - to differentiate - to recognize - to explain - to summarize - to demonstrate - to paraphrase - to indicate - to make predictions
Concept Attainment
Comprehension Identification Words
Cooperative Learning
Generalizations
19. The brain processes incoming sensory data through its different regions. The brain thinks in WHOLES - not pieces. It stores in pieces however - all in different places. We retrieve in pieces- deductive process- whole to part. Example: the brain does
Multiculturalism [4]
Synthesis Identification Words
How Does the Brain Think?
Student-Centered Curriculum
20. 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.
Instruction
Cooperative Learning
Cognitive
Pros/Cons to ILP
21. 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
Concept Attainment
Social Theorists [3]
Problem Solving
Understanding
22. 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
23. Every 50 Minutes
Synthesis Identification Words
Understanding
One activity
Knowledge Identification Words
24. Student's ability to study and comprehend is often contingent upon their ability to take notes. Best Strategies: 1. Outline (full or incomplete)- provided by teacher - 2. 'T' notes created by students - 3. Picture frame notes - 4. Concept maps create
Note Taking Strategies [4]
Bloom's Taxonomy
Pros/Cons to ILP
The Brain Makes ____ and ____
25. Changes in school achievement as well as changes in attitude and motivation. Example of Teaching Strategies: group work - role play - cooperative learning - demonstration - learning centers - and discussion.
Factors that Affect Achievement [3]
Hidden Curriculum
Cognitive
Social
26. 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
How to Teach for Mastery in the Classroom
Learning Stages from Brain Article
Hidden Curriculum
Bloom's Taxonomy
27. 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
28. Practice makes perfect is a fundamental learning tool. Base the curriculum on the different stages [7 total] students are on. Use senses to mix up learning. You will vary your instructional routine many times!
Concept Maps
The Importance of Repetition
Declarative Knowledge
Types of Puzzle Challenges
29. To create - to propose - to integrate - to plan - to design - to synthesize - to formulate - to perceive - to organize - to prepare - to develop - to compile - to incorporate - to visualize
Robert Gagne's [9 Steps]
Objectives
Procedural Knowledge
Synthesis Identification Words
30. 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.
Three Things a Teacher Should Teach
CAPS
Social Theorists [3]
Lesson Plan Guide (Direct Teaching)
31. Concept Maps - Reading Strategies - Questioning Techniques - Magic Square - Dichotomous Key - Cooperative Learning - Individualized Learning Packet - Puzzles and Information - Problem-solving activities.
The Students in the Schools Stats
The Importance of Repetition
Activities and Strategies [9]
Concept Maps
32. Cooperative learning (ability group ~ 5 members) - learning centers - group work - think-pair-share - jigsaw - panel discussion - symposium (members present their side) - debate - round table.
Cryptograms
Group Work
Multiculturalism [4]
Analysis Identification Words
33. PREVIEW - QUESTION - READ - REFLECT - RECITE - REVIEW: Teach them how to look for the main points.
BT Stage 5
PQ4R
Cognitive
Individualized Lesson Plan
34. 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
Social Theorists [3]
Problem Solving
Lesson Plan Guide (Indirect Teaching)
Hidden Curriculum
35. There are 7 stages of development. Children must go through one stage in order to get to the next stage. Degeneration of brain cells is from lack of use - not a product of age. Some teachers teaching the curriculum and students do not learn - because
Learning
Learning Stages from Brain Article
BT Stage 1
Evaluation Identification Words
36. Organization of information through visual representations: concept maps - graphic organizers - webs - advanced organizer - schematic - Venn diagram.
Conditional Knowledge
Bloom's Taxonomy
Concept Maps
Activities and Strategies [9]
37. Comprehension: Demonstrating understanding of the materials; transforming - reorganizing - interpreting. Example: Explain in your own words OR What is the main idea of...
Lesson Plan Guide (Direct Teaching)
Hidden Curriculum
Deductive Learning
BT Stage 2
38. 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
Discussion Questions
Learning
Cognitive Theorists [6]
Deductive Learning
39. No more than 22 seconds
Cognitive
Time to get on task?
Intrinsic Motivation
Three Roles of a Teacher
40. WHAT is taught in the classroom. Usually in written form. Example: textbook. Without content knowledge - it's impossible to teach.
Examples of Different Concept Maps
Curriculum
BT Stage 4
Positive Transfer
41. HOW curriculum is implemented in the classroom. Example: problem solving - puzzles - etc.
Instruction
Learning Stages from Brain Article
BT Stage 1
Curriculum
42. 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
Time to get on task?
Individualized Lesson Plan
Five Effective Teaching Qualities
Lesson Plan Guide (Indirect Teaching)
43. To define - to distinguish - to recall - to recognize - to develop - to outline - to identify
Building Blocks of Learning
Factors that Affect Achievement [3]
Knowledge Identification Words
Three Things a Teacher Should Teach
44. Facts: small bits of knowledge- must know facts in order to understand concepts. The goal is to get them to conceptualization.
Building Blocks of Learning
Three Roles of a Teacher
BT Stage 1
Instruction
45. Knowing how to do something in steps- teaches mind structure and organization.
Activities and Strategies [9]
Procedural Knowledge
Robert Gagne's [9 Steps]
Lesson Plan Guide (Indirect Teaching)
46. 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?
Deductive Learning
BT Stage 4
Extrinsic Motivation
Strategies that Make a Difference [8]
47. Mental operations from the lowest level of simple recall of information to complex evaluative processes. What they will be able to do in class.
Cryptograms
Cognitive Domain
Generalizations
CAPS
48. A puzzle with a hidden meaning
PQ4R
Types of Puzzle Challenges
Behavioral Definition and Examples of Instruction
Cryptograms
49. Prior knowledge interferes with new learning
Activities and Strategies [9]
Evaluation Identification Words
Behavioral Theorists [4]
Negative Transfer
50. In any type of problem solving - the student is actively involved in deriving a solution to a problem/dilemma posed by the teacher. Problem solving can take many forms in a classroom situation: geographical mapping - experiments - scavenger hunts - t
Evaluation Identification Words
Curriculum
Lesson Plan Guide (Direct Teaching)
Problem Solving