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Effective Teaching

Subject : teaching
Instructions:
  • 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. Prior knowledge went away and nothing goes forward.






2. A puzzle with a hidden meaning






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






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






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






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






8. 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).






9. 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






10. 20 seconds






11. 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






12. Cooperative learning (ability group ~ 5 members) - learning centers - group work - think-pair-share - jigsaw - panel discussion - symposium (members present their side) - debate - round table.






13. 20 minutes per 50 minute period






14. Crossword puzzles - word searches - cryptograms - anagrams






15. No more than 22 seconds






16. 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






17. The oldest most widely used form of curriculum broken into 3 categories: Common Content - Special Content - and Elective Content.






18. 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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19. 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?






20. Categories - sets - or classes with common characteristics. A concept has 5 characteristics: Name - definition - characteristics - examples - and place in a hierarchy. Piaget: If schema is inaccurate - students will be confused. If this is the case -






21. 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.






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






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

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24. 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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25. Every 50 Minutes






26. 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






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






28. 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






29. Pavlov - Watson - Thorndike - and Skinner






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.






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






32. 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






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






34. 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






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






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






37. 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.






38. You want prior learning to contribute to recent learning in a positive transfer. Large group teaching makes it impossible. Goal is to have positive transfer.






39. 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






40. 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






41. 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






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






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44. 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






45. Content as it relates to student interests and real life.






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






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






48. Bandura - Moslow - Vygotsky






49. 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...






50. 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