Planning Classroom Activities
Types of Activities
Test Administration/ Student Presentation and Demonstrations / Closing
Kounin's Concepts
Transitional and Instructional Management (TM and IM)
100
This term describes organized behavior that the teacher and students engage in for a common purpose
What is an Activity
100
This type of activity helps students transition into the classroom
What is an "Opening the Period" activity
100
Make sure to include this when administering a test
What is instructions for what early finishers may do while waiting for the rest of the class to finish
100
A central theme in managing activities well is the idea of "activity __________"
What is Flow
100
This is an interval between two activities
What is a transition
200
These are the two levels of instructional planning
What are short range and long range
200
This activity is a question and answer sequence
What is Recitation
200
Students should be expected to do one of these in class
What is give some kind of report, demonstrate a procedure or skill, or summarize work on a short- or long-term project
200
Lessons with a good flow keep student attention and are less likely to offer opportunities for this
What is deviance
200
Avoiding these is an example of good Transition Management
What are distractions
300
These will help decide what activities to use
What are objectives for daily lessons
300
This activity is mostly a teacher-led, whole-class activity
What is Discussion
300
Four things to remember when assigning student presentations and demonstrations are:
What is they can be done individually or in groups, all time for students to prepare, give specific guidelines in advance, discuss desirable audience behaviors
300
In Kounin's studies, classroom lessons were videotaped and teacher __________ were analyzed to determine which ones predicted classrooms with higher _________ and low levels of deviant behavior.
What is behaviors and involvement
300
This is the goal of Instructional management
What is to establish an environment that cultivates learning
400
An "opening the period" activity is this type of an activity (not content-based)
What is procedural
400
This activity is where students work individually to engage in assignments that build on previously presented material
What is Seatwork
400
Make sure to bring the period to an end in an
What is an orderly fashion
400
This is the degree to which the teacher corrects misbehavior before it intensifies or spreads and also targets the correct student.
What is "Withitness"
400
This is the definition of Instructional Management
What is organizing your lesson into a logical, relevant, and coherent sequence
500
Without this, daily activities can appear unrelated to each other and to long-range objectives
What is a Master Plan
500
Conducting a demonstration is an example of this type of activity
What is Content Development
500
When closing the class period, make sure you do these two things
What is make sure the students transition to their next class smoothly and your classroom is in good condition for the next period
500
This refers to how the teacher handles two or more simultaneous events
What is overlapping
500
Unclear __________ __________ are one cause of poor transitions.
What is student expectations
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