Writing
A question or instructions that set expectations for what students should produce on a writing assessment.
What is a Writing Prompt?
A key goal in mathematics problem solving
What is flexible knowledge?
A major reorganization in memory of the conceptual framework for a domain of knowledge
What is conceptual change?
A widely used approach to teaching writing designed to help students acquire writing strategies, learn about different writing genres and build positive attitudes
What is self-regulated strategy development (SRSD)?
An instructional approach that involves introducing algebra-related concepts and notions to elementary students as an integral part of arithmetic introduction
What is early algebra?
Instruction in science and other content areas that are characterized by posing broad, challenging questions and having students answer them through investigations
What is inquiry-based instruction?
Term for writers simply writing what someone else has said or written with little transformation
What is knowledge telling?
Case's concept of memory or space capacity, in chunks
What is M-Space?
Inaccurate beliefs about a phenomenon, acquired through uncontrolled observation
What is naive belief?
A group of individuals in a setting that is organized around reading, writing, speaking, and listening
What is literacy community?
A procedure in mathematics or computer science that applies to a particular type of problem and that, if followed correctly, guarantees the correct answer
What is an algorithm?
Partial or incorrect conceptual frameworks for understanding a domain and important processes within that domain
What are naive theories?
A writing instruction technique that focuses on syntactical and propositional knowledge in which students combine simple sentences into more complex ones
What is sentence combining
In mathematics, an incorrect version of an algorithm that, if followed, will yield wrong answers
What is buggy algorithm?
Cooperative learning environment focused on developing scientific thinking and metacognitive skills
What is inquiry-based learning?