Name the Domain
This symbol represents the Instructional Support Domain.
What is a brain?
In the Instructional Support domain, this dimension monitors the frequency and quality of language stimulating techniques.
What is Language Modeling?
During toothbrushing, this indicator in Language Modeling, has educators using words like cavity, dentist, molar, and plaque.
What is Advanced Language?
This type of question requires more than a one-word response.
What is an open-ended question?
CLASS is the shortened name for this educator assessment tool.
What is Classroom Assessment Scoring System?
The heart represents this domain.
What is the Emotional Support domain?
In the Emotional Support domain, this dimension looks at how consistently educators are comforting, reassuring, and encouraging their children.
What is Teacher Sensitivity?
When a child is visibly upset during morning drop-off, this indicator in Teacher Sensitivity, guides the educator to acknowledge the child's emotions and provide comfort.
What is Responsiveness?
This teaching strategy asks educators verbally map out what they are doing as they are doing it.
What is self-talk?
During the Tree Study, an educator asks "What can you tell me about the trees on our playground?"
(Hint: Look at the Concept Development dimension!)
What is making a connection to the real world?
Classroom Organization is represented by this symbol.
What are bones?
In the Instructional Support domain, this dimension considers educators' ability to provide behavioral expectations and use effective redirection methods.
What is Behavior Management?
During lessons or activities, this indicator in Instructional Learning Formats, has educators stay involved and ask effective questions which expands children's involvement.
What is Effective Facilitation?
This type of feedback is an exchange of conversation that goes back and forth due to persistence by educators using follow-up questions.
What is a feedback loop?
They should be brief, efficient, and have learning embedded in it.
(Hint: Look at Productivity!)
What are the 3 behavioral markers for transitions?
One of the things this domain looks for is an educator's emotional connection to the children.
What is the Emotional Support domain?
In the Classroom Organization domain, this dimension focuses on the ways educators maximize students' interest, engagement, and ability to learn from lessons and activities.
What is Instructional Learning Formats?
When children are actively involved in learning activities, this indicator in Quality of Feedback guides educators to recognize their efforts and provide positive reinforcement which increase their persistence.
What is Encouragement and Affirmation?
This teaching strategy builds on what a child already understands by giving hints and assistance to help children get to an answer or complete a task.
What is scaffolding?
This indicator guides educators to frequently smile, laugh, and show enthusiasm in her classroom.
(Hint: Positive Climate)
What is Positive Affect?
This domain looks at how to manage behaviors, the frequency children are involved in learning activities, and the level of interest and engagement children have.
What is the Classroom Organization domain?
In the Emotional Support domain, this dimension observes how often educators allow choices, allow students to lead lessons, and give them responsibilities
What is Regard for Student Perspectives?
After reading a book about foods that grow on trees, children want to know more about banana trees. This indicator in Regard for Student Perspectives, has educators pause to show visuals and provide more information on banana trees.
What is Flexibility and Student Focus?
This teaching strategy involves a group discussion that produces ideas or solves problems.
What is brainstorming?
This domain is the most difficult to score high in.
What is Instructional Support?