Evaluating Student Progress
What is a great way to prepare students for standardized/high stakes testing?
teach study and test-taking skills, provide study guides, play educational games, give them an overview of the content and format of the exam
What does ESL stand for?
English as a Second Language
What does SWPBIS stand for?
School Wide Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports
What are social stories?
Stories that help students understand the perspective of others and appropriate social behavior
What is a think-pair-share?
When a teacher pairs students randomly and give them a question, problem, or situation. Students individually think about the question, then discuss their responses with their partner, and finally several pairs are asked to share their responses with the class.
Teaching and prompting the use of relaxation techniques is a good way to address what?
Test anxiety
Name two different members from a comprehensive planning team.
Family members, school administration, general educators, special educators, school psychologists, speech language clinicians, etc
How many tiers are there in a SWPBIS?
Three tiers
Someone who offers job training, placement, and ongoing support in both competitive and supported employment environments is known as what?
Job Coach
Name three different types of outlines.
Strategic note-taking forms, listening guides, and skeleton/slot/frame outlines, or guided notes
What is progress monitoring?
Ongoing assessments used to examine students’ learning progress and effectiveness of teaching practices and instructional programs
Who typically serves as a liaison between home, school, and community service agencies?
Social Workers
Which tier of the SWPBIS is the most specialized for students with high-risk behavior?
Tier 3
An individual's ability to identify and take actions to achieve one's goals in life is also called what?
Self-determination
What are the two types of motivations?
Extrinsic motivation (tangible rewards)
Intrinsic motivation (internal based consequences)
What does CBM stand for?
Curriculum-based measurements: individualized, direct and repeated measures of students’ proficiency and progress
What is co-teaching?
Teachers work together to educate students in the inclusive classroom, providing all students with the assistance and expertise of two professionals
Name two examples of how to promote positive classroom behavior.
Listen actively to students, show interest in student's lives, share interests, complimenting students and celebrating their successes, etc.
Name two different types of transitions that students may face.
Transitioning to general education classrooms, transitioning culturally and linguistically diverse students, transitioning to new schools, transitioning to adulthood
Peer tutoring, class-wide peer tutoring, jigsaw, and learning together are all examples of what?
Cooperative learning
Portfolio assessment, educational games, observations, dynamic assessment, learning journal/logs
Name 3 examples of Technology-Based communications.
Weblogs, websites, e-mail, electronic calendars, twitter, podcasts, wikis, etc.
Making comments or using behaviors to interrupt misbehavior is an example of what?
Redirection
What are some ways that you can prepare students for the transitional process?
Teach classroom and school procedures and successful behaviors, Use pre-teaching, Develop student’s organization skills, Help students develop daily and weekly schedules
Name an activity that would develop student's cooperative skills.
Round robin, round table, paraphrase passport, talking chips, spend-a-buck, role delineation