Growth & Development
Developmental Theorists
Modalities & Pedagogies
Assessment Practices
Types of Assessment
100

Name the five domains of development that make up the acronym CLAPS.

Physical, cognitive, language, social-emotional, and approaches to learning.

100

This theorist proposed eight stages of psychosocial development, each focused on a specific life crisis.

Who is Erik Erikson?

100

These are the three primary learning modalities.

What are visual, auditory, and kinesthetic?

100

This type of assessment monitors progress during learning and includes examples such as exit tickets and quizzes.

What is formative assessment?

100

This type of assessment uses a list of observable behaviors or skills that are checked off.

What is a checklist?

200

This type of development involves changes in body size, appearance, and movement and functioning of body systems.

Physical development

200

He introduced the concept of the "Zone of Proximal Development," emphasizing social learning through an More Knowledgeable Other.

Who is Lev Vygotsky?

200

This type of pedagogy engages students in answering in-depth questions to discover new concepts.

What is Inquiry Pedagogy?

200

This term describes whether a test measures what it’s intended to.

What is validity?

200

These provide evidence of authentic learning and application of skills.

What are work samples?

300

One key characteristic of Piaget’s preoperational stage of cognitive development that occurs between 2-7 years.

Egocentrism or symbolic play.

300

This theorist identified multiple intelligences, including linguistic, logical-mathematical, and bodily-kinesthetic.

Who is Howard Gardner?

300

This teaching approach focuses on real-world problem solving and application hands on, fostering critical thinking and collaboration.

What is project-based learning?  

300

Aligning assessments with these ensures they measure the skills and knowledge students are expected to achieve.

What are learning standards?

300

This assessment documents real-time observations of behavior or performance to track progress.

What are running records?

400

The photo below is an example of what domain of development?

Social Emotional or Cognitive

400

This term refers to gradually increasing complexity and providing temporary support in learning.

What is scaffolding?

400

This type of learning focuses on weaving together multiple subjects in application and learning.

What is integrative pedagogy?

400

This is an example of which type of assessment? 

What is summative assessment?

400

Asking a student to name letters or inviting them to solve a math problem is an example of this type of assessment.

What is an elicited response assessment?

500

This type of development impacts a child's problem-solving, emotional expression, and ability to form relationships, therefore affecting many of the other domains of development.

What is language development

500

This image depicts an assessment of conservation of matter, a key skill that Piaget theorized that children understand fully during this stage.

Concrete Operational

500

This common classroom practice brings together all three modalities and is considered good practice in middle and upper level education settings.

What is hand writing notes?

500

Ultimately this is the only purpose for assessment.

What is to inform instruction?

500

How the following observation can be described: "The child seemed uninterested in the activity and probably didn't understand what was happening because they looked bored and weren’t paying attention."

What is subjective?

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