To get students interested in paying attention to your lesson/topic
What is motivation
100
Developed the concepts of 'scaffolding' and the 'zone of proximal development'
What is Vygotsky
200
It helps students relate to the usefulness of learning the topic you are presenting
What is a real world or personal connection
200
Website that contains a wealth of resources compiled by this guru of technology integration
What is Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators
300
This helps students retrieve what they already know from a previous lesson or from personal experience that relates to the new learning about to be presented
What is activating prior knowledge
300
Multiple Intelligences
What is Howard Gardner
400
The question students should be able to answer at the end of every lesson
What is "How do people my age use this skill or knowledge in the real world?"
400
In his Shaking Up the Schoolhouse: Working on the Work he explored such concepts as student choice, the need for affiliation, and the need for students to feel free from adverse consequences of initial failure
What is Philip Schlechty
500
It is never the teacher
What is an authentic audience
500
Students build their own understanding in a student-centered environment