Flexible and powerful tool for grouping students to promote collaboration
What is cooperative learning
100
A way of showing students something that would be difficult to convey through words alone.
What is demonstration
100
A teacher's teaching, how they teach, the methods they choose; all about communication among teachers and students and used to enhance the understanding and skill development of students with regard to the content and concepts we teach.
What is instruction
200
Using research of the human brain to determine how which methods of teaching are more effective and to determine how students learn most effectively
What is brain-based learning
200
Positive interdependence, face-to-face interaction, individual accountability, interpersonal skills, group processing
What are the elements of cooperative learning
200
Process of understanding a principle, making a conjecture, and applying the knowledge to see if it holds true.
What is generating and testing hypothesis
200
Clarifying and consolidating material already learned and then repeating the information or skill
What is drill and practice
300
Shifting our focus to learning as a means of measuring instructional effectiveness, taking on a student perspective
What is student-focused instruction
300
Active student engagement, variety of strategies, student choice, student inquiry, student responsibility, built-in ongoing assessment of learning
What are the characteristics of student-focused instruction
300
Techniques that activate prior knowledge and/or set the stage for and bridge the way to, new knowledge
What are cues, questions, and advance organizers
300
A tool that utilizes visual displays to categorize information, make connections, and promote critical thinking
What is graphic organizers
300
One of the categories of knowledge and skills, those skills we want students to remember from lessons and units
What is essential knowledge and skills
400
Reversing our thinking and first considering our desired results, rather than the content we are going to teach
What is backward design
400
Stage 1: Identify desired results
Stage 2: Determine evidence of achievement
Stage 3: Plan instruction to achieve and demonstrate results
What are the stages of backward design
400
Involves identification of important characteristics and then comparing, classifying, creating metaphors and analogies
What is identifying similarities and differences
400
Prompting students to think on different levels, encouraging open-ended responses and deep levels of understanding
This tool can be as simple as involving awareness of surroundings or as complex as making judgments that lead to actions
What are thinking skills
500
Readiness, interest, and learning profile
What are the elements on which to base differentiation
500
Techniques that address students' attitudes, beliefs, and motivation concerning the connection of effort and success
What is reinforcing effort and providing recognition
500
A method that allows students to teach students; students are put into groups and each member reads a certain section of a passage, then each member shares the information about their section and the group discusses the reading as a whole
What is jigsaw grouping
500
Used as a hook to catch students' interest and motivate them, satisfies their need for control