What are the 4 concepts of curriculum according to "This We believe"?
100
START
What is the acronym that is created from Student Centered, Teach of Understanding, Assess for learning, Rigor and relevance, and teach for learner differences?
100
Student centered ( more responsibility placed on the student) May or may not imply student centered learning/engagement... focus on students choosing an academic path.
emphasis on cognitive dev.
subject and content area organization
traditional instruction dominates
6-8 class periods / day
What is a junior high?
100
Kansas City Chiefs
What is Renee's favorite NFL team?
200
Making instructional decisions, Monitoring students progress, Evaluating students achievements, Evaluating programs
What are the four purposes of assessments?
200
CCSSO (organization that works with creating state standards)
What is the Council of Chief State School Officers
200
stage one: identify desired results
stage two: determine what evidence will be needed in order to achieve desired results
stage three: plan experiences and instruction around what you hope to achieve.
What is backwards design?
200
Physical, Intellectual, Emotional, Social, Character
What are the 5 developmental factors of a middle level learner?
200
Strawser
What is our teachers name?
300
Assessment while students are working on an assignment, provides direct feedback, and monitors learning.
What are types of formative assessments?
300
Teachers sharing curriculum maps with intent of choosing a theme around which complementary content and skills may revolve.
What is the multidisciplinary approach?
300
Incorporating content, process and product as a whole.
Make learning fun
Give clear instructions
Demand students’ attention
Are organized
Get students moving and involved in instruction
Don’t take anger out on students
What are traits of a good teacher?
400
Forced choice items, Essays, Short Written Responses, Oral/Reports, Teacher observations, student self-assessment.
What are the seven forms of classroom assessment?
400
A more involved strategy for connecting curriculum in which themes tend to be more conceptual in nature rather than content based.
What is the interdisciplinary approach?
400
Identifying similarities and differences
Summarizing and note taking
Reinforcing effort
Homework and practice
Nonlinguistic Representation
Cooperative Learning
Setting Objectivies and Providing Feedback
Generating and Testing Hypotheses
Cues, Questions and advance organizers
What are the nine categories of instruction?
400
being a teacher outside the classroom, be that be in the lunchroom, at a sports event, in the hallways, or at student events.
What is a wayside teacher?
400
Sara Davis Powell
Who is the author of the book "Introduction to Middle School"?
500
An assessment tool used to speak to "how good is good enough"
What is a rubric?
500
Curriculum intended to be the whole, planned curriculum of the entire middle school. Themes tend to be chosen for study should result from intersection of problem-based students concerns and social issues.
What is integrative curriculum?
500
Noted researcher and author concerning brain functioning and believes brain based learning is an idea that can solve education problems.