Learning Centers
Whole-Class Approach
Definitions
Teacher Questions
People
100
Extension of activities after finishing assigned work, but is still related to topic.
What is enrichment center.
100
A frame of reference or an organizing schema for the information they are about to learn.
What is an advance organizer.
100
Statement that describes what you expect students to be able to do as a result of your teaching.
What is learning objective.
100
Helping students arrive at conclusions based on their own analysis of specific information.
What is induction questions.
100
Theorist who developed the structure of knowledge approach.
Who is Jerome Bruner.
200
Alternative materials and activities for review or part of the curriculum that students may have found difficult.
What is reinforcement centers.
200
A reading tool to help students incorporate the textbook by making several passes through the material.
What is multipass reading.
200
Organizes content along a continuum ranging from specific to general. It includes three basic content types: facts, concepts, and generalizations.
What is structure of knowledge.
200
Helping students to see whether specific information is consistent with a general principle.
What is deductive questions.
200
Direct instructional approach.
What is Madelyn Hunter.
300
Variety of learning materials related to the common topic in response to the diversity in the classroom.
What is alternative-materials centers.
300
Tool for helping students build on prior knowledge and relate their previous understanding to the new material.
What is an anticipation guide.
300
Socially transmitted knowledge acquired from others
What is acquired knowledge.
300
Helping students look for errors in logic or in a procedure.
What is error-analysis questions.
300
Explicit teaching approach.
Who is Barak Rosenshine.
400
Learning approach that is used when there is a wide ability range in the classroom. Competition between classroom teams or what we are doing right now!
What is student teams.
400
The teacher is in charge of the classroom and controls the presentation of new information by following a systematic step-by-step approach.
What is direct instruction.
400
Members of the class engage in direct experience and make personal discoveries.
What is discovered knowledge.
400
Helping students draw a conclusion based on support or position they have taken.
What is constructing-support questions.
400
Active teaching.
Who is Good and Brophy.
500
Each person in a group accomplishes part of a larger assignment using "home" group and the "expert" group techniques.
What is jigsaw.
500
Technique used for managing large quantities of information and has identified as critical for students to know or understand.
What is concept attainment.
500
Individuals analyze, integrate, and synthesize new information to develop or construct.
What is knowledge construction.
500
Helping students identify patterns and relate them to new content.
What is abstracting questions.
500
Authors of "Effective Teaching in Elementary Social Studies"
Who is Savage and Armstrong.
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