Learning Theory/Practice
Mindsets
Vermont Licensure Portfolio
Interactive Instruction Tools
The Brain
100

It's the home state of ed theorist John Dewey.

What is Vermont?

100
This is the belief that nothing will change no matter how hard a student tries.

What is a fixed mindset?

100

It's how many Vermont Core Teaching Standards there are.

What is 10?

100

It is a tool that could be used to make short videos to share with a teacher or classmate. We used it to share our poem "I am from..."

What is Flip (or FlipGrid)?

100

It's the nickname for the evolutionarily oldest part of the brain.

What is the lizard brain?

200

She's the author of the "Framework".

Who is Charlotte Danielson?

200

She's responsible for developing the theory of Fixed vs Growth Mindsets.

Who is Carol Dweck?

200

The Vermont Core Learning Standards are broken into this many broad parts.

What is three?

200

It is a teacher-prepared hand-outs that outline lessons but leave blanks for key concepts, facts, definitions, etc. that the student fills in as the lesson progresses.

What is a guided note taker?

200

She's the author of our textbook that discusses a brain and culturally responsive method of instruction.

Who is Zaretta Hammond?

300

This theory believes that learning is extrinsic.

What is behaviorism?

300

Embracing challenges instead of avoiding challenges is an example of this.

What is a growth mindset?

300

An analysis of this many Performance Criterion (PC) are required in our VLP?

What is one?

300
It is a two dimensional barcode that can store data, accessed via a device with a camera.
What is a QR code (Quick Response code)?
300

It is the process by which the brain coats axons in a fatty substance to act as insulation and increase electrical transmission.

What is myelination?

400

Ed theorist Jerome Bruner asserted that all information must be coupled with existing knowledge in order to be learned and called it this.

What is spiral curriculum?
400

This makes us subconsciously give more significance to bad things than good things.

What is negativity bias?

400

Standard 10 is in regards to this.

What is Leadership and Collaboration?

400

It is a game-based learning platform that makes it easy to create, share and play learning games or trivia quizzes.

What is a Kahoot?

400

It is the "Wikipedia" of the brain.

What is the hippocampus?

500

It is the distance between what the learner can do by themselves and what they can do with help.

What is the ZPD or Zone of Proximal Development?

500

It's the college that Carol Dweck currently is a professor at.

What is Stanford University?
500

Our portfolios will include DAR, which is an acronym for this.

What is Description, Analysis, and Reflection?

500

It is an interactive online document with a collection of links for students to explore a subject at their own pace.

What is a hyperdoc?

500

It is the "communication and dispatch hub of the brain".

What is the thalamus?

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