An approach to teaching which the teacher transmits information directly to the student.
What is direct instruction?
100
Clearly laid out information and transitional statements about the structure of the lesson increases student understanding.
What is lesson structure?
100
A method that helps teachers find out whether students understand a lesson, such as questioning.
What is learning probe?
100
An abstract idea that is generalized from specific examples.
What is concept?
100
A discussion among the whole class with the teacher as the moderator.
What is whole-class discussion?
200
Brief statements that describe what students will be expected to learn by the end of the school year, lesson, or class.
What is learning objectives?
200
When teachers give clear indications about the most important elements of the lesson.
What is lesson emphasis?
200
Videos that are put in to class lessons to help children learn and retain information.
What is embedded videos?
200
The ability to use knowledge gained in situation to new situations.
What is transfer of learning?
200
A discussion among four to six student working independently of the teacher.
What is small-group discussion?
300
Introductory statements that remind the students of what they have already learned.
What is advance organizer?
300
The use of direct, simple, and well-organized language to present concepts.
What is lesson clarity?
300
Teachers can use these to encourage students to think further about information they learned previously or to get a discussion started.
What are questions?
300
Teaching practices of effective teachers are recorded through classroom observations.
What is process-product studies?
300
Concepts that concern a students attitudes or values.
What is affective objectives?
400
An outline of the lesson that shows students where the lesson is going and what they should know by the end of the lesson.
What is a road map?
400
At the beginning of a lesson establish a positive mental set in the students.
What is orienting students to the lesson?
400
Responses spoken by the entire class at the same time.
What is choral response?
400
Discussion helps with understanding different sides of _______________ topics.
What is controversial?
500
This will make sure students have mastered prerequisite skills.
What is reviewing prerequisites?
500
Teachers take in to account and link what students already know and then emphasize concepts and principles rather than just facts and skills to make a statement clear.
What is explanations?
500
The order in which the students are called on by the teacher to answer questions during a lesson.
What is calling order?
500
A teaching approach in which students are given similar and unsimiliar things in order to describe a concept.
What is examples?
500
Discussion allows for students to understand _________ concepts; those that are challenge a simplistic way of thinking.