Phiosophy
Classroom Management
The Art of Teaching
The Eight "Big Ideas" of Teaching
Miscellaneous
100

John Dewey proposed that people learn best by social interaction and problem solving. Dewey developed the scientific method of problem solving and experimental-ism. This led to which philosophy of education?

What is progressivism?

100
Giving trinkets, stickers and candy for a job well done is called..
What is Intrinsic motivation?
100

When a teacher provides clear expectations for students on a given task or assessment in a document form, this is a _____________

What is a rubric?

100

A philosophy for effective teaching that involves providing different students with different avenues to learning (often in the same classroom) in terms of: acquiring content is called

What is differentiated instruction?
100
What must a teacher do if they suspect abuse of a child?
What is alerting authorities?
200

The belief in teaching all students the same information and having the teacher initiate discussions to help the student question the validity of the topics. The belief was that you taught “everlasting” information to the students. The main idea was to stimulate thought provoking discussions from different topics presented to the student. As in essentialism the teacher is the center of the instruction.

What is perennialism?
200
The establishment and enforcement of rules and disciplinary actions is called
What is Classroom management?
200
Identify the three forms of assessment.
Diagnostic, Formative, Summative
200
Pair-share, jigsawing and project sharing is called
What is cooperative learning?
200
Two ways to effectively communicate with parents are:
What are emails, weekly newsletters, phone calls, conferences, folders?
300

Behind every school and every teacher is a set of related beliefs--that influences what and how students are taught. It represents answers to questions about the purpose of schooling, a teacher's role, and what should be taught and by what methods.

What is a philosophy of education?

300
This educator names his theory of classroom management "Behaviorism" because it rewards good behavior and sets consequences for bad behavior.
Who was B.F. Skinner?
300
Give an example of a summative assessment
A social studies post-test

A finished research paper

A spelling test


300

This is a general term for the explicit teaching of a skill-set using lectures or demonstrations of the material to students.

What is direct instruction?
300

These components including positive teacher-student relationships, strong content instruction, clearly defined parameters of acceptable student behaviors, use of effective monitoring skills, and appropriate consequences are called... 

What is an effective classroom management system?
400

Student-centered philosophies are another essential philosophy that educators should be aware of. By focusing on the needs of students, teachers are able to assist and teach students within the classroom ensuring a higher level of student success. 

What are progressivism, social reconstructionism, and existentialism?

400

This theorist named his classroom management Assertive Discipline: Positive Behavior Management for Today's Classroom

Who is Lee Canter?
400
What is another term for a cohesive package of representative product?
What is a portfolio?
400

Basically a theory -- based on observation and scientific study -- about how people learn. It says that people construct their own understanding and knowledge of the world, through experiencing things and reflecting on those experiences.

What is constructivisim?
400
The difference between evaluation and assessment is:

Assessment refers to the gathering of evidence of student learning whereas evaluation is making judgments about, and assigns values to the results of assessments.  

500

Educators of this approach teach the basic skills of math, natural science, history, foreign language and literature. The teacher is responsible for installing moral values that will help the student on the road to becoming an ideal citizen. The students are taught factual information The classroom setting is very rigid and disciplined. Students are rated academically by testing.

What is essentialism?
500
This theorist coined the phrase "withitness" demonstrating that the teacher knows what is going on in the classroom, sometimes with "eyes in the back of his/her head".
Who is Jacob Kounin?
500
What are the four types of curriculum?
Null, Informal, Formal, Extracurricular
500

 "Tell me and I forget, show me and I remember, involve me and I understand." The last part of this statement is the essence of what learning style?

What is inquiry-based learning?

500

The levels of Bloom’s taxonomy include: 

What are knowledge, comprehension, application, analysis, synthesis, and evaluation.