Vocabulary: Midterm
Comparison: Midterm
Theories
Teaching in Non-Traditional Settings
Instruction/ Learning Types
100
Perceptiveness about one's own emotinal state and knowledge of one's own strengths and weaknesses.
What is intrapersonal
100
Describe extrinsic versus intrinsic motivators, and give an example of each.
Intrinsic: sparked by one's own interest or curiosity, or just for the pure enjoyment of an experience; an example could include performing a daily task for the enjoyment it brings. Extrinsic: individuals are influenced to action from external or environmental factors, such as rewards, punishments, or social pressures; an example of this could be putting in overtime at work to earn extra money.
100
Individuals are aroused to action by innate needs and intrinsic pressures rather than by extrinsic rewards or punishments.
What is needs theory
100
Is a term for a process of analyzing what is going on in a picture. It is often abbreviated VTS
What are "visual thinking strategies?"
100
is a type of learning that requires students to work together in its task, goal, and reward
What is Cooperative learning?
200
Children with disabilities are to be included in the regular classroom to the greatest extent possible.
What is Least Restrictive Environment (LRE)
200
Describe in-context versus out-of-context teaching approaches and give an example of each.
In-context: skills and knowledge are acquired at the point that they are needed and in real-life situations; an example may be teaching a child how to change a flat tire on a bike by actually performing the process together. Out-of-context: learning is unconnected to a real, immediate need; an example may be having a child read about how to change a flat tire on a bike.
200
Gardner's Multiple Intelligences theory (name all eight)
What is logical-mathematical, linguistic, musical, spatial, bodily-kinesthetic, interpersonal, intrapersonal, and naturalist
200
This is an approach to teaching art that has some sort of relationship to the area around the school.
What is Community Based Art Education?
200
Is a type of instruction that aims to provide students with both procedural and factual knowledge
What is Direct Instruction
300
Describes teacher's own intentions for students' growth and change.
What are instructional objectives
300
Describe Differentiated Learning (also called Differentiation) versus Differential Treatment.
Differentiated Learning (or Differentiation): refers to instruction that has been modified from a standard approach to meet the needs of particular students; Differential Treatment: refers to the differences between educational experiences of the majority race, class, culture, or gender and those of minorities.
300
An approach to motivation that emphasizes the centrality of external events in directing behavior and in the importance of reinforcers.
What is behavioral theory
300
They are 3 examples of CBAE programs right here in Tucson
What are BICAS, the Tucson Museum, and the drawing studio ?
300
Much of what humans learn comes through the observation of others
What is Social Cognitive Theory?
400
A student who is likely to perceive situations "as a whole" rather than in "parts"; likely to see the big picture in most problem situations.
What is a field-dependent learner
400
Describe the "Assertive Discipline" versus the "Caring Classroom" approaches to classroom management.
Assertive Discipline: control classrooms by insisting on appropriate behaviors and by responding assertively to student infractions; Caring Classroom: a constructivist, child-centered approach that encourages self-management.
400
the three basic questions of VTS
What are 1. What might be going on in this picture? 2. What makes you think that? 3. What more can you tell me about the image?
400
a visual that illustrates the field between what a student can do unaided, and what the student cannot do at all
What is the zone of proximal development?
500
A type of motivation that "...become important when students and teachers come to value the support and friendship of their peers"
What are affiliative motives
500
Describe Positive Reinforcement versus Negative Reinforcement and give an example of each.
Positive Reinforcement: a stimulus event following desired behaviors that enhance the probability the behavior will be repeated; an example could be giving a student praise each time he or she speaks up in class (the positive reinforcer is the praise). Negative Reinforcement: a stimulus event that is removed after particular behaviors, also increases likelihood that the behavior will be repeated; an example could be drivers avoid speeding so that they will not get a ticket (the ticket is the negative reinforcer)
500
students develop critical thinking skills, learn to verbalize more clearly their hypothetical thought process, and learn that two or more people can have different views and ideas and they will all be right
What are some of the benefits of practicing visual thinking strategies?
500
a method of developing a students ability by breaking down the tasks into smaller steps so that the students can build a foundation of knowledge
What is scaffolding?