Founders
Theories
Approaches
Terms/ Phrases
Assessment
100

Behaviorism

Who is B.F Skinner?

100

Value a child’s naturally inquisitive and developing mind to foster learning in an intuitive and natural way.

What is Maria Montessori?

100

Questions that require more than a short, fixed response.

What are open ended questions?

100

Variety of methods that teachers use to conduct in-process evaluations of student comprehension, learning needs, and academic progress during a lesson .

What is Formative assessment?

200

Pragmatism

Who is John Dewey?

200

Vygotsky

What is Social theory - Scaffolding?

200

Views young children as individuals who are curious about their world and have the powerful potential to learn from all that surrounds them

What is Reggio Emilia approach?

200

An emotional bond between infant and one or more adults.

What is Attachment?

200

Any method of evaluation performed at the end of a unit that allows a teacher to measure a student's understanding, typically against standardized criteria.

What is Summative assessment?

300

NAEYC

Who is Patti Hill?

300

 Jean Piaget

What are four stages of cognitive development?

300

A teaching method in which students learn by actively engaging in real-world and personally meaningful projects

What is project based learning?

300

Courses that managers and educators undertake to improve their teaching and management practice

What is professional development?

400

A desirable stimulus  introduced to encourage certain behavior.

What is Positive Reinforcement?