Category 1
What variable is most strongly associated with student achievement.
What is teacher effectiveness?
To systematically teach with the "SCREAM" variable is part of
The PASS variables
includes the instructional materials used for learning but also refers to the course of study for each discipline and the scope and sequence within each grade level necessary to build conceptual understanding
What is the curriculum?
Always raise your hand before speaking in class”) and “When dividing fractions, invert the divisor and multiply” are examples of
What is rule Rule Learning
principles involve developing materials or structuring the environment to improve accessibility for all learners
What is UDL
Making adjustments in order to meet the individual needs of all learners in an inclusive classroom.
What is Differentiated Instruction?
can be used as a guideline for planning, delivering, and evaluating effective inclusive instruction for specific students with special needs.
What is the PASS variable
the rate at which teachers and students proceed through the curriculum and is another way of prioritizing instruction.
What is pacing?
is particularly important when tasks need to become automatic, such as in basic literacy, math, and letter-formation skills.
What is fluency?
requires more in-depth thinking.
What is Higher-Level Questioning?
Students with special needs needs "earning" their right placement in the general education classroom classroom
What is mainstreaming?
state the outcomes of instruction in ways that allow you to find out whether your instruction was successful.
What are objectives
environmental adaptations to accommodate low vision (e.g., clear routes through the classroom) or hearing ability (e.g., carpets to reduce extraneous noise)
What is sensory adaptations?
applying learned skills or content to relevant contexts
What is Application?
last S in PASS
What is systematic evaluation?
Moving a student away from a pencil sharpner is differentiation in what environment.
What is learning environment?
refer to the breadth and depth of content
What are scopes and sequence?
Direct teaching of literacy skills and strategies
Books on tape
Text-to-speech systems
Peer reading/writing assistance
Hands-on/activity-oriented instruction
What is Literacy adaptation?
the ability to transfer previous learning to novel situations.
What is Generalization
the frequent and systematic monitoring of learner progress toward prespecified goals and objectives.
What is Formative Evaluation?
Adaptations that do not involve changing the goals and objective of instruction
What are accommodations?
ntroduced in 2011 is a state-led effort to provide a clear and consistent framework in order to prepare students for college and the workforce by the time they graduate from high school.
The Common Core State Standards Initiative
determining how one stimulus is either the same as or different from another stimulus.
What is Discrimination Learning
Slow the pace of instruction, and provide for additional practice.
Use modeling and demonstrations.
Provide lots of reinforcement for accurate responding.
What is Acquisition?
tests are given at the end of a school year to determine how much was learned during the year
What is summative evaluation?