Chapters 1 and 2
Chapters 3,5 and 6
Chapters 6 and 7
Chapters 8, 9 and 10
Chapters 11,12,and 13
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Teaching is an art, science, or both? Support your position with classroom examples.
What is ............ Art - natural teaching instrincts Science - taught specific teaching methods and strong fouindational knowledge
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How are hearing and listening different?
What is Hearing - "when eardrum vibration caused by souond impulses is transmitted to the brain" Listening - "when the brain assigns meaning to the transmitted impulses"
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What are instructional objectives?
precise communications of learning intent - outlines behavior, conditions, and criterion
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the process of making a judgment about student performance
What is evaluation
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develop effective problem solvers able to solve everyday problems, to teach academic information, and to develop inquiry skills
What are the major intended outcomes of the problem-solving approach to learning
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Willing to share self with students, has positvie expectations for students, excited about teaching, caring, values diversity, and collaborates.
What are six common dispositions and attitudes that effective teachers should hold?
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planning well, using time effectively, teaching at the appropriate level of learners, and showing respect for learners.
What specific steps a teacher can take to be an effective classroom manager.
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What are informational objectives and give an example.
- abbreviated objectives - specify the student performance and the product
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the gathering of information (data) for making evaluation judgments
What is assessment
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Level I is the traditional teacher-directed method where the teacher provides the problem and procedure leading to the intended conclusion. Level II is where the teacher or textbook provide the problem, but learners develop a process for solving the problem. Level III gives learners almost total self-direction.
What are the three major levels of problem-based learning
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Explain the importance of each of the six common dispostions and attidues that effective teachers should possess and how they effect you as a classroom teacher...
willing to share self with students - positive expecatations for students - caring- excited about teaching- values diversity collaborates -
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What is the importance of the communication process in the classroom and how does the use of classroom space influence the communication process?
Communication essential in school functions - teacher teaches and learner learns - words, writing, and reading in the communication process importance of nonverbal communication physical room makeup on the interaction patterns of a classroom physical environment impact
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instruction that involves all learners in all activities at the same time will vary.
What is teacher -centered instruction
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What is the time provided for the first student response to a question?
Wait-time
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What is the teacher's role when introducing and using simulations and games as an instructional method?
preparing the class attitude and environment for planned simulations and games must prepare learners involved in simulations not to emphasize being a winner, rules, play the games themselves prior to using them in their classroom .......etc
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What is the importance of differentiated instruction in planning instruction?
What is all learners are different. As such, as much as possible, teachers need to adapt instruction to the uniqueness of the learners and their style of learning. Teachers may have regular learners, gifted learners, limited English learners, and learners with disabilities in the same class. Instruction needs to be adapted to these different groups because they will most likely learn differently.
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What is the importance of educational standards in teaching?
schools and teachers should know what learners at the different grade levels are expected to learn. - call for the need for standards to be established at both the national and state levels. - most states have established a set of expectations etc... - expectations met by all learner subgroups
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an interactive model that enables learners to work and learn at different paces and use different materials
What is student-centered instruction
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an interaction approach that is most appropriate for developing skills or presenting basic information - format is for teachers to present information, provide examples, and give learners opportunities to practice and provide feedback - practice is followed by questioning, review and practice, and correction of errors
What is the direct teaching method
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What could you do in your classroom to make it more conducive to the development of thinking skills?
reflective teacher model of reflective thinking teach students to be reflective about what they learn etc.......
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engage in quality planning and preparation, prepare a positive classroom environment, use proven intructional techniques, and exhibit professional behavior
What are four main skill areas for effective teaching.
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cognitive, affective, and psychomotor
What are three domains of learning
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Describe and discuss the variables that should be considered in the selection of an appropriate instructional method and lesson procedure.
content and objectives, teacher characteristics, learner characteristics, and the learning environment related to the learning domain, goals and objectives maturity level of the learners and their abilities Environmental factors such as ....
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These ASK for only factual recall or specific correct answers (one right answer) Teachers often rely on them
What are Narrow Questions
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can be improved in everyone formulate vital, precise questions of inquiry, interpret information against relevant criteria, think open mindedly within alternative systems of thought, and communicate solutions of complex problems
What is characteristics of critical thinker