Science of Teaching and Learning #1
a theory that proposes that intelligence is not a single, general ability, but rather a collection of distinct types of intelligences through which people learn and solve problems
What is Multiple Intelligences?
Theory that explains what motivates human behavior.
The theory suggests that people have five level of needs, often shown as a pyramid. These needs start with basic survival at the bottom and go up to personal growth at the top.
What is Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs?
This part of the lesson plan states what students will know or be able to do by the end of the lesson
What is the learning objective?
The overall process of gathering information to understand student learning and progress.It is used to guide instruction, measure student growth, and provide feedback to students and teachers.
What is assessment?
This person is responsible for developing lesson plans aligned with curriculum standards, leading whole-group instruction, and assessing student learning through tests, quizzes, projects, and informal observations.
Who is the classroom/general education teacher?
a teaching method that engages students' minds and bodies through active participation, discussion, and movement. It combines direct instruction with gestures, call-and-response, and student interaction to increase engagement, attention, and retention of learning.
What is Whole Brain Teaching?
Refers to the difference between what a learner can do independently and what they can achieve with guidance. Developed by Lev Vygotsky
What is the Zone of Proximal Development?
An active learning strategy that asks students to work together in order to answer a question or solve a problem.
Students are divided into pairs or small groups to discuss their thoughts and finally the whole class participates in a group discussion on the subject.
What is "Think-Pair-Share?"
This type of assessment evaluates students’ learning outcomes and achievement AT THE END OF AN INSTRUCTIONAL PERIOD
final project, exams, standardized tests
What is summative (formal) assessment?
This is the person that supports the teacher during lessons by setting up materials, distributing resources, or assisting with hands-on activities.
Reinforces lessons through one-on-one tutoring or small-group instruction, following the teacher’s guidance.
Who is the paraprofessional?
Learning through completing a project that requires students to apply knowledge and skills to solve a problem or answer a question. Students learn by doing, creating, and investigating rather than only listening to lessons.
What is Project-Based Learning (PBL)?
The support provided to students to help them achieve a task or understand a concept that they cannot yet complete independently.
What is scaffolding?
A graphical tool that represents the relationships between concepts. It is a visual representation of knowledge.
Helps to organize and structure information (main idea/details) in a way that makes it easier to understand and remember.
What are concepts maps?
This is a quick formative assessment tool used to measure student understanding and engagement
What is an exit ticket?
FERPA stands for this
What is the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act?
The psychologist who introduced the concept of the Zone of Proximal Development
Who is Lev Vygotsky?
A strategy that involves a gradual release of responsibility from the teacher to the student
What is "I Do, We Do, You Do?"
An instructional design model that helps educators design instruction to meet the needs of ALL learners. THIS IS A MODEL FOR ENGAGEMENT, BUT ALSO ABOUT FINDING WAYS FOR LEARNING TRANSFER
What is the 4-MAT Model?
This type of assessment includes ongoing checks for understanding THROUGHOUT the learning process
This could include: exit tickets, journals, discussions, short quizzes
What is formative (informal) assessment?
P.B.I.S stands for
What is Positive Behavioral Interventions and Support?
a teaching approach that gives students multiple ways to access information, show what they know, and stay engaged in learning: engagement, representation, and action/expression
What is Universal Design for Learning (UDL)?
An instructional approach where students actively explore real-world problems and challenges by engaging in extended projects.
Requires students to apply knowledge through hands-on activities and inquiry, fostering deeper understanding and retention.
What is Project-Based Learning?
a cooperative learning strategy that asks groups of students to become “experts” on different aspects of a topic and then share what they learn with their classmates.
What is the "jigsaw strategy?"
These are examples of what type of assessment
What is summative assessment?
Refers to the techniques, strategies, and practices that teachers use to maintain an organized, productive, and respectful learning environment.
What is classroom management?