Attitudes
From which set are the following skills?
Gross motor skills
Fine motor skills
Spatial awareness
Organization
Time managment
Safety
Healthy lifestyle
Codes of behavior
Informed choices
Answer Choices
A. Thinking Skills
B. Social Skills
C. Communication Skills
D. Self-Management Skills
E. Research Skills
No content should be taught outside of the IB Planner.
Transdisciplinary learning strengthens students' conceptual thinking, and therefore future learning. However, IB does not rule out separately teaching certain content outside of the planners.
Most IB Planners develop three key concepts corresponding to the three lines of inquiry in addition to other useful concepts related to the central idea.
Research indicates that students are motivated by the opportunity to take action.
True.
Edward Boyer's research indicates that students are very motivated by the opportunity to identify their interests within the content area, and by the opportunity to pursue their interests.
From which set are the following skills?
Accepting responsibility
Respecting others
Cooperating
Resolving conflict
Group decision-making
Adapting a variety of group roles.
Answer choices
A. Thinking Skills
B. Social Skills
C. Communication Skills
D. Self-Management Skills
E. Research Skills
-Because the transdisciplinary themes apply to all countries
-Because the transdisciplinary themes support connections across content areas
-Because we can
-Because when the students return to the transdisciplinary theme during the next year, they will discover how much fits in that cateogry
-Concepts remain after certain details are forgotten
-Concepts are a natural component of making meaning
-Concepts represent our homebase categories
-Concepts are Timeless, Abstract, Universal, and Transferable (TAUT)
-Concept-based learning prepares students to apply their thinking to new situations, something that untransferable information doesn't do
It is too dangerous to guide students through the Action Cycle.
Choosing, acting, and reflection are all phases of the Action Cycle. Choosing and reflecting are natural roadblocks against trouble.
From which set are the following skills?
Formulating questions
Observing
Planning
Collecting data
Recording data
Organizing data
Interpreting data
Presenting research findings
Answer choices
A. Thinking Skills
B. Social Skills
C. Communication Skills
D. Self-Management Skills
E. Research Skills
Which transdisciplinary theme is this?
Inquiry into the natural world and its laws, the interaction between the natural world (physical and biological) and human societies; how humans use their understanding of scientific principles; the impact of scientific and technological advances on society and on the environment.
Answer ChoiceWho we are.
Who we want to be.
Where we are in place and time.
Where is my car.
How we express ourselves.
How the world works.
How we organize ourselves.
Sharing the planet.
How the world works.
Concepts are like the branches of a Christmas tree. It is possible to stack ornaments on the ground instead of hanging them. However the branches are natural features of the tree anyway. Why not use them to hang the ornaments?
True.
Children are too young to want to make a difference in the world.
Children pay attention to the world around them and it is a natural impulse to want to make it better.
From which set are the following skills?
Listening
Speaking
Reading
Writing
Presenting
Non-verbal communication
Answer Choices
A. Thinking Skills
B. Social Skills
C. Communication Skills
D. Self-Management Skills
E. Research Skills
Which transdisciplinary theme explores the following range of recurring themes?
Inquiry into the interconnectedness of human-made systems and communities; the structure and function of organizations; societal decision-making; economic activities and their impact on humankind and the environment
Answer Choices
Who we are.
Where we are in place and time.
How we express ourselves.
How the world works.
How we organize ourselves.
How we organize our materials.
Sharing the planet.
How we organize ourselves
Concepts provide a lot of "bang for your buck" compared to unsorted details because they are universal and the student will be equipped to transfer the concept to many situations in the future.
Just kidding: True.
Student-driven action provides an opportunity for students to cultivate personal resilience and confidence.
True.
Setbacks, reflection, and revision are great sources of resilience and confidence.From which set are the following skills?
Acquisition of knowledge
Comprehension
Application
Analysis
Synthesis
Evaluation
Dialectical thought
Metacognition
Answer Choices
A. Thinking Skills
B. Social Skills
C. Communication Skills
D. Self-Management Skills
E. Research Skills
Which transdisciplinary theme deals with the following?
Inquiry into rights and responsibilities in the struggle to share finite resources with other people and other living things; communities and the relationship within and between them; access to equal opportunities; peace and conflict resolution.
Who we are.
Where we are in place and time.
How we express ourselves.
How the world works.
How we organize ourselves.
Sharing the planet.
Sharing the salad.
Sharing the planet.
Michelle Obama is intimidated by concept-based learning.