Theories & Theorists
Places of Schools in Society
Mental Models
Teach Like a Champion Techniques
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100

This theory states that learning environments can be shaped through operant conditioning.

Behaviorism

100

Name two major areas of teacher shortage.

ESL, ESE, Bilingual, Math, and Science

100

Failing to notice a fully visible event because focus is intensely on something else. 

Inattentional Blindness

100

An example would be a teacher asking students to simultaneously display their written solution on whiteboards.

Show Me

100

Students enter class, immediately begin a brief written task aligned to prior learning, and require no teacher prompting.

Do Now

200

A way of teaching that centers on the use of questions by the teacher to lead students to a certain conclusion 

Socratic Method

200

Shapes how we think and behave by guiding social practices. 

Culture

200

Decline of memory retention when there is no review of information. 

Forgetting Curve

200

A teacher walks the room collecting evidence aligned to the lesson objective rather than simply monitoring behavior.

Active Observation

200

A teacher consistently expects students to answer in complete, grammatically correct sentences during academic discussions.

Format Matters

300

Who theorized that children should be treated with kindness and love? 

Pestalozzi

300

See education as a competitive edge in moving up in society.

Social mobility

300

Unlimited capacity storage system that holds information and experiences.

Long-Term Memory

300

Anticipating likely errors during lesson planning.


Plan for Error

300

A teacher introduces a challenging primary source by emphasizing its value and expressing confidence that students can master it.

Without Apology

400

This cognitive theorist believes that development happens in stages.

Jean Piaget

400

Learning from family and community that culture is dynamic and constantly evolving.

Enculturation

400

Cognitive lag happens when you switch from one task to another, leaving part of your brain still focused on the unfinished task. 

Attention Residue

400

Before introducing a new concept, the teacher verifies that all students have successfully completed the prerequisite task.

Affirmative Checking

400

As students solve a problem, the teacher records the solution on the board exactly as students should organize it in their notebooks.

Board = Paper

500

Teacher-centered philosophy based on idealism, with a focus on teaching core content and memorizing basic facts. 

Essentialism

500
Schools prepare students for societal roles based on standardized assessments. 

Social efficiency

500

Has limited capacity and can temporarily hold information.

Working Memory

500

After a student responds, "I don't know," the teacher provides scaffolding and returns to the student to help the student answer correctly. Which principle is the teacher reinforcing?

No Opt Out

500

Students independently annotate a text because they know their thinking will later be discussed and supported with textual evidence.

Accountable Independent Reading