Reader C
What percentage of American seventeen year olds can't place the civil war in the right half of the century? (Loewen, 1995)
2/3 of American 17 year olds can't place the civil war in the right hand of the century because these students are more focused on short term memorization and they forget what they were taught right after they are tested on it.
In centers, do teachers offer one option for students to complete their work or multiple options?(Tomlinson, 2017)
Teachers offer MULTIPLE options for students to complete their work and express what they have learned
What are the two MAIN issues surrounding teaching Social studies in the classroom? (Zarillo, 2012)
1. The role history should play in the social studies curriculum
2. The historical content that should be taught
What does rethinking a student mean? (Causton, 2015)
Rethinking a student means getting to know them and reflecting on the way you see, treat, and educate them
What group of students have the lowest level of success in recalling American History? (Loewen, 1995)
MINORITY STUDENTS have the lowest level of success in recalling American history because American history lesson often times alienate minority students.
Do parents of advanced learners normally trust or distrust schools? (Tomlinson, 2017)
Parents of advanced learners DISTRUST schools because their children have spent so much time waiting for others to learn what they already know
In what grade do students learn about the history of the United States? (Zarillo, 2012)
Students learn about the history of the United States in fifth grade
What does multiple intelligences imply? (Causton, 2015)
Multiple intelligences implies that every person is smart in different ways
What are the 4 categories of knowledge? (Pearson, 2005)
1. Factual knowledge
2. Conceptual knowledge
3. Procedural knowledge
4. Metacognitive knowledge
What is the difference between expecting much and expecting too much of a child? (Tomlinson, 2017)
If the task is too hard for a student it may cause tension and frustration, which can then lead to confusion or self-doubt for the child. If the student is self-doubting, you are expecting too much of a child.
Name two elements of effective social studies teaching (Zarillo, 2012)
- Contextual support
- Modify curricular content
- variety of lesson plans and teaching sequences
- cooperative learning
- critical thinking
- taught through a variety of resources
- curriculum should be transformed so that students learn about women, children, immigrants, etc.
Why is it important to presume competence? (Causton, 2015)
It is important to presume competence because teachers cannot always know what students understand, which is why they should assume that every student is competent and capable of learning.
What are the 6 changes under the cognitive process dimension? (Pearson, 2005)
1. Knowledge changed to remember
2. Comprehension changed to understand
3. Application changed to apply
4. Analysis changed to analyze
5. Evaluation changed to evaluate
6. Synthesis changed to create
What are some reasons that a parent may stay away from school? (Tomlinson, 2017)
- They didn't have a good experience when they went to school so going back makes things difficult for them
- They do not speak the same language as the teacher
- They have a cultural norm that the parent should not try and and take on the role of the teacher
- Their lives are too busy
Social studies content has been too dependent on what? (Zarillo, 2012)
What are the main components of age appropriate language? (Causton, 2015)
- Do not speak down to people with disabilities
- Make sure pop culture references are age appropriate
Is our revision of the original taxonomy a one-dimensional or two-dimensional framework? (Pearson, 2005)
Our revision of the original taxonomy is a TWO-DIMENSIONAL framework: Knowledge and Cognitive Processes.
True or false: We should ASSUME that parents do not care about their kids' education (Tomlinson, 2017)
FALSE: We should NOT assume that parents do not care about their kids' education
Name the four resources for good history teaching in an elementary classroom (Zarillo, 2012)
1. Primary sources
2. Children's fiction
3. Timelines
4. Field trips, virtual field trips, online expeditions
What is the safest way to respectfully address a person with disabilities? (Causton, 2015)
Person first language