Show:
Ch.2, 5,&6
Ch. 7&8
Ch.9&10
Ch. 11& 12
Ch. 13
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Effective teachers start communicating with parents at the

  • Begging of the year
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What are some advantages to having a block schedule?

  • Fewer classes, reduces chaos in the halls, teachers prepare for fewer classes and work, and can help teachers make the lessons more student center.
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What is the difference between Standardized tests and teacher-made tests?

  • ST: Tests are prepared and published by assessment specialists
  • TM: developed by teachers to address specific classroom situations.
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In a classroom discussion, what is the main goal?

  • To get the students to talk more about what is being discussed than the teacher.
100

What are some benefits and limitations associated with simulations and games?

  • Simulations are problem situations that are intended to represent reality.
  • Games (educational) involve students in decision making roles
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What are some helpful ways in making classroom instruction more effective, efficient, and appealing?

  • Podcasting, blogging, tagging, RSS, social bookmarking, and social networking.
200

What is a cumulative record?

  • A file that holds information collected on students during the school years.
200

How long should a teacher wait before students should start to answer their questions?

  • 3-5 seconds
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How would you define thinking?

An act of withholding judgment to use knowledge and experience to find new information, concepts, or conclusions.

200

What provides students with needed accuracy or speed? One teaching method deals with recall of association and the other focuses on improvement?

Drill and Practice

300

Student-centered curriculum can be described as

  • a way to focus on the students needs, interest, and activities
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What is the thematic unit?

The organizational structure of interdisciplinary/ curriculum- integrated teaching

300

What are some benefits of assigning grades?

Outlines exactly what students must do to earn a certain grade

evaluate instructional effectiveness and communicate achievements 

compares students performances

300

What is Discovery Learning?

it is intentional learning through supervised problem solving following the scientific method of investigation.  

300

Who said, "In doing we learn"?

George Herbert