Instructional Practices
This is a brief activity at the beginning of class to prepare students for learning.
👉 What is Bellwork?
Learning through hands-on activities and movement.
👉 What is Kinesthetic Learning?
Teacher-centered instruction where information is directly presented.
👉 What is Direct Instruction?
An informal check for understanding during learning.
👉 What is Formative Assessment?
A diagram showing how a school is structured.
👉 What is Organizational Chart?
Teaching methods used to actively involve students in learning.
👉 What is Active Participation?
Learning style focused on solving problems and reasoning.
👉 What is Logical Learning?
Student-centered learning through exploration.
👉 What is Discovery Learning?
A check for understanding that identifies strengths and weaknesses.
👉 What is Diagnostic Assessment?
Schools funded by individuals rather than the government.
👉 What is Private School?
Adjusting lessons and assessments to meet student needs.
👉 What is Accommodation?
Learning by interacting with others and social situations.
👉 What is Interpersonal Learning?
Working in groups to complete tasks.
👉 What is Cooperative Learning?
Organizing learning tasks based on difficulty level.
👉 What is Depth of Knowledge?
A partner school connected to a religious organization.
👉 What is Parochial School?
Bringing lessons in agreement with standards.
👉 What is Aligned instruction?
Learning best in quiet, independent environments.
👉 What is Intrapersonal Learning?
Using slides like PowerPoint or Prezi to teach content.
👉 What is Electronic Presentation?
Information used to support decisions about students.
👉 What is Data?
A tax based on the value of property.
👉 What is Property Tax?
Interactive instruction between teacher and student.
👉 What is Guided Practice?
Using a model as an example to guide learning.
👉 What is Modeling?
A philosophical approach answering what and how to teach.
👉 What is Philosophy of Education?
Analyzing and interpreting student performance.
👉 What is Evaluation?
Personnel who support students’ health and well-being.
👉 What are Health Care Providers?