Classroom Instruction That Works Ch 1-6

What happens when feedback provides explicit guidance that helps students adjust their learning?

• There is a greater impact on achievement.

• Students are more likely to take risks with their learning.

• They are more likely to keep trying until they succeed.

• They are more likely to feel confident and not do their homework.

Which of these is not a recommendation for setting objective in the classroom?

• Engage students in setting personal learning objectives.

• Set learning objective that are vague so all students feel they reached them.

• Connect the learning objectives to pervious and future learning.

• Communicate the learning objectives to students and parents.

Why are rubrics helpful for giving feedback?

• They are subjective and depend on the teacher's mood.

• They are vague so students don't know where they went wrong.

• They shame students for not doing well, but inn a professional manner.

• They give students detailed information for each score level.

What are three recommended practices for provding recognition?

• Provide praise that is specific and aligned with expected performance and behaviors.

• Use concrete symbols of recognition

• Highlight students in front of the class to enourage others to do better.

• Promote a mastery-goal orientation.

Saying something like "You always do such wonderful work" is a specific and sincere praise.

• True

• False

Stickers, coupons, awards, and treats are examples of what symbol of recognition?

(a)  

What are the two most essential elements for a learning activity, according to Johnson & Johnson (1999)?

• -Face-to-Face Promotive Interaction

  -Group Processing

• -Positive Interdependance

  -Individual Accountablilty

• -Group Accountability

  -Verbal Communication

• -Small Group Skills

  -Emotional Stability

Small groups should be limited to how many students?

(a)  

What is NOT a reason to incorporate cooperative learning?

• It encourages talking, which can be a distraction for others.

• It helps nearly all students meet standards, by using multiple methods of delivery.

• It encourages creativity when learning about a subject.

• It provides students with opportunities to be a viable part of a collaborative group.

How are group cues and questions similar?

• They both catch the student unprepared so the teacher can correct them.

• They both activate student's prior knowledge and give thm and idea of what they will learn.

• They both are used in theater staging to help the actor get into character more.

• They both are ineffective methods in classroom instruction.