SRB REVIEW FINALS

Ø  teachers’ another way of introducing a new idea to the students to stimulate their engagement in class.

Ø  can be used to introduce new ideas or to clarify puzzling aspects of topics with which students typically struggle.

Ø  involves the use of all senses

Ø  an act of recognizing and noting a fact or occurrence often involving measurement with instruments.

Ø helps construct reality and make sense of the classroom environment.

A teaching method in which the teachers ask the students to infer a conclusion, generalization, or pattern of relationships from a set of data or facts.

A strategy in which the learners work together in small groups to help one another achieve a common goal.

“ Seeking through methodical processes to add to one’s own body of knowledge and, hopefully, to that of others, by the discovery of non-trivial facts and insights”

Ø  an unrehearsed dramatization in which individuals improvise behaviors that illustrate acts expected from people involved in defined situations.

Ø  The learners assimilate information that is provided about their role and then act out the assigned role in accordance with their interpretation of how their character would behave in the fictional situation.

Ø  described as the process of applying game-related principles – particularly those relating to user experience and engagement- to nongame contexts such as education.

Ø  a mind-set and an approach to learning, collaboration, and problem-solving.

Ø  structured framework for identifying challenges, gathering information, generating potential solutions, refining ideas, and testing solutions.

Ø  ongoing process of gathering, analyzing, and interpreting evidence of student learning.

Ø  can be formative or summative.

Ø  occurs when assessments are integrated with instruction and help the teachers monitor the students’ progress, identify their learning needs, & adjust their instruction accordingly.

Ø  Teachers use assessment as an investigative tool to find out as much as they can about their what their students know and can do, and what confusions, preconceptions, or gaps they might have.

Ø  Enhance students’ motivation and commitment to learning. When teachers commit to learning as the focus of assessment, they change the classroom culture to one of student success.