PRET Unit 4 Vocabulary Quiz

What does TEKS stand for?

• Teaching Essential Knowledge and Skills

• TEKS Essential Knowledge and Skills

• Technical Education and Knowledge Standards

• Total Education Knowledge System

What are the objectives in an educational context?

• A tool used to collect and analyze student understanding

• Activities to engage students at the beginning of a lesson

• Statements that define what students should achieve after instruction

• The use of explicit teaching techniques and modeling

Bloom's Taxonomy is used to categorize learning objectives into how many levels?

• Four levels

• Five levels

• Six levels

• Seven levels

Which of the following is NOT one of the six levels of Bloom's Taxonomy?

• Remembering

• Understanding

• Evaluating

• Informing

What is the purpose of a Bell Ringer in the classroom?

• To collect and analyze student understanding

• To engage students and assess prior knowledge

• To apply what students just learned during direct instruction

• To justify a stand or decision on a subject

What does "Direct Instruction" refer to in an educational setting?

• An activity to engage students at the start of a lesson

• The use of explicit teaching techniques and modeling to teach a specific skill

• Practice with the teacher to apply what was just learned

• Application of new learning without support from the teacher or peers

What is the role of "Assessment" in education?

• To produce new or original work

• To recall facts and basic concepts

• To collect, analyze, and respond to information about student understanding

• To engage students with an activity or question

Use information in new situations

• Apply

• Analyze

• Evaluate

• Create

Produce new or original work.

• Rememberig

• Apply

• Create

• Evaluate

Justify a stand or decision

• Evaluate

• Justify

• Remember

• Understand