EDUC 220 Week 11

1. You are teaching a lesson and you realize that some students look confused or they are zoning out. The best response would be to:

• Make a mental note to reflect on that later so you can make changes

• 1. Make adjustments to your lesson on the spot, while continuing to teach

• 1. Stop the lesson and ask students if they are ok and if they are learning

• 1. Continue moving forward as planned. You can always give them practice homework.

1. You should never introduce a new strategy when teaching new content.

• True

• False

1. Which of the following is NOT a key element of an effective lecture?

• 1. Engaging slides

• 1. Audience type

• 1. Organization

• 1. Pacing

1. Teacher questioning should focus on literal and direct questions about class material.

• True

• False

1. You ask your class a question and after about 5 seconds, no one has responded. The best two (2) approaches are to:

• 1. Tell the students the answer because they don’t know

• 1. Call on a student you think might know the answer

• 1. Wait longer

• 1. Ask again, using simplified or clarified language

1. Individual student analysis of class material represents

• 1. Direct instruction

• 1. Indirect instruction

• 1. Neither – it does not involve instruction

1. The key teaching strategies of modeling and scaffolding represent ____________ strategies?

• 1. Behaviorist

• 1. Perennialist

• 1. Confucianist

• 1. Constructivist

1. How many strategies should a teacher plan to use to teach a single lesson?

• 1. A single strategy for a single lesson

• 1. As many as necessary for deep inquiry

• 1. As few as possible so students don’t get confused

• 1. At least four

1. According to the research, cooperative learning leads to all of the following consequences EXCEPT:

• 1. It encourages positive relationships in your classroom

• 1. It promotes positive feelings within students about their own abilities

• 1. It benefits struggling students more than it benefits high-performing students

• 1. It increases BOTH achievement and retention

You are mentally running through all your ideas around a topic you want to teach in your classroom and deciding what to include in your lesson. This represents what stage in the lesson planning cycle?

• 1. Preplanning

• 1. Active planning

• 1. Ongoing planning

• 1. Post-planning