Instructional Strategies

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Authentic activity

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Approach to instruction similar to one students might encounter in the outside world

Question 1

Ability grouping

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The process of placing students of similar abilities into groups and attempting to match instruction to the needs of these groups.

Question 2

Cognitive apprenticeship

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Mentorship in which a teacher and a student wok together on a challenging task and the teacher gives guidance about how to think about the task.

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Collaboration

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A philosophy about how to relate to others how to learn and work

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Collective self-efficacy

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Shared belief of members of a group that they can be successful when they work together on a task

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Computer-based instruction (CBI)

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Instruction provided via computer technology

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Convergent thinking

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Process of pulling several pieces of information together to draw a conclusion or solve a problem

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Cooperative learning

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Approach to instruction in which students work with a small group of peers to achieve a common goal and help one another learn

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Creativity (creative thinking)

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New and original behavior that yields a productive and culturally appropriate result

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Deductive reasoning

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Process of drying a logical inference about something that must be true, giving other information that has already been presented true

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Differentiated instruction

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Practice of individualizing instructional methods, and possibly also individualizing specific content and instructional goals to align with each students existing knowledge, skills, and needs

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Direct instruction

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Approach to instruction that uses a variety of techniques (e.g., Questions, guided and independent practice) in a fairly structured manner to promote learning of basic skills

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Divergent thinking

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Process of moving mentally in a variety of directions from a single idea

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Expository instruction

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Approach to instruction in which information is presented in more or less the same form in which students are expected to learn it

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Guided participation

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A child’s performance, with guidance and support, of an activity in the adult world

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Heterogeneous ability grouping

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A strategy that groups of students of varied ability instead of by grade/age level

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Inductive reasoning

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Collecting data to draw a conclusion that may or may not be true

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Learner-centered instruction

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Approach to instruction in which instructional strategies are chosen largely on the basis of students existing abilities, predispositions, and needs

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Learning strategy

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Intentional use of one or more cognitive processes for a particularly learning task

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Long-term memory

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Component of memory that holds knowledge and skills for a relatively long time

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mnemonic

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Memory aid or trick designed to help students learn and remember a specific piece of information

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Model

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Person who demonstrates a behavior for someone else

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Modeling

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Demonstrating a behavior for another; also, observing and imitating another’s behavior

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Problem -based learning

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Classroom activity in which students acquire new knowledge and skills while working on a complex problem similar to those in the outside world

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Projected learning

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Classroom activity in which students acquire new knowledge and skills while working in a complex, multifaceted project that yields concrete end product

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Reciprocal teaching

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Approach to teaching reading and listening comprehension and which students take turns asking teacher-like questions of classmates

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Scaffolding

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Support mechanism that helps the learner successfully perform a task within his or her zone of proximal development

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Service learning

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Activity that promotes learning and development through participation in a meaningful community service project

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Teacher-directed instruction

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Approach to instruction in which the teacher is largely in control of the content and course of the lesson

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Working memory

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Component of memory that holds and actively thinks about and processes a limited amount of information

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Zone of proximal development (ZPD)

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Range of tasks that a child can perform with the help and guidance of others but cannot yet perform independently