Ch. 1 Key Vocabulary

Question 1

Acronym

Answer 1

Learning tool, focuses on creating a word formed from initial letters of a name.

Question 2

Bloom’s Taxonomy

Answer 2

Delineates 3 domains for classifying educational objectives:
Cognitive - objectives that focus on thinking capabilities
Affective - objectives that focus on feelings, values, and dispositions
Psychomotor - objectives that focus on feelings, values, and dispositions

Question 3

Brain Hemisphere

Answer 3

Some researchers believe that brain hemispheres are the key to understanding how students think and function in the learning environment, there are different functions for right vs. left. Left - analytical, Right - Artistic

Question 4

Bruner

Answer 4

Father of cognitive psychology. The mind is guided by experience and with experience comes a coding within the brain which leads a learner to make predictions about the future.

Question 5

Direct Instruction

Answer 5

Teacher-centered instructional approach, typically delivered in a lecture style.

Question 6

Classroom Management

Answer 6

Planning and implementing methods to ensure that the learning environment of the classroom provides an effective venue for learning.

Question 7

Convergent Questioning

Answer 7

Requires students to “converge” on one answer. Requires lower-level thinking skills. (closed-ended questions, one answer)

Question 8

Instructional Objective

Answer 8

Statement that details what a student should know and be able to do as a result of a specific learning experience. (short or long term)

Question 9

Deductive Thinking

Answer 9

Requires students to take one or more general statements, and then work their way down to a more specific conclusion.

Question 10

Modeled Reading

Answer 10

Literacy tool, focuses on a teacher reading and modeling fluency including tone, rate, and prosody.

Question 11

Divergent Question

Answer 11

Requires critical thinking, allows for students to generate multiple answers to a defined questions. Requires higher-order thinking skills. (open-ended questions)

Question 12

Educational Objective

Answer 12

Goals developed by a teacher, based on state standards, which direct student learning.

Question 13

Simulation

Answer 13

Learning tool, focuses on imitating and operation of a real-world process or system.

Question 14

Standards

Answer 14

State-mandated guidelines for learning, which are detailed by providing grade-level expectations and benchmarks for student learning.

Question 15

Individualized Instruction

Answer 15

Instructional strategies that are tailored to a student’s specific learning style.

Question 16

Inductive Thinking

Answer 16

Requires students to take specific facts and use them to develop a general conclusion.

Question 17

Lecture

Answer 17

Teacher-centered instruction where the teacher gives information while the students take notes.

Question 18

Lesson Cycle Model

Answer 18

Process by which the teacher selects activities, strategies, and materials that are appropriate for the learner to master the objectives.

Question 19

Modality Preference

Answer 19

The way a child prefers to learn. Students may be auditory, visual, kinesthetic, or mixed modality learners.

Question 20

Planning

Answer 20

The process of designing the method of instruction used to teach learning objectives, and the way to assess the mastery of the objective.

Question 21

Prior Knowledge

Answer 21

Previously acquired knowledge that applies to a current lesson.