praxis Flashcards
(3 cards)
A teacher exposes students to a topic several times with increasing complexity throughout the school year. The new learning is put in context of prior learning. By instructing students in this manner the teacher best demonstrates an understanding on which of the following?
a. spiral currciulum
b. constructivist teaching
c. inquiry based learning
d. interdisciplinary learning
A. Jerome Bruner’s cognitive theory, spiral curriculum exposes students to a topic or theme several times with increasing complexity and in context to the prior experience. This approach is based on the idea that a students learning ability changes over time and learning should not be in isolation, but rather build on one another.
Increasing the font size of a student’s reading assignment is best described as:
a. an environmental accommodation
b. an instructional accommodation
c. a lesson modification
d. an assessment modification
B. An accommodation is an adjustment in teaching strategies, environment, or the assessment to content to allow students to learn a target skill at the same level as other students. By increasing the font size of a reading assignment, the teacher has made an instructional accommodation to make the content more accessible to the student without lowering the learning experience.
Which of the following is the best strategy for a new teacher to use when determining instructional content?
a. treating the first year as a trial period
b. using the pervious teachers LPs as a foundation and adjusting them as needed
c. reviewing the curriculum standards provided by the state and local district
d. utilizing student textbooks and teacher guides to outline appropriate content
C.
