Woolfolk Ch 14 Vocab

Question 1

Expert teachers

Answer 1

experienced effective teachers who have developed solutions for classroom problems. Their knowledge of teaching process and content is extensive and well organized

Question 2

pedagogical content knowledge

Answer 2

teacher knowledge that combines mastery o academic content with knowing how to teach the content and how to match instruction to student differences

Question 3

reflective

Answer 3

thoughtful and inventive. Reflective teachers think back overs situation to analyze and improve

Question 4

Lesson study

Answer 4

As a group, teachers develop, test, improve and retest lessons until they are satisfied with the final version

Question 5

Instructional objectives

Answer 5

Clear statements of what students are intended to learn through instruction

Question 6

behavioural objectives

Answer 6

instructional objectives stated in terms of observable behaviour

Question 7

cognitive objectives

Answer 7

instructional objectives stated in terms of higher level thinking operations

Question 8

taxonomy

Answer 8

classification system

Question 9

cognitive domain

Answer 9

In Bloom’s taxonomy, memory and reasoning objectives

Question 10

affective domain

Answer 10

objectives focusing on attitudes and feelings

Question 11

psychomotor domain

Answer 11

realm of physical ability and coordination objectives

Question 12

Constructivist approach

Answer 12

View that emphasizes the active role of the learner in building and understanding and making sense of information

Question 13

Direct instruction or explicit teaching

Answer 13

systematic instruction for mastery of basic skills, facts, and information

Question 14

active teaching

Answer 14

teaching characterized by high levels of teacher explanation, demonstration, and interaction with students

Question 15

basic skills

Answer 15

Clearly structured knowledge that is needed for later learning and that can be taught step by step

Question 16

Advance organizer

Answer 16

statement of inclusive concepts to introduce and sum up material that follows

Question 17

Scripted cooperation

Answer 17

learning strategy in which two students take turns summarizing material and criticizing the summaries

Question 18

Seatwork

Answer 18

independent classroom work

Question 19

convergent questions

Answer 19

Questions that have a single correct answer

Question 20

Divergent questions

Answer 20

questions that have no single correct answer

Question 21

group discussion

Answer 21

Conversation in which the teacher does not have the dominant role; students pose and answer their own questions

Question 22

differentiated instruction

Answer 22

teaching that takes into account students’ abilities, prior knowledge, and challenges so that instruction matches not only the subjects being taught but also the student’s needs

Question 23

Within-class ability grouping

Answer 23

System of grouping; 2-3 groups of differing abilities to accommodate student differences

Question 24

Flexible grouping

Answer 24

grouping and regrouping students based on learning needs

Question 25

Adaptive teaching

Answer 25

provides all students with challenging instruction and uses supports when needed, but removes these supports as students improve

Question 26

Pygmalion effect

Answer 26

Think they’re great, they become great

Question 27

Self-fulfilling prophecy

Answer 27

as you expect, so you become

Question 28

sustaining expectation effect

Answer 28

student performance maintained at a certain level because teachers don’t recognize improvements

Question 29

experienced effective teachers who have developed solutions for classroom problems. Their knowledge of teaching process and content is extensive and well organized

Answer 29

Expert teachers

Question 30

teacher knowledge that combines mastery o academic content with knowing how to teach the content and how to match instruction to student differences

Answer 30

pedagogical content knowledge

Question 31

thoughtful and inventive. Reflective teachers think back overs situation to analyze and improve

Answer 31

reflective

Question 32

As a group, teachers develop, test, improve and retest lessons until they are satisfied with the final version

Answer 32

Lesson study

Question 33

Clear statements of what students are intended to learn through instruction

Answer 33

Instructional objectives

Question 34

instructional objectives stated in terms of observable behaviour

Answer 34

behavioural objectives

Question 35

instructional objectives stated in terms of higher level thinking operations

Answer 35

cognitive objectives

Question 36

classification system

Answer 36

taxonomy

Question 37

In Bloom’s taxonomy, memory and reasoning objectives

Answer 37

cognitive domain

Question 38

objectives focusing on attitudes and feelings

Answer 38

affective domain

Question 39

realm of physical ability and coordination objectives

Answer 39

psychomotor domain

Question 40

View that emphasizes the active role of the learner in building and understanding and making sense of information

Answer 40

Constructivist approach

Question 41

systematic instruction for mastery of basic skills, facts, and information

Answer 41

Direct instruction or explicit teaching

Question 42

teaching characterized by high levels of teacher explanation, demonstration, and interaction with students

Answer 42

active teaching

Question 43

Clearly structured knowledge that is needed for later learning and that can be taught step by step

Answer 43

basic skills

Question 44

statement of inclusive concepts to introduce and sum up material that follows

Answer 44

Advance organizer

Question 45

learning strategy in which two students take turns summarizing material and criticizing the summaries

Answer 45

Scripted cooperation

Question 46

independent classroom work

Answer 46

Seatwork

Question 47

Questions that have a single correct answer

Answer 47

convergent questions

Question 48

questions that have no single correct answer

Answer 48

Divergent questions

Question 49

Conversation in which the teacher does not have the dominant role; students pose and answer their own questions

Answer 49

group discussion

Question 50

teaching that takes into account students’ abilities, prior knowledge, and challenges so that instruction matches not only the subjects being taught but also the student’s needs

Answer 50

differentiated instruction

Question 51

System of grouping; 2-3 groups of differing abilities to accommodate student differences

Answer 51

Within-class ability grouping

Question 52

grouping and regrouping students based on learning needs

Answer 52

Flexible grouping

Question 53

provides all students with challenging instruction and uses supports when needed, but removes these supports as students improve

Answer 53

Adaptive teaching

Question 54

Think they’re great, they become great

Answer 54

Pygmalion effect

Question 55

as you expect, so you become

Answer 55

Self-fulfilling prophecy

Question 56

student performance maintained at a certain level because teachers don’t recognize improvements

Answer 56

sustaining expectation effect