Describe each of the essential teaching skills and explain how they increase learning
What will be an ideal response?
The essential teaching skills include: 1) teacher characteristics, such as personal teaching efficacy, modeling and enthusiasm, caring, and high expectations, which increase learner motivation, and anything that increases motivation also increases learning; 2) organization, which increases learning by maximizing the time available for instruction; 3) focus, which increases learning by attracting and maintaining student attention; 4) review, which activates students' prior knowledge and serves as a bridge to the new topic; 5) questioning, which increases learning by putting students in cognitively active roles; 6) feedback, which increases learning by providing students with information about their learning progress and helps them reconstruct their knowledge when necessary; and 7) closure and application, which helps students activate their prior knowledge and construct meaningful schemas.
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A) ?are poor in Americans. B) ?underlie subsequent development in other areas. C) ?are named in No Child Left Behind. D) ?are difficult to teach.
Which of the following general steps for adapting social studies curriculum materials for learners with special needs is NOT recommended?
A. Identify the learning needs and characteristics of all of the students. B. Use objectives that focus on listening. C. Match and modify learning needs and characteristics to the materials used. D. Conduct ongoing evaluation of student learning as the materials are used.
A researcher measures leadership of all the principals in a certain school district. Which of the following is an appropriate operational definition for leadership
A. the level of likability of the person B. the ability to motivate others C. the number of met outcomes for the school D. the accuracy of the school’s vision statement
If you can describe yourself, explain how you would like to be, and also evaluate your sense of self-worth, you have a mental representation of your whole self. This image is:
a. Ideal self b. Self-esteem c. Self-fulfilling prophecy d. Self-concept