Name two key attributes of constructivist instruction
What will be an ideal response?
ANSWER: use hands-on material if appropriate, provide experiences, encourage experimentation, connect new material to familiar objects and events, activate prior knowledge, follow students’ lead, follow up on student questions, talk less and listen more, ask more questions and give fewer answers, ask open-ended questions, present puzzling or unexpected information that causes thinking, provoke discourse, allow long wait time, encourage deep thought, ask for justifications of answers, avoid stating that answers are correct or incorrect, provide experiences that allow students to correct their own errors, make student thinking public, conduct error analysis, keep learning embedded in a context that makes sense and supports the use of language
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a. cursive writing b. learning to print on handwriting paper c. tying shoes d. working a puzzle with several pieces
According to Bentham's principle of proportionality punishments should NOT take place EXECPT
I. Where there is no misbehavior to prevent II. Where the harm created by the punishment is greater than act III. Where there is a need to promote order and good discipline IV. Where there is an immediate need A. I & III B. II & III C. III & IV D. I & II
When students engage in Problem-Based Learning, they most often work
A) independently. B) with the teacher's assistance. C) in collaborative groups. D) in a whole class setting.
When students escape from a task or environment by performing an inappropriate behavior that behavior is
likely to be maintained by: a. positive reinforcement b. negative reinforcement c. extinction d. punishment