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Working together in
small groups to solve
problems and help
others to learn content
What is
collaboration/cooperative
learning?
The teacher explains a
process using many
examples
What is a
demonstration?
The teacher
encourages students to
share thoughts and
ideas about a topic
What is a
discussion?
Conduct that is
disciplined and
considered a moral
duty
What are
ethics?
The teacher monitors
student progress by using
observation and other
assessment methods
What is an
evaluator?
The teacher acts as
a guide to help
students learn
What is a
facilitator?
Methods or
techniques used to
achieve/promote
learning
What are
instructional
strategies?
Orally presenting
information to an
audience
What is a
lecture?
Demonstrating conduct and
qualities that characterize a
professional person
What is
professionalism?
Activities/supports that
help educators develop
and improve professional
knowledge and skills
What is
professional
development?
A strategy used to
encourage many
levels of thought
What is
questioning?
A person whose behavior is
imitated by others; actions
of a person that are an
example to others
What is a
role model?
The teacher presents
information and directs
the learning process
What is
teacher-centered?
The amount of time
a student is
engaged in a
learning process
What is
time-on-task?
The 3 to 5 seconds
a teacher should
wait for an answer
after asking a
question
What is
wait time?
The “wrap-up” that
serves as a summary of
the lesson
What is
closure?
Courses offered/taught in a
school and what is to be
taught within each course; a
document that includes
standards, competencies,
objectives, teaching
strategies, and assessments
for a given subject area
What is a
curriculum?
Instructional
strategies or
activities that are
suitable for a
student’s level of
development
What are
developmentally
appropriate practices?
A form of
assessment used
at the end of
instructional to
evaluate student
learning
What is
summative assessment?
the average of a
set of numbers
What is
the mean?
A form of assessment
used throughout student
learning to provide
feedback as to student
understanding, used as a
guide to direct the
instruction
What is
formative
assessment?
The number that is
the middle number
in a group of
numbers arranged
in numerical order
What is the
median?
Pencil and paper tests given to a
broad range of students and
scored in a uniform manner to
measure student achievement
compared to a large population
of students, may be criterionreferenced or norm referenced
What are
standardized tests?
all of the actions or
processes involving
thought and
knowledge
What is
cognition?
The gradual
increase in skills
and abilities that
occurs over a
lifetime
What is
development?