Modern Pedagogical Processes

There are several other names for the direct instruction model. Which of the following is not a name for direct instruction?

• Active teaching model.

• Explicit instruction.

• Inductive teaching.

• Mastery teaching

Which of the following objectives is most appropriate for the direct instruction model?

• The student will correctly form and connect the cursive letters k, l, h, and f.

• The student will describe the impact of pollution on the rain forests.

• The student will correctly list the steps in preparing puff pastry.

• The student will correctly identify different musical instruments.

Which of the following topics would most likely benefit from use of direct instruction?

• Understanding Shakespeare

• Enjoying modern fiction

• Developing appreciation of different cultures

• Dribbling a basketball

In the first phase of direct instruction, the teacher increases student motivation by ________.

• connecting the lesson to students’ prior knowledge

• explicitly describing the lesson’s objective

• giving information about the value and usefulness of the skill about to be taught

• all of the above

Which of the following has not been found to be true in the "teacher effectiveness research," particularly as it applies to teaching basic skills?

• Teachers in effective classrooms used more teacher-directed methods.

• Teachers in effective classrooms used more student-centered methods.

• Teachers in effective classrooms had high student engagement rates.

• Teachers in effective classrooms had well-organized learning environments.

Mrs. Alvarez is planning a unit on telling time for her second-graders. She wants students to learn to tell time to the nearest 5-minute interval. She will relate times to television program schedules and to the children’s daily school and home schedules so children will see a purpose for learning this new skill. Which of the following would be an early sub-skill in Mrs. Alvarez’s task analysis?

• Identifying the hour hand as the short hand on the clock face.

• Setting a clock face to any given time.

• Identifying whether a class activity occurs at an A.M. or P.M. time.

• Knowing that there are 60 minutes in an hour.

During the "telling time unit," Mrs. Alvarez shows the children a clock face set at 12:15. Lisa says, "The clock is set at 3 o’clock." Mrs. Alvarez says, "Which hand is the hour hand, Lisa?" This is an example of the teacher ________.

• dignifying a student error

• providing a prompt

• encouraging a student to judge his or her own performance

• holding the student accountable

Which of the following is the most appropriate content for a direct instruction lesson?

• The functions of the respiratory system.

• Reading and writing numbers using scientific notation.

• Causes of the Civil War.

• Analysis and criticism of paintings

Homework is most likely to be completed by a student if ________.

• it can be performed successfully

• it is graded

• it is not graded

• both A and B

• both A and C

When teachers are giving feedback to students, they should ________.

• enthusiastically praise every effort students make so that they do not become discouraged

• encourage independence by delaying teacher feedback until students have checked their own work

• give very specific feedback about what students did correctly or what they did incorrectly.

• accept different processes as long as students achieve the desired outcome