Instructional Strategies, Planning & Assessment

When a lesson is not engaging, what should the teacher do?

• Ask more lower level questions

• omit parts of the activity

• Modify the materials, lesson, or student groups

• Choose another lesson

High Level Questions:

• Encourage engagement

• Encourage learning

• Should be used often

• All of the above

Why is feedback to students important?

• Allows the teacher to assess the situation

• Makes them question their work

• Helps students understand the subject matter and guides them to continue with their learning

• There aren't any real benefits in the long run

What should a teacher do if a lesson is not going well?

• Move on to a different lesson

• Stop the lesson and play a video

• Continue teaching anyway

• Pick up on cues from students and adjust smoothly

What should a teacher do if her students are not understanding the content?

• Give up and have a work day

• Be persistent, try using other instructional strategies

• Keep doing things the same. Students should learn the material eventually.

• Switch to a different lesson plan

In cooperative learning, ______________ are developed during group activities.

• humor
• social skills
• self portraits
• sand castles

Cooperative learning can help develop which of the following skills?

• accountability
• interpersonal skills
• leadership skills
• all the items mentioned

When implementing a teaching strategy, consider

• your students
• your teaching style
• your personality
• all of the above

You should allow students wait time before calling on a student for the answer.

• True
• False
• Sometime True
• Possibly True

A pause between asking a question and accepting an answer, designed to allow students to mentally process the question and to formulate their replies. 

• wait module
• lag time
• wait time
• wait technique