Using Variety in Your Lesson Plan Quiz

Which of the following are team-building exercises?

• Developing a team cheer; selecting a team color to represent the personality of the group

• Choosing a symbol; selecting a celebratory food

• Designing a team logo; naming the team; creating a team song

• All of the above

Choose the term that best completes the sentence below.

The art of carefully devising or employing a plan of action is known as a(n) __________.

• cooperative learning

• team-building exercise

• strategy

• cooperative exercise

What is the strategy used in which a team of students work with and depend on each other to accomplish a goal?

• Cooperative learning strategy

• Gaming

• Peer review

• Case study

How often do you enjoy the benefits of cooperative learning in your classes?

• Always - nearly every class I attend uses it at some point during daily instruction

• Often - most classes I attend use it at some point during instruction 3-4 times a week

• Sometimes - some classes I attend use it at some point during instruction 1-2 times a week

• Never - I can't recall a class where we used this strategy for learning

Ann is planning a lesson on leadership. She is concerned that she will not have enough time to get through all the related information in the time that she has to teach the lesson.

Which of the following strategies would you recommend that she use to maximize the available time?

• Round-Robin Brainstorming

• Jigsaw

• Partner Interviews

• Think-Pair-Share

Samantha is teaching a lesson on the Bill of Rights and has decided to incorporate a Think-Pair-Share activity into her lesson.

What do you think her reason would be for selecting this strategy?

• She wants students to respond to questions about the Bill of Rights. Think-Pair-Share is a strategy for facilitating question response and discussion in a group setting.

• She wants students to establish effective team relationships that incorporate elements of the Bill of Rights. Think-Pair-Share is an effective team-building strategy.

• She wants students learn lesson material about the Bill of Rights. Think-Pair-Share is a cooperative learning strategy that can help accomplish this goal.

• She wants students to think about the relationship between the Bill of Rights and sharing. Think-Pair-Share is a strategy for learning about sharing.

Select the option (A-D) that does NOT correctly complete the following sentence

"Team-building strategies are important in cooperative learning because…."

• Effective cooperative learning teams will enhance the effectiveness of cooperative learning.

• Effective cooperative learning teams tend to be more creative than individual students or non-cooperative groups.

• Effective cooperative learning teams require all team members to participate.

• Effective cooperative learning teams will be better prepared to compete against one another.

Choose the term that best completes the sentence below.

A strategy that can be employed to help foster team dynamics is known as a ___________.

• cooperative learning

• team-building exercise

• strategy

• cooperative exercise

Read the following paragraph and decide which option (A-D) is most correct:

"One example of a group strategy is 'jigsaw.' This strategy involves teams working together to

respond to different problems by moving from station to station or by sending their problem around the groups so other groups can contribute to the solution by responding on the chart or paper they receive."

• Replace "jigsaw" with "team graphic organizer"

• Replace "jigsaw" with "conversation circle"

• Replace "jigsaw" with "carousel"

• Replace "jigsaw" with "team song"

Choose the term that best completes the sentence below.

___________ is a teaching strategy in which a team of students work with and depend upon each other to accomplish a common goal.

• Cooperative learning

• Team-building exercise

• Strategy

• Cooperative exercise