Teaching: Best Practices and Strategies

Is it important for the instructor to always have their camera on when teaching? Why or why not?

• Yes, because having the camera on enables students to "put a face with the name" of their instructor.

• No, it's not necessary all of the time.

• Yes, because having the camera on increases engagement and connection between the students and the instructor.

• No, because having the camera on all of the time is going to result in having a weaker bandwith and more tech problems.

The instructor should enter the attendance for each class _________.

• within 10 seconds of the class ending.

• sometime before the term is over.

• by the 5th day of the following month.

• within 24 hours of the class ending.

A research project is broken into smaller assignments, starting a topic proposal, followed by an annotated bibliography, and so on. Specific instruction is provided for each task. This is an example of ________________________.

• a Strategy for Engagement

• Scaffolding

• Contextualizing Instruction

• Differentiation

Which of the following is an engaging student activity (Choose all that apply)?

• Lecture

• Instructor taking notes for students to copy

• Virtual lab or hands-on practice with immediate feedback

• Presentation slides on relevant topic being read to students

• Group discussion on relevant reading assignment

The classroom is altered to make the students more comfortable. Students might receive instruction in different settings.

• This is an example of differentiation.

• This is an example of scaffolding.

• This is only necessary if a student has documentation of a special learning need or challenge.

The instructor must assign a grade of either "Passing" or "In Progress" to each student ___________.

• after conferencing individually with each student in the class.

• after conferring with the student and their guardian if the student is under 18 years of age.

• within 24 hours of the student completing the course or taking a certification exam.

• before the end of the term on the academic calendar.

Having an Agenda for each class, whether it is online or in-person, is _______________ (Choose all that apply).

• not required but strongly encouraged

• required

• an excellent way to communicate with students about the lesson objectives and plan

Teaching the difference between present tense and past tense action verbs while writing bullet phrases on a resume is an example of ___________.

• the zone of proximal development

• differentiation

• contextualized instruction

Choose the two most effective strategies for increasing students' level of engagement.

• Make lessons relevant to the students' educational and career goals.

• Ask students who do not seem to be participating in class to answer questions.

• Create a "menu" of options for students to choose from for classwork/ homework.

• Provide a new PowerPoint presentation theme for each lesson.

The gradual release of an instructor's responsibility while the student gradually takes on more responsibility is the definition of ____________.

• Engagement

• Learning Styles

• Collaboration

• Scaffolding