Teach Like a Champion 1-3

Research suggests that willpower has a limit. Most people can use it up. The term __ describes this effect.

The original forgetting curve was derived in the 1880s by German psychologist Herman Ebbinghaus. He plotted the rate at which he was able to remember nonsense syllables. Which of the following is NOT a true statement about the forgetting curve?

• The rate of forgetting is exponential. After only a few hours of learning, people routinely remember only a small fraction of it.

• Each time you practice recalling what you know, the rate of forgetting is reduced.

• As soon as you learn something, you almost immediately start forgetting.

• The forgetting curve shows that information is retained indefinitely without any attempt to retain it.

Imagine you're in high school. Your classmate, Jamal, is working on a cool science project. Suddenly, he takes a break to check his email. When he returns to his project, he can't stop thinking about the email he just read. Can you guess what this phenomenon is called?

• Selective attention

• Attention residue

• Accelerated learning

• Brain imprinting

What term describes a person's ability to focus on a given task and ignore distractions?

• Attention blindness

• Memory management

• Selective attention

• Attention residue

Doug Lemov describes guiding principles to illustrate a mental model of how learning works. Which of the following are included in those principles? Select all that apply.

• Motivation is social.

• As soon as you learn, you begin to forget.

• Habits accelerate learning.

• What students attend to, they will learn about.

It is always a good idea to plan for mistakes while planning lessons. Which of the following questions is considered one of the most productive questions you can ask when planning for errors?

• "Will there be enough time?"

• "Will they remember this?"

• "What's the answer?"

• "What will they misunderstand?"

Mrs. Baxter's class is currently studying Esperanza Rising. The class just finished reviewing their new vocabulary list and a student excitedly share that her new favorite word is "Irritable." Mrs. Baxter replied with intrigue, "wait until you see how irritable Esperanza is on the train ride," before instructing her students to prepare for reading. Which delivery move technique is Mrs. Baxter using to engage her students?

• segue

• plan for who

• back-pocket questions

• exemplar planning

One of the most effective tools for Double Planning is designing a lesson packet. Which of the following is NOT a goal of creating a well-designed lesson packet?

• To provide a clear and concise roadmap for students
• To manage the student experience easily and effectively

• To keep lessons in one place and easily accessible

• To increase the difficulty of the lesson

To ensure that the lesson you've planned stays on track, you can use __ to quickly see when you're falling behind.

A Knowledge Organizer is a one-page document that outlines the most important knowledge students need to understand to engage in a unit of study. What else is true about knowledge organizers? Check all that apply.

• The way they are used is just as important as how they are designed.

• Knowledge organizers are sometimes confused with study guides.

• Knowledge organizers need to be very complex and should take up the whole page or more.

• Knowledge organizers make it difficult to encode information in memory.