TLAC 3.0 Quiz: Chapters 1-6

What is working memory?

• Short-term, temporary memory and cognition used actively when a task is being performed

• Memory that is when drawn upon is objectively correct

• The memory used when a person is at their job

• The factual knowledge and long-term ideas that is considered what we have learned

True or False: In any learning environment, some people develop quickly while some people develop slowly.

• True

• False

According to the text, what does a student need to feel in a successful student-teacher relationship?

• Loved, Safe, Happy, Welcomed

• Happy, Understood, Eager

• Fear and Anxiety

• Safe, Successful, Known

Choose three strategies used in planning for errors in lessons.

• Plan for who you're teaching

• Include a TEKS checklist

• Add time-stamps to lessons

• Segues

Why are Knowledge Organizers useful tools for teaching?

• They include all the information from the lesson in one place

• They serve as visual aids to supplement student notes

• They present knowledge in a concise and digestible format for easy review and act as a summarization of the unit

• They provide a blank place for students to take notes and put reminders for what they learned during a particular lesson to help knowledge be committed to long-term memory

According to the text, if a lesson plan is a sequence of activities you intend to use, lesson ___ is a set of decisions about how you will teach them.

Choose two downsides of self-reporting when checking for understanding.

• Self-reporting is harmful to a student's confidence

• Students don't know what they don't know when self-reporting

• Some students inaccurately self-report because they fear being the only one who doesn't understand a topic

• Checking for understanding verbally, such as self-reporting, is proven to always be ineffective and should not be used.

___

is the practice of calling on students regardless of whether they have raised their hand

Why is retrieval practice effective for helping students commit information to long-term memory?

• It immediately puts information into long-term memory, making it one of the best teaching strategies

• It serves as a physical strategy in the classroom to help students pick up flashcards with information on them to review

• It allows students to recall previous information they have already learned and review it

• Retrieval practice is actually not effective because it takes much longer than other methods.

True or false: if a student does not get 100% of an answer, they are fully incorrect

• True

• False