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 (a)   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.

(a)  

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