Ms. Tang: Knowledge Checkpoint

Instructional strategies can be defined as...

• The learning goals that students need to achieve

• Specific approaches that provide conditions under which engagement occurs

• The methods and approaches used to help students reach learning goals

Which of the following are considered instructional strategies? (Select all that apply)

• Case Studies

• Think-Pair-Share

• Group Discussion

• Taking Attendance

• Formative Feedback

A design method that focuses on intended results and works backwards to plan lessons is called:

• Bloom's Taxonomy

• Backwards Design Method

• Flipped Classroom Method

• Backward Instruction Method

The three steps of Backwards Design in order are:

• Identify Results

  Determine Evidence

  Plan Learning and Instruction

• Identify Results

  Plan Lesson

  Collect Feedback

• Plan Instruction

  Collect Evidence

  Reports Findings

"Why is this important? What is the goal? What should they be able to know/do?"

These questions can help an instructor:

• These are not useful questions in the design process

• Plan learning experiences and instruction

• Determine acceptable evidence

• Identify Desire Results

"What shows that students have reached the goal? What is the 'deliverable'?"

These questions can help an instructor:

• These are not useful questions in the design process

• Plan learning experiences and instruction

• Determine acceptable evidence

• Identify Desire Results

"What facts, knowledge, and skills will students need? What methods should I use to teach them?

These questions can help an instructor:

• These are not useful questions in the design process

• Plan learning experiences and instruction

• Determine acceptable evidence

• Identify Desire Results

Using the Backwards Design method can help to ensure that course objectives, instructional strategies, and content are aligned.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Based on Ms. Alignment's lesson plan, what instructional strategies support the compare/contrast assignment on Lamarckism and Darwinism?

• The evolution simulation

• Explaining mass extinctions

• The video presentation and worksheet

• There are no supporting instructional strategies

For Ms. Alignment's course, a paper comparing and contrasting Darwinism and Lamarckism would be an example of (a)