TLAC Chapters 1-6

Understanding human cognitive structure means:

(Select all that apply)

• Building long-term memory

• Aiding in self confidence

• Managing working memory

• Building meaningful relationships

Students learn ideas and content that they come into contact with three different times.

• True

• False

To modify motivation:

• We must change what our students see as acceptable values.

• We must encourage them through positive reinforcements.

• We must allow them to follow the “social norms”.

• We must involve their interpersonal relationships.

Planning for error includes:

(Select all that apply)

• Searching for a new lesson plan to use.

• Having pre-planned reactions to errors.

• Being terrified and ending class early.

• Being willing to adjust lesson plans.

A double-planned lesson describes only what the teacher should do.

• True

• False

A knowledge organizer:

• Outlines the most important knowledge students need to know.

• Allows for students to organize their thoughts.

• A place teachers store their knowledge.

• Goes into extreme detail over the subject of the lesson.

What is the benefit of writing down student observations during an activity?

• It pressures students to stay engaged in class.

• It gives the teacher something to do during an activity.

• It makes the students feel that the teacher is participating.

• It allows teachers a resource to track student success.

The benefits of forming a culture of Checking for Understanding are:

(Select all that apply)

• Teachers are able to see where students are struggling.

• It makes students feel like failures.

• Help students understand that “wrong” is the first step to being “right.

• It creates a “psychologically safe” environment.

Show Call aids students by:

• Shaming students for making a mistake and embarrassing them.

• Making taking roll at the beginning of class fun.

• Allowing students to study a mistake in a durable sustained way.

• Making them break into a musical song and dance.

The purpose of No Opt Out is:

• No students gets to decide not to participate in any class activity.

• Not moving on from a student who answers incorrectly and helping them understand.

• Making students feel pressured to never get anything wrong.

• Never allowing students an absence without failing.