TX Ed Cert Exam KEY TERMS

1. A teaching technique used after a written task is completed. The teacher chooses a student example to show the class and calls on various students to discuss in detail some aspect of the student work. This technique can be a great tool for studying characteristics and common errors of student work for all students' benefit.

• Probing Question

• Turn and Talk

• Exit Ticket

• Show Call

The process for determining the deepest underlying reason a problem occurs, such that, if the cause is removed, the symptoms of the problem can be eliminated or substantially reduced.

• Protocol

• Root Cause Analysis

• Exit Ticket

• Exemplar

A practice by an instructional coach to give feedback to a teacher while the lesson is in progress in order to provide immediate feedback and enhance the teacher's execution of instruction.

• Real-Time Feedback

• Item Analysis

• Show Call

• Root Cause Analysis

1. A well-defined structure or set of actions, usually in the form of a simple one- or two-page document, that is used by educators to structure professional conversation and ensure that meeting time is efficient, purposeful, and productive.

• Show Call

• Exemplar

• Protocol

• Turn and Talk

1. A question that is intended to help others think more deeply about an issue. Probing questions are more than clarifying questions and move toward challenging assumptions and exposing contradictions, which leads to new understandings.

• Protocol

• Turn and Talk

• Show Call

• Probing Question

Having the characteristics of the most effective and efficient way to address the most important aspect of a situation.

1. Probing Question —

• High Leverage

• Protocol

• Real Time Feedback

• Change Management Process

1. A data-review process focused on studying individual questions on an assessment. An item analysis allows educators to evaluate the quality of each question and facilitates data disaggregation to measure student performance at different levels, determine student misconceptions, and plan interventions.

• Protocol

• Item Analysis

• Exit Ticket

• High Leverage

1. A process for developing a teacher's knowledge, skills, and practice to improve instruction and student learning. By offering individual support and feedback in a nonevaluative and trusting setting, an instructional coach works with the teacher to provide ongoing and job-embedded professional development specific to the teacher's needs.

• Culturally Responsive Teaching

• Continuous Improvement Process

• Instructional Coaching

• Change Management Process

1. A short formative assessment given by a teacher after completing a lesson to determine the degree to which students have learned the material taught in the lesson.

• Exemplar

• Exit TIcket

• Item Analysis

• Probing Question

1. An example or model that has the characteristics of a high-quality response. An exemplar is a concrete illustration of the evidence needed to meet a desired standard. (See an exemplar shown in a sample score of 4 response.)

• Item Analysis

• Real Time Feedback

• Exemplar

• Exit Ticket