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WorksheetsEffective Teaching
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 13mins
Which learning objective relates to how much change will occur per group of participants?
Audience
Behavior
Condition
Degree
What process of effective teaching involves creating high quality examples and assessments?
Assessing Student Learning
Implementing Instruction
Planning for Instruction
Motivation
Which is NOT a way to increase motivation in the classroom?
Attracting and focusing students attention
Creating Assessments
Becoming involved
Personalized content with real world applications
Mrs. Nutter divided the class into groups of three. She told the groups to create a study guide for their upcoming test. Mrs. Nutter gave the students clear objectives and a rubric before letting them work on their own. The students learning off of one another instead of the teacher is an example of ...
Varying lessons
Cooperative learning
Bloom's Taxonomy
Guided discovery
Which instructional strategy would work best when explaining the relationships with plot, character, and symbolism in novels?
Lecture-Discussion
Guided Discovery
Cooperative Learning
Assessments
Effective teachers use homework is meant to teach students about
Extra work after school
Initiative and personal responsibility
Promote critical thinking by looking at patterns
Target specific skills
Based on the definition of effective teaching, which scenario would be considered the most effective?
Mr. Ross is lecturing to his students about gravity. Cami, one of his students, raises her hand to tell Mr. Ross that she doesn't understand. Mr. Ross calls on Cami but never address her confusion. He continues class and says she will get it eventually.
Ms. Jones was teaching fractions in her third grade math class. The students were confused about how to add and simply fractions. Instead of getting mad, Ms. Jones suggests the class move on and review fractions at a later time.
Jami and Laura were the only ones studying for their math test during lunch. Mrs. Mackey saw they were struggling and quickly stepped in. She explained each of the questions step by step while having them repeat the steps after her. Jami and Laura ended up receiving highest grades of the class. Mrs. Mackey was very proud and congratulated them.
Motivation is considered the force behind why you do something. Which of the following would most fit motivation's definition?
Extrinsic
Intrinsic
Rewarding
All of the above
With many diverse learning abilities in the classroom, it is important to
Differentiate in instruction
Create cooperative learning
Discuss as a class
Guide students to the understanding of concepts
Ms. Nutter splits students into groups to work to each create a lesson on a specific concept to learn about making an effective lesson. She is using the instructional strategy of
Guided Discovery
Discussion
Cooperative Learning
Small group support
Motivation can cause many rewards in a student, both internally and externally. Which of the following is an example of why motivation is important?
Students will have better attitudes towards school and work provided
A classroom will have more management issues
A noticeable increase in student participation
All of the above
One positive and effective way to attract students' attention is to ...
Yell at them
Plan demonstrations
Give them a pop quiz
Sit on the floor
Which is not a strength of cooperative learning?
Increase student achievement
Teacher explains complex concepts
Improve solving abilities
Teachers model effective ways to interact with peers
Which of the following is not a phase of direct instruction
Practice
Developing an understanding
Intro and review
Creating lectures
As one group is working on creating a volcano, one group is mixing chemicals, and one group is making a diagram of chemical reactions, the teacher is using
Cooperative learning
Multi-ability tasks
Small group support
Drill and practice
What percent of teachers, students, and parents believe it 's important for teachers to teach about life skills in the world?
100%
95%
85%
90%
In the essential teaching skill of teacher beliefs and behaviors, what are the four specific beliefs that set the stage for learning?
Personal teaching efficacy, high expectations, enthusiasm and modeling, autonomy
caring, personal teaching efficacy, high expectations, enthusiasm and modeling
Caring, personal teaching efficacy, organization, closure
Personal teaching efficacy, high expectations, feedback, caring
All of the following help a teacher stay organized except?
Preparing materials in advance
Establish routines
Present multiple pictures
Making smooth transitions
What is the most important part of the teaching skill of focus?
Grabbing attention from the beginning of the lesson
Yelling at students when they fall asleep
High quality examples
Obtaining eye contact from all students
The past 2 weeks have been spent on learning how to add a subtract fractions. On the last day before the test, Mrs. Nutter brings a pizza in and hands out pieces to all the students. She asks 3 students how many pieces they have eaten. Carlyn responds with 2, Matt responds with 4, and and Jane responds with 1. She asks the students to figure out the fraction of the portion they ate if there were 8 slices and figure out the meaning of it. By doing this activity, what teaching skill is being displayed?
Organization
Questioning
Feedback
Review
In the teaching skill of questioning, what focus area deals with the practice of calling on all students, both volunteer and non volunteer?
Frequency
Equitable distribution
Wait time
Prompting
The Monday after the test, Mrs. Nutter hands back the tests to all the students with a letter grade on them. She asks them to raise their hand if they have any questions about the problems and will clarify the questions everyone missed. What teaching skill is being displayed?
Closure and application
Questioning
Feedback
Review
In the teaching skill of closure and application, it is important to include all of the following except?
Summary of lesson
Application of understanding
Prevent confusion or frustration
Teach additional info for students who think the concept is interesting
In what ways are urban classrooms unique?
Expertise teaching
Crowded and diverse classes
Plentiful money to spend
Technology available to every student
A teacher that plans her lessons in advanced, has all notes written out, and arrives to school exactly 90 minutes before the students arrive can be described as what?
Organized
Awesome
Caring
Strict
