EAS Teacher Certification Exam – Flashcards
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IEP
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Individualized Education Plan
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IDEA
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Individuals with Disabilities Education Act
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Teaching Poor Comprehenders:
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want to make sure they HAVE background knowledge • inference making (give them prior knowledge BEFORE you start to read the book) • OR teach child how to make inferences for her/his self • use graphic organizers : ways of visually representing the content you are reading • use strategies to help kids with attentional control
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Teaching Students with Spelling Difficulties:
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teach phonemic awareness • practice, practice, practice • limit amount on lists of words to spell (do not expect students to learn too many words at any given time)
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GENERAL STRATEGIES FOR STUDENTS WITH LEARNING DISORDERS
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differentiated teaching • know your students, know what each one needs • build organizational skills • teach self-regulation • focus on how much the student is learning, how much progress they as individuals are making
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3 Domains of Learning (as described by Benjamin Bloom and others)
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1) Cognitive - refers to knowledge, intellectual ability (and other things we associate with school learning) 2) Affective - refers to values, interests, attitudes (and other things we associate with feelings) 3) Psychomotor - refers to motor skills (and other things we associate with movement)
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Bloom's Taxonomy
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1. Remembering 2. Understanding 3. Applying 4. Analyzing 5. Evaluating 6. Creating #1 = Lower Order Thinking Skills ???? #6 = Higher Order Thinking Skills
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Bloom's Taxonomy: #1 ? Remembering
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Can the student repeat and recall the information/what was learned? define, duplicate, list, memorize, recall, repeat, reproduce, state, find
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Bloom's Taxonomy: #2 ? Understanding
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Can the student explain ideas or concepts in his/her own words? classify, describe, discuss, explain, identify, locate, recognize, report, select, translate, paraphrase
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Bloom's Taxonomy: #3 ? Applying
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Can the student use the information in new ways and apply the concept in a new and similar situation? choose, demonstrate, dramatize, employ, illustrate, interpret, operate, schedule, sketch, solve, use, write
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Bloom's Taxonomy: #4 ? Analyzing
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Can the student take apart the information and explore relationships? appraise, compare, contrast, criticize, differentiate, discriminate, distinguish, examine, experiment, question, test
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Bloom's Taxonomy: #5 ? Evaluating
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Can the student critically examine the information and make judgements? Can the student justify a stand or decision? appraise, argue, defend, judge, select, support, value, evaluate
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Bloom's Taxonomy: #6 ? Creating
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Can the student use the information to create something new? assemble, construct, create, design, develop, formulate, write
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High Socioeconomic Status (SES) Students
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- minimize competitiveness - provide less structure - present more material
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Low Socioeconomic Status (SES) Students
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- more encouragement - guard against feelings of failure or low self-esteem - provide more structure - DO NOT lower learning expectations but DO present less material
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Cooperative Learning
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successful teaching strategy in which small teams, each with students of varying abilities, use a variety of learning activities to improve their understanding of a subject
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Active Learning (Student-Centered Approach)
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refers to the idea that students are actively engaged with the learning process involves discussion, problem solving, presentations, group work such as buzz groups, brainstorming, role plays, debates --- anything that gets students interacting with each other and engaging with the lecture material
