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Essentials Chapter 8
Educational Psychology
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Teacher-Directed Instruction | Approach to instruction in which the teacher is largely in control of the content and course of the lesson. |
| Learner-Directed Instruction | Approach to instruction in which students have considerable say in the issues addressed and the ways in which to address them. |
| Instructional Goal | Desired long-term outcome of instruction. |
| Instructional Objective | Desired outcome of a lesson or unit. |
| Backward Design | Approach to instructional planning in which a teacher first determines the desired end result (i.e. what knowledge and skills students should acquire) and then identifies appropriate assessments and instructional strategies. |
| Standards | General statements regarding the knowledge and skills that students should gain and the characteristics that their accomplishments should reflect. |
| Bloom's Taxonomy | Taxonomy of six cognitive processes, varying in complexity, that lessons might be designed to foster. |
| Task Analysis | Process of identifying the specific behaviors, knowledge, or cognitive processes necessary to master a particular topic or skill. |
| Lesson Plan | Predetermined guide for a lesson that identifies instructional goals or objectives, necessary materials, instructional strategies, and one or more assessment methods. |
| Teachable Moment | Situation or event (often unplanned) in which students might be especially predisposed to acquire particular knowledge or skills. |
| Expository Instruction | Approach to instruction in which information is presented in essentially the same form in which students are expected to learn it. |
| Direct Instruction | Approach to instruction that uses a variety of techniques (e.g., explanations, questions, guided and independent practice) in a fairly structured manner to promote learning of basic skills. |
| Advance Organizer | Introduction to a lesson that provides an overall organizational scheme for the lesson. |
| Computer-Based Instruction (CBI) | Academic instruction provided by means of specially designed computer software. |
| Lower-Level Question | Question that requires students to express what they've learned in essentially the same form they learned it. |
| Higher-Level Question | Question that requires students to do something new with something they've learned (e.g., to elaborate on or apply it). |
| Mastery Learning | Approach to instruction in which students learn on topic thoroughly before moving to a subsequent one. |
| Cooperative Learning | Approach to instruction in which students work with a small group of peers to achieve a common goal and help one another learn. |
| Information Literacy | Knowledge and skills that help a learner find, use, evaluate, organize, and effectively present information about a particular topic. |
| Hypermedia | Collection of multimedia, computer-based instructional materials (e.g., text, pictures, sound, animations) that students can examine in a sequence of their own choosing. |
| Peer Tutoring | Approach to instruction in which one student provides instruction to help another student master a classroom topic. |
| Service Learning | Activity that promotes learning and development though participation in a meaningful community service project. |
| Standard English | Form of English generally considered acceptable at school, as reflected in textbooks and grammar instruction. |
| Dialect | Form of language that has certain unique pronunciations, idioms, and grammatical structures and is characteristic of a particular region or ethnic group. |
| African American English | Dialect of some African American communities characterized by certain pronunciations, idioms, and grammatical constructions different from those of Standard English. |
| IRE Cycle | Adult-child interaction marked by adult initiation (e.g., a question), child response, and adult evaluation. |
| Differentiated Instruction | Practice of individualizing instructional methods- and possibly also individualizing specific content and instructional goals- to align with each student's existing knowledge, skills, and needs. |
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