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Constructivist approach
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a learner centered approach that emphasizes the importance of individuals actively constructing their knowledge and understanding with guidance from the teacher
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collaboration
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children working with each other in their efforts to know and understand.
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direct instruction approach
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structured, teacher centered approach characterized by teacher direction and control, high teacher expectations for students' progress, maximum time spent by students on academic tasks, and efforts by the teacher to keep negative affect to a minimum.
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what is one important goal in the direct instruction approach?
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maximizing student learning time
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when is direct instruction approach especially helpful?
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reading or writing disabilities
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How can teachers create an optimal learning environment?
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strategies for establishing rules and procedures, organizing groups, monitoring and pacing classroom activities, and handling misbehavior
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How can students become self motivated?
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providing children with real-world learning opportunities of optimal difficulty and novelty for each student.
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Where must high expectations for children's achievements come from?
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teachers and parents
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Differentiated instruction
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recognizing individual variations in students' knowledge, readiness, interests, and other characteristics, and taking these differences into account in planning curriculum and engaging in instruction.
this involves tailoring instruction to meet student needs and abilities by creating "zones" or "ballparks" in a classroom cluster |
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What other conditions are necessary to create supportive learning environments?
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vision and support from educational leaders, teachers skilled in using technology for learning, content standards and curriculum resources, assessment of effectiveness of technology for learning, and an emphasis on the child as an active, constructive learner.
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