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20 Cards in this Set
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Pygmalion effect
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Exceptional progress by a student as a result of high teacher expectations for that student; named for the mythological king Pygmalion, who made a statue, then caused it to be brought to life
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Self-fulfilling prophecy
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A groundless expectation that is confirmed because it has been expected
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Sustaining expectation effect
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An effect that occurs when student performance is maintained at a certain level because teachers don't recognize improvements
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Instructional objectives
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Clear statement of what students are intended to learn through instruction
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Behavioural objects
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Instructional objectives stated in terms of observable behaviour
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Cognitive objectives
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Instructional objectives stated in terms of higher-level thinking operations
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Cognitive domain
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In Bloom's taxonomy, memory and reasoning objectives
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Affective domain
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Realm of attitudes and feelings
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Psychomotor domain
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Realm of physical ability and coordination objectives
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Constructivist approach
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View that emphasizes the active role of the learner in building understanding and making sense of information
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Direct instruction/explicit teaching
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Systematic instruction for mastery of basic skills, facts, and information
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Active teaching
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Teaching characterized by high levels of teacher explanation, demonstration, and interaction with students
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Basic skills
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Clearly structured knowledge that is needed for later learning and that can be taught step by step
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Scripted cooperation
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Learning strategy in which two students take turns summarizing material and criticizing the summaries
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Seatwork
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Independent classroom work
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Convergent questions
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Questions that have a single correct answer
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Divergent questions
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Questions that have no single correct answer
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Group discussion
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Conversation in which the teacher does not have the dominant role; students pose and answer their own questions
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Whole language perspective
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A philosophical approach to teaching and learning that stresses learning through authentic, real-life tasks; it emphasizes using language to learn, integrating learning across skills and subjects and respecting the language abilities of student and teacher
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Conceptual change teaching in science
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A method that helps students understand (rather than memorize) concepts in science by using and challenging the students' current ideas
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