EAS Exam Study Guide
Intrinstic motivation - answerRefers to topics that students like or enjoy. Effective Intrinsic motivations
are based on knowledge of what is popular or interesting to students of a particular age
Ex: introducing patterns to young children by picking out patterns in certain ...
Intrinstic motivation - answer✔Refers to topics that students like or enjoy. Effective Intrinsic motivations
are based on knowledge of what is popular or interesting to students of a particular age
Ex: introducing patterns to young children by picking out patterns in certain clothes
Known to spark and maintain motivation!
Extrinsic motivation - answer✔Focuses on external rewards for good work or goal attainment. Most
successful when used in conjunction with more routine work. May offer an appropriate reward for
completing an assignment or for other capable performance
Ex: using tokens as points
Known to praise students for a specific complement including effort
How can a lesson be motivating? - answer✔-objective is clear
-gives students choices
- have students attention
- topics relate to students interest
zone of proximal development - answer✔Lev Vygotsoky concept is a phase of learning during which
children can benefit from instruction. The ZPD consists of tasks students cannot do without help but can
do with help! Teachers should present activities that are in students ZPD to encourage a realistic
opportunity for advancement of student learning
Scaffolding - answer✔Applies to Vygotsoky ZPD. A student receives help to learn something in his or her
own ZPD. The help is withdrawn is a measured way until the help becomes unnecessary.
Gardener's Multiple Intelligences - answer✔our abilities are best classified into 8 independent
intelligences, which include a broad range of skills beyond traditional school smarts
Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs & Human Motivation - answer✔A linear description of levels leading to the
top level of self-transcendence.
- Higher level Being needs: cognitive ( to understand and explore) , aesthetic ( appreciating and
searching for beauty) , self actualization (find self fulfillment), self transcendence (help others find
fulfillment)
Basic needs must be met for a person to be motivated to achieve Higher Level Being Needs.
-Without motivation, the Higher Level Being needs will not be achieved.
auditory learning style - answer✔Student learns best through listening to spoken information
Ex: books or CD books that can be read aloud
visual-spatial learning style - answer✔Student learns best through reading and viewing tables, charts,
and maps. Ex: writing words on boards, ecourage students to write reports, powerpoint presentations
Kinesthetic learning style - answer✔student actually carrying out a physical activity, rather than listening
to a lecture or merely watching a demonstration
x; in math or science give student opportunities to learn through hands-on experience like role-playing
or field trips
Metacognition - answer✔"knowing about knowing" includes what a student knows about themselves,
what a student knows about strategies or what a student knows about the topic to be learned. Asking
themselves What do they already know about this topic?
Tap into prior knowledge!
Lecture or Explanation - answer✔Lesson begins with motivation, teacher maintains eye contact, teacher
supplies materials, limited presentation, objective is clear.
demonstations - answer✔lectures or explanations in which you model what you want your students to
learn. You exhibit a behavior, show a technique, or demonstrate a skill to help students reach the
objective
teacher questions - answer✔Successful questions are clear, purposeful, brief, and at appropriate level.
They are addressed to the entire class, higher and lower levels of Bloom's Taxonomy. Pause for the
student to think, and rephrase.
-wait time is key
-do not ask yes or no questions
active learning - answer✔learning by acting on the world, rather than passively observing objects and
events
*students lead the class not the teacher, students are the discovers*
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