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Correlation Coefficient - How strongly two variables are correlated Piaget's Theory - Cognitive skills change from trying to make sense of the world. Development leads to learning. Influenced by maturation, social experiences, equilibration Assimilation - Incorporating information into existing schemes Accommodation - Changing existing schemes Sensorimotor stage - (0-2) Imitation, object permanence, goal-directed actions Preoperational stage - (2-7) Language use, symbolic thinkin...

action research understand/test a particular phenomenon (change the teaching side or learning side) - Working with students - Qualitative or quantitative - Plan, act, develop a plan, communicate, and reflect - Is the new curriculum working? ethnography a descriptive approach that focuses on the life of a group, ties in the meaning of events to the people involved (outsiders pov/observer) - Qualitative - Study of people within their own environment - What is going on? case studies int...

What 3 things may high stakes testing influence? - - the evaluation of teachers - whether a student is to continue in the next level - what content is taught withing the classroom A math teacher wants to find out why her students are having trouble understanding fractions. She reviews their homework, analyzes their quiz scores, and even speaks to some students about the topic. She decides to try a new strategy for teaching fractions that she learned at a conference for math teachers. She ...

You are teaching a high school English class. You want your students to be able to write a coherent thesis paper by the end of the quarter. According to the text, which type of approach is this to formulating a learning objective? Why? cognitive approach, because it is from specific to general (Correct Answer) cognitive approach, because it is from general to specific behavioral approach, because it is from specific to general behavioral approach, because it is from general t...

What may high-stakes testing influence? - a. The evaluation of teachers. b. Whether a student is to continue in the next level of schooling. c. What content is taught within the classroom. d. All of the above. What are teachers likely to experience as a result of IDEA 2004? - a. A classroom with a variety of children of different ethnic backgrounds b. A work environment with little to no accommodations for students c. A classroom with a few students who have special educational needs ...

The tendency for humans to be more helpful and favorable of members of their own group is known as - In-group bias Jimmy and Susie both demonstrate misbehavior in class. In one sentence, explain which student is most likely to be criticized for this behavior and why? - Jimmy would be more likely to be criticized this behavior because in general boys are more likely to get called out for misbehavior in class. Girls on the other hand are more likely to be criticized for answering a question inc...

Vygotsky's view of development - children influenced through interactions with others; zone of proximal development; language + dialogue = development; continuous; nurture; culture specific Piaget's view of development - development happens in different stages, discontinuous; both nature and nurture; universal to the rest of the world; psychological construction Piaget's stages of development - 1. Sensorimotor- no object permanence 2. Preoperational- dramatic play 3. Concrete operati...

How would you classify having a star student of the week on Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs? - Esteem Needs What approach would you use to motivate your students and why? - By providing opportunities for children to experience success in their learning through the use of appropriately challenging work. Which statement supports chunking an assignment for students? - Chunking allows learners to take in information in digestible pieces. How would you differentiate Piaget's formal operations ...

What distinction can be made between the preoperational stage of development and the concrete operational stage? * Children in the preoperational stage are usually about 1st - 6thgrade. * Children in the concrete operational stage of development can classify objects by several characteristics. * Children in the preoperational stage think logically about objects and events. * Children in the concrete operational stage of development begin to use language to represent objects. - * Children...

Why is it important for students to master content at the lower levels of Bloom's Taxonomy? - Students must apply what they know before they can do something else. Choose the sentence below which explains the role of rigor in a classroom lesson. - Rigor resides in the action the learner takes when learning new material. What verbs would demonstrate an effective lesson utilizing the "understanding" stage? - describe, discuss, compare What are the similarities between "analyzing, crea...