Chapter 14 final exam 209

mastery climate

climate that encourages participants to improve their skills and judge success by positive changes in their individual performances

group meeting

meeting that includes a discussion of what constitutes self control and responsibility and is used to establish self control rules

tactics

organized actions by individuals, pairs, or groups of choices knowing the consequences of the choices

individual decision making

practice of learners being in control of their own actions and decisions

awareness tasks

talks in which learners are reminded about the levels of responsibility explicitly discussed and posted in the learning environment

reflection time

time at the end of each lesson in which students contemplate what went well or not so well which may involve writing in personal journals, completing checklists, or engaging in discussions with others

counseling time

time devoted to a discussion of problems identified by the teacher or students

hands off practitioners

based on the dynamic systems approach, a practitioner who incorporates problem solving, self discovery and self regulation into the learning environment to encourage learners to discover appropriate personal motor patterns

nonlinear pedagogy

foundation of instruction based on dynamic systems approach, in which practitioners promote problem solving, discovery learning and self regulation