PPR Competency 003

resources

used in a learning environment to help and assist with people's development and learning

Bloom's Taxonomy

a classification of the different outcomes and skills that educators set for their students; six levels of learning: Remembering, Understanding, Applying, Analyzing, Evaluating, and Creating

multicultural perspective

a focus on understanding the cultural and ethnic factors that influence social behavior

thematic units

a variety of activities and materials focused in several related content areas and taught using different instructional strategies

multicultural experiences

any form of education or teaching that incorporates the histories, texts, values, beliefs, and perspectives of people from different cultural backgrounds

cooperative learning

approach to instruction in which students work with a small group of peers to achieve a common goal and help one another learn

summative assessment

assessment data collected after instruction to evaluate a students' mastery of the curriculum objectives and a teacher's effectiveness at instructional delivery

formative assessment

assessment used throughout teaching of a lesson and/or unit to gauge students' understanding and inform and guide teaching

instructional objectives

clear statement of what students are intended to learn through instruction

formal assessment

data drive; occurs after a learning cycle has ended; examples include exams and written assignments; most are summative in nature

student learning goals

determine what students learn, and setting them allows teacher and learners to focus on the most important education content; goals should be formed using the acronym SMARTER: Specific, Measurable, Attainable, Relevant, Timely, Evaluated, and Reviewed

Depth of Knowledge (DOK)

developed by Norman Webb; categorizes tasks according to complexity of thinking required to successfully complete them; four levels: 1. Recall and Reproduction (knowledge acquisition) 2. Skills and Concepts (knowledge application) 3. Strategic Thinking (knowledge analysis) 4. Extended Thinking (knowledge augmentation)

logical sequencing

ideas need to flow in an order that makes sense according to the point you are making and/or what you are teaching the audience

TEKS

k-12 curriculum for the state of TEXAS which details the curriculum requirements for every course

cross-disciplinary content

learning activities which overlap across disciplines but remain connected by a single shared subject

informal assessment

occurs in a more casual manner and may include observation, inventories, checklists, rating scales, rubrics, performance and portfolio assessments, participation, peer and self evaluation, and discussion; more performance driven than data driven

age appropriateness

suitable for a particular age or age group

sufficient time

the amount of time, on average, reasonably required to complete the task with reasonable effectiveness

relevance

the degree to which something is related or useful to what is happening or being talked about

alignment

the degree to which the components of an education system - such as standards, curricula, assessments, and instruction - work together to achieve desired goals