PPR (160) Competency 003
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 (Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills)
K-12 curriculum for the state of Texas which details the curriculum requirements for every course
resources
used in a learning environment to help and assist with people's development and learning
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 student's 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
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, 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
instructional objectives
clear statement of what students are intended to learn through instruction
formal assessment
data driven; occurs after a learning cycle has ended; examples include exams, written assignments; most are summative in nature
student learning goals
determine what students learn, and setting them allows teachers 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)
DOK (Depths of Knowledge)
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)
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 rather 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