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Instructional Objectives
A statement of information or tasks that students should master. The tasks should contain the following:(Be Specific)
- Condition 2. Performance 3. Criteria TERM 2
Evaluation
DEFINITION 2 Evaluation is systematic determination of merit, worth, and significance of something or someone using criteria against a set of standards. It is also judging student performance and appropriate teaching strategies TERM 3
task analysis
DEFINITION 3 Breaking tasks down into fundamental subskills. TERM 4
Objective Tests (Benjamin Bloom)
DEFINITION 4
- Knowledge 2. Comprehension 3. Application 4. Analysis 5. Synthesis 6. Evaluation TERM 5
Backward Planning
DEFINITION 5 Planning instruction by first setting long-range goals, then setting unit objectives, and finally planning daily lessons.
Assessment
Educational assessment is the process of documenting, usually in measurable terms, knowledge, skills, attitudes and beliefs. Used to determine which instructional objectives have been attained/met. TERM 7
Gifted/Talented Students
DEFINITION 7 Students with high self-esteem, are highly motivated, excel in many subjects, are very bright, creative and talented. TERM 8
Buddy System
DEFINITION 8 Pairing a non-disabled student with a disabled student to help with classroom routines. TERM 9
I E P
DEFINITION 9 Individualized Education Program is tailored to the needs of the exceptional learner TERM 10
Exceptional Learners
DEFINITION 10 Students who are at either end of the performance spectrum
top-down
process in which student's begin the the complex activity and work down TERM 17
Constructivist Philosophy
DEFINITION 17 Belief that children should build their own education (with guidance from the teacher). TERM 18
STAD
DEFINITION 18 Student Teacher Achievement Division in which students are assigned to four-member learning teams mixed in performance level, sex and ethnicity. TERM 19
At-Risk Students
DEFINITION 19 Students who are subject to school failure because of characteristics of the student/inadequate responses to their needs by school, family, and community. TERM 20
Cross-age Tutoring
DEFINITION 20 Peer tutoring between an older student and a younger one
Outcomes-based Education
An approach to instruction that clearly specifies what students should know and be able to do at the end of a course of study. TERM 22
Peer Tutoring
DEFINITION 22 A peer tutor is anyone who is of a similar status as the person being tutored. TERM 23
Computer-based Instruction
DEFINITION 23 Individualized instruction that is administered by a computer. TERM 24
Tracking/tracks
DEFINITION 24 Classes/Curricula to which students of a specified achievement or ability level are assigned. TERM 25
Keller plan
DEFINITION 25 Students advance through the curricula at their own pace by passing mastery tests.
Cognitive Dissonance Theory
Cognitive dissonance is an uncomfortable feeling caused by holding two contradictory ideas simultaneously. TERM 32
Attribution Theory
DEFINITION 32 An explanation of motivation that focuses on how people explain the causes of their own successes and failures. TERM 33
Student Anxiety
DEFINITION 33 Caused by fear of failure and loss of self-esteem. TERM 34
Student Motivation
DEFINITION 34
- Learning Goals 2. Performance Goals 3. Social Goals TERM 35
Allocated Time
DEFINITION 35 Time during which students have the opportunity to learn.
Engaged Time
Time students spend actually learning. TERM 37
Behavior
Modification
DEFINITION 37 Systematic application of antecedents and consequences to change behavior. TERM 38
Group
Contingencies
DEFINITION 38 Class rewards that depend on the behavior of all students. TERM 39
Transitions
DEFINITION 39 Periods in which one is moving from one task to the next. (Avoid leaving theses spaces with down time). TERM 40
Applied Behavioral Analysis
DEFINITION 40 Applied behavior analysis (ABA) is the science of applying experimentally derived principles of behavior to improve socially significant behavior.
Mastery
Mastery Learning is an instructional method that presumes all children can learn if they are provided with the appropriate learning conditions. TERM 47
Accountability
DEFINITION 47 Tool used to keep people doing what they are supposed to do.
