On Wednesday morning, after the school's team had won an exciting basketball game on Tuesday night, Kevin Davis began his language arts class by writing, The game was very exciting, and we pulled out a thrilling victory in the last minute, on the board.
What is one adjective in the sentence. . . . Karen? Kevin asks.
. . .
What do we know about the game?
. . . It was exciting, Karen says hesitantly.
Yes, good, Kevin smiles. So, what is one adjective?
. . . Exciting? Karen says hesitantly with a question in her voice.
Yes, Kevin smiles. Exciting describes the game, which is a noun, so exciting is an adjective.
Of the following, Kevin's questioning (asking, What do we know about the game? and, So, what is one adjective?) best illustrates an attempt to capitalize on which variable in the Model for Promoting Student Motivation?
a. Modeling and enthusiasm
b. Success
c. Feedback
d. Introductory focus
Ques. 2I think you kids have really got this stuff, Tammy Horton said to her geometry class, so I've fixed up a couple of problems that will make you think. Let's see if you can come through on them for tomorrow. The variable in the Model for Promoting Student Motivation that Tammy's comment best illustrates is:
a. enthusiasm.
b. challenge.
c. task comprehension.
d. success.
Ques. 3Which of the following are characteristics of effective assessments?
1 . The assessments provide students with positive reinforcement for their efforts.
2 . The assessments are aligned with teachers' learning objectives.
3 . The assessments increase student learning.
4 . The assessments allow students to compare their performance to their classmates.
a. 1, 2, 3, 4 b. 2, 3, 4 c. 1, 2, 4 d. 2, 3
Ques. 4Describe two problems that often occur with students when teachers use cooperative learning. Explain how these problems can be overcome.
What will be an ideal response?
Ques. 5Use cognitive learning theory to explain why guided discovery is often a more effective model for promoting learning than are more teacher-centered approaches.
What will be an ideal response?
Ques. 6Use learning theory to describe three weaknesses of lectures. Explain how the discussion component of the lecture-discussion model helps overcome these weaknesses.
What will be an ideal response?
Ques. 7Which of the steps in the direct instruction model is most important for promoting students' understanding? Explain why this step is so important.
What will be an ideal response?
Ques. 8Describe an objective that would be appropriately taught with the direct instruction model. Then, do the same for the lecture-discussion model, the guided discovery model, and cooperative learning models.
What will be an ideal response?
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