EDU 201 finals Sample Questions and Correct
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formative evaluation
Is the assessment of a student's work that provides feedback on a student's progress and guides
preparation of future lessons along the way.
summative evaluation
Is the use of the assessment results to make conclusions about what a student has learned at the
end or to decide whether a student is ready to move to the next grade level.
Norm-Refrenced Tests
Are assessments in which one student is compared to other students who have taken the test.
Criterion-referenced tests
Are assessments in which each student's test score is compared with a defined-level of
performance rather than how other students have done.
What are the six levels of Bloom's Taxonomy for depth of knowledge?
1. Remembering
2. Understanding
3. Applying
4. Analyzing
5. Evaluating
6. Creating
,What are some ways teachers informally check for understanding by students?
1. Questioning/listening
2. Self-reflection
3. Teachers observation for classroom management
4. Teachers observation for student management
5. use of "thumbs up" and clickers
6. pop quizzes
7. homework
8. drafts of assignments
9. students teaching other students
Achievement gap
Refers to the differences in test scores on either state or national achievement tests between
groups.
developmentally appropriate practice
An approach to teaching and curriculum development that is grounded in the research about how
students learn and develop at different ages.
differentiating instruction
Teaching in ways that provide multiple options for learning based on the learning needs, learning
preferences, interests, and readiness of each student.
sensorimotor stage
, in Piaget's theory, the stage (from birth to about 2 years of age) during which infants know the
world mostly in terms of their sensory impressions and motor activities
preoperational stage
in Piaget's theory, the stage (from 2 to about 6 or 7 years of age) during which a child learns to
use language but does not yet comprehend the mental operations of concrete logic.
Concrete Stage
in Piaget's theory, the stage of cognitive development (from about 6 or 7 to 11 years of age)
during which children gain the mental operations that enable them to think logically about
concrete events
formal operations stage
Piaget's last stage of cognitive development, in which the adolescent becomes capable of abstract
thinking
Jean Piaget's four stages of cognitive development
sensorimotor, preoperational, concrete operational, formal operational
Howard Gardner's seven Multiple Intelligences
1. Verbal/Linguistic Intelligence
2. Logical/ Mathematical Intelligence
3. Visual/ Spatial Intelligence
4. Bodily/Kinesthetic Intelligence
5. Musical/Rhythmic Intelligence
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formative evaluation
Is the assessment of a student's work that provides feedback on a student's progress and guides
preparation of future lessons along the way.
summative evaluation
Is the use of the assessment results to make conclusions about what a student has learned at the
end or to decide whether a student is ready to move to the next grade level.
Norm-Refrenced Tests
Are assessments in which one student is compared to other students who have taken the test.
Criterion-referenced tests
Are assessments in which each student's test score is compared with a defined-level of
performance rather than how other students have done.
What are the six levels of Bloom's Taxonomy for depth of knowledge?
1. Remembering
2. Understanding
3. Applying
4. Analyzing
5. Evaluating
6. Creating
,What are some ways teachers informally check for understanding by students?
1. Questioning/listening
2. Self-reflection
3. Teachers observation for classroom management
4. Teachers observation for student management
5. use of "thumbs up" and clickers
6. pop quizzes
7. homework
8. drafts of assignments
9. students teaching other students
Achievement gap
Refers to the differences in test scores on either state or national achievement tests between
groups.
developmentally appropriate practice
An approach to teaching and curriculum development that is grounded in the research about how
students learn and develop at different ages.
differentiating instruction
Teaching in ways that provide multiple options for learning based on the learning needs, learning
preferences, interests, and readiness of each student.
sensorimotor stage
, in Piaget's theory, the stage (from birth to about 2 years of age) during which infants know the
world mostly in terms of their sensory impressions and motor activities
preoperational stage
in Piaget's theory, the stage (from 2 to about 6 or 7 years of age) during which a child learns to
use language but does not yet comprehend the mental operations of concrete logic.
Concrete Stage
in Piaget's theory, the stage of cognitive development (from about 6 or 7 to 11 years of age)
during which children gain the mental operations that enable them to think logically about
concrete events
formal operations stage
Piaget's last stage of cognitive development, in which the adolescent becomes capable of abstract
thinking
Jean Piaget's four stages of cognitive development
sensorimotor, preoperational, concrete operational, formal operational
Howard Gardner's seven Multiple Intelligences
1. Verbal/Linguistic Intelligence
2. Logical/ Mathematical Intelligence
3. Visual/ Spatial Intelligence
4. Bodily/Kinesthetic Intelligence
5. Musical/Rhythmic Intelligence
