WGU C368 #2 Instructional Planning & Presentation

Standards - Answer- Statements that describe the subject matter students should know and perform at each grade level. Tier 1 instruction - Answer- *Core instruction *regular classroom instruction, involving assessing, instructing, and diagnosing learning difficulties. *75-85 percent of students progress Tier 2 instruction - Answer- *Supplemental phase in the regular classroom or adjunct to the classroom *assessment occurs more frequently in order to determine responsiveness and next steps *often takes the form of additional small-group instruction *10-15 percent of students, up to 20 weeks. Tier 3 instruction - Answer- *Intensive intervention, one-on-one instruction *involves a learning coach, speech-language pathologist, etc. - not the regular classroom teacher *5-10 % of students Constructivist theory - Answer- individuals construct meaning and understanding through their prior knowledge and then apply this knowledge in new current situations In a constructivist classroom... - Answer- the teacher searches for students' understandings of concepts and then structures learning opportunities for students to refine or revise these understandings by posing contradictions, presenting new information, asking questions, encouraging research, and/or engaging students in inquiries designed to challenge current concepts constructivist classroom principles - Answer- *teachers seek and value their students' points of view *classroom activities challenge students' suppositions *teachers pose problems of emerging relevance *teachers build lessons around primary concepts and "big" ideas *teachers assess student learning in the context of daily teaching journal writing (teacher):typical questions - Answer- *what happened? *why did it happen? *what could I have done differently? *what might it mean for student learning?