MTLE Secondary Pedagogy (5-12)

MTLE Secondary Pedagogy (5-12) A high school teacher coordinates a program that partners incoming ninth-grade students with twelfth-grade mentors. Students meet weekly to set academic goals, discuss concerns, and organize materials. The most important benefit of this program is that it: - ANS-Responds to the unique emotional and social characteristics of young adolescents - (Because this answer directly relates to student development, specifically emotional development) At what grade should students develop the ability to recognize multiple perspectives on an issue? - ANS-10th grade Analytical Reasoning - ANS-Ability to examine an argument to discern whether the argument follows a logical procession - High School Recognizing logical fallacies supports students' ability to: - ANS-analyze the logic of an argument rather than taking another's point at face value (high school) The regular use of substances such as alcohol or drugs has been shown by medical research to affect the learning and development of high school students primarily by - ANS-Altering the way the brain processes and retains information Best way to help middle schoolers adjust to changing classes and managing materials? - ANS-Teach specific time-management and organizational strategies A class with high degree of diversity in ethnic, cultural, socioeconomic, and abilities would benefit from: - ANS-high expectations for students' learning and a belief in students' ability to be successful. Students with poor self-concept are likely to struggle with: - ANS-Estimating their abilities and competence accurately Best way to include students struggling with forming relationships and completing class work? - ANS-small-group activities that are non-academic, such as lunch bunch or art club Best way to reduce aggressive orientations and incidences of violence and disciplinary referrals - ANS-teaching adolescents conflict resolution - the communication skills and creative and analytic thinking to prevent, manage, and peacefully resolve conflict Conflict resolution skills provide adolescents with the ability to discuss a dispute without... - ANS-it escalating into a fight First step to teaching public speaking - ANS-start prespeaking activities: purpose setting, research, reflection Continues...