Intro to Teaching Chapter 8 Choosing
a School QUESTIONS N ANSWERS
curriculum - correct answer ✔✔ everything that teachers teach and students learn
standards - correct answer ✔✔ essential statements of learning goals that describe what
students should know and be able to do
development - correct answer ✔✔ the physical changes in children as well as the changes in the
way they think and relate to peers that result from maturation or experience
looping - correct answer ✔✔ the practice of keeping a teacher with 1 group of students for
more than 1 year
Montessori method - correct answer ✔✔ the teacher's role is to provide experiences for
children and encourage exploration
collective efficacy - correct answer ✔✔ teachers' beliefs in their schools' ability to promote
student learning regardless of external conditions
grade retention - correct answer ✔✔ the practice of requiring students to repeat a grade
social promotion - correct answer ✔✔ the practice of promoting low-achieving students so they
can be with age-similar peers
grade recovery - correct answer ✔✔ the practice of allowing failing students to improve their
grade to as high as a C through online or after school remediation
a School QUESTIONS N ANSWERS
curriculum - correct answer ✔✔ everything that teachers teach and students learn
standards - correct answer ✔✔ essential statements of learning goals that describe what
students should know and be able to do
development - correct answer ✔✔ the physical changes in children as well as the changes in the
way they think and relate to peers that result from maturation or experience
looping - correct answer ✔✔ the practice of keeping a teacher with 1 group of students for
more than 1 year
Montessori method - correct answer ✔✔ the teacher's role is to provide experiences for
children and encourage exploration
collective efficacy - correct answer ✔✔ teachers' beliefs in their schools' ability to promote
student learning regardless of external conditions
grade retention - correct answer ✔✔ the practice of requiring students to repeat a grade
social promotion - correct answer ✔✔ the practice of promoting low-achieving students so they
can be with age-similar peers
grade recovery - correct answer ✔✔ the practice of allowing failing students to improve their
grade to as high as a C through online or after school remediation
