ABCTE PTK KEY CONCEPTS AND
REVISION NOTES
◉ Designing a curriculum
Answer: Determine time needed, write assessment, teach skills,
review for assessment, give assessment, evaluate effectiveness,
redesign and repeat
◉ Objectives
Answer: Easy to turn into test questions
◉ Required reading for all new teachers
Answer: Local curriculum guide
◉ Assessments inform
Answer: Instruction
◉ Pace of instruction depends on
Answer: Nature of students, difficulty of material, and curricular
goals
◉ Rule 1 for teachers
Answer: Meet the needs of the students
,◉ Rule 2 for teachers
Answer: It isn't about how much you teach but how much they
remember
◉ Rule 3 for teachers
Answer: Students performance depends on teachers ability to
prepare appropriate lessons
◉ Learning cycle
Answer: Exploration, concept introduction, concept application
◉ Concept introduction
Answer: Teaching stage or guided discovery
◉ Exploration stage
Answer: The stage that involves more in-depth interactions
◉ Concept application stage
Answer: Apply new skills to new situations
◉ active learning
Answer: Involving the students more in the lesson
, ◉ Warm up
Answer: Focuses attention on a meaningful task, prepare students
for learning
◉ Lecture
Answer: Teacher talking to the students
◉ Demonstrations
Answer: Perform some instructional act/ showing a technique,
process, or procedure
◉ Worksheets
Answer: Support classroom learning in practice or higher level
thinking
◉ Gallery walk
Answer: Observe and think about instructional items around the
room
◉ Technology
Answer: Allows differentiation, reinforcement of lesson and
present new info to faster learners
◉ CAI
Answer: Computer assisted instruction
REVISION NOTES
◉ Designing a curriculum
Answer: Determine time needed, write assessment, teach skills,
review for assessment, give assessment, evaluate effectiveness,
redesign and repeat
◉ Objectives
Answer: Easy to turn into test questions
◉ Required reading for all new teachers
Answer: Local curriculum guide
◉ Assessments inform
Answer: Instruction
◉ Pace of instruction depends on
Answer: Nature of students, difficulty of material, and curricular
goals
◉ Rule 1 for teachers
Answer: Meet the needs of the students
,◉ Rule 2 for teachers
Answer: It isn't about how much you teach but how much they
remember
◉ Rule 3 for teachers
Answer: Students performance depends on teachers ability to
prepare appropriate lessons
◉ Learning cycle
Answer: Exploration, concept introduction, concept application
◉ Concept introduction
Answer: Teaching stage or guided discovery
◉ Exploration stage
Answer: The stage that involves more in-depth interactions
◉ Concept application stage
Answer: Apply new skills to new situations
◉ active learning
Answer: Involving the students more in the lesson
, ◉ Warm up
Answer: Focuses attention on a meaningful task, prepare students
for learning
◉ Lecture
Answer: Teacher talking to the students
◉ Demonstrations
Answer: Perform some instructional act/ showing a technique,
process, or procedure
◉ Worksheets
Answer: Support classroom learning in practice or higher level
thinking
◉ Gallery walk
Answer: Observe and think about instructional items around the
room
◉ Technology
Answer: Allows differentiation, reinforcement of lesson and
present new info to faster learners
◉ CAI
Answer: Computer assisted instruction
