Final+Exam+Questions

1. How might the teacher shown in the video have used some aspect of technology discussed in TEED 512 to more effectively address one or more of the lessons’ learning target? Be sure to identify a particular learning target and give a clear explanation as to why your proposal might lead to improved learning. 2. Given Bloom’s taxonomy, what level(s) of questions does the teacher use in the lesson? How could you facilitate learning at higher levels of thinking? 3. If you were the teacher’s peer coach, what kind of invited feedback would you give related to his/her effectiveness in monitoring student learning? 4. If the teacher said, “Observe my lesson and give me feedback on five of the eleven principles of research on good teaching,” what specific examples could you use in providing that feedback? (See “Highlights of Research on Good Teaching”) 5. Analyze the teacher’s application of the six principles of long-term memory that were covered in class. 6. What motivational theories and practices did you see the teacher using in the videotape? Cite specific examples of behavioral, cognitive, social cognitive or humanistic theories that you saw in the lesson. Comment on the effectiveness with which you think these approaches were or could be applied. What additional motivation techniques might have been used? 7. Comment on the teacher’s lesson in relation to reaching varied learning styles and multiple intelligences. 8. Assume ‘Sergio’ is in this classroom. He reads at the fifth-grade level and has good verbal and problem- solving skills. What recommendations would you make to the teacher to help him be more successful in the classroom? 9. Provide two examples of service learning projects that could be used to enhance and/or apply the student learning in this lesson. Identify how the service learning would address a genuine community need and how the service activity could be integrated with lesson content. 10. Comment on the teacher’s classroom management. What management strategies did you see used? What philosophical assumptions regarding classroom management did you see reflected? What suggestions would you offer to the teacher, drawing on your understanding of various models of classroom management? 11. Critique the lesson from the standpoint of characteristics of constructivist learning. What elements of constructivist learning. What elements of constructivism were or were not reflected? 12. How could cooperative learning be used in this lesson? Describe a cooperative learning activity to reinforce this lesson. 13. What “dimensions of multicultural education” are evident in this lesson (See J.A. Banks)? What dimensions are only partially evident or not evident at all? Give specific examples. If you were in the teacher’s place, what would you do to ensure that the dimensions were more evident in the lesson? Be specific. 14. Comment on the effectiveness with which the teacher used any of the eight elements of lesson design. Do you have suggestions for enhancing use of one or more of the elements?