LESSON PLANNING & PRESENTATION… OUTLINE FOR TAKING NOTES
CHILD DEVELOPMENT
NAME:______
1. The term ______refers to the subjects taught at an educational institution, or the elements taught in a particular subject (subject area content).
2. There are several different types of curriculum:
A ______curriculum includes courses that prepare you for an occupation, such as courses in Business, Industrial Technology, and Family & Consumer Sciences.
A ______curriculum focuses on courses such as art, drama, theatre, instrumental and/or vocal music.
A ______curriculum is one that covers math, science, English, and social studies.
A ______curriculum is one that covers many different focus areas.
An ______or interdisciplinary curriculum is education that is organized in such a way that it cuts across subject-matter lines.
3. An ______is the “goal” you wish to accomplish within a specific curriculum area. It gives the lesson direction. There are two rules to follow when writing objectives:
A. ______
a. example: ______
B. ______
a. measurable verbs: ______
b. un-measurable verbs: ______
4. ______refers to the order in which knowledge is learned. If item A needs to be learned prior to learning item B, that means item A is a:
______
5. ______refers to “the range of information” covered in an activity, or on a subject or topic. Will the information be very specific, or very general, etc.
6. An ______is an “introduction” to a lesson. It is some activity, story, object, etc. that encourages a child to look forward to the lesson and learning.
7. ______is the information that is imparted to the student in a lesson, and the method a teacher chooses in order to provide the information. List several methods that a teacher might use:
______
8. The way any human being learns anything… is through ______. It doesn’t make any difference if you’re learning how to add and subtract, or ride a bike, or type a paper, or bake a pie, or write a sentence. The only variable is “how much practice does any one person need?” This is the part of the lesson plan that might be done over and over again until the student is actually successful. There are two types of practice:
A. ______practice. This is the type that is done under the supervision of the teacher, getting assistance as needed.
B. ______practice. This is the type that is done away from the teacher’s presence, and without immediate assistance.
9. The portion of the lesson plan dealing with evaluation is called ______.
Some form of judgment or testing is done to determine whether or not the child has successfully met the objective. Sometimes, learning is not measured in terms of perfect scores. Instead, learning is sometimes measured in the form of an acceptable standard of accomplishment. For example, the student may be expected to be able to do a certain task with 70% accuracy in order to get a passing grade. This standard of acceptance is referred to as the:
______
10. There are many different lesson plan formats, varying slightly in steps from this 5 step lesson-plan model:
A. ______
B. ______
C. ______
D. ______
E. ______
If the teacher proceeds methodically through all 5 steps of the lesson plan, but the child is not able to meet the assessment criteria on a specific objective, what should happen next?
______
11. Objectives are written for the average student learner. The teacher may take the basic objective and make changes in the input or practice portions in order to accommodate special needs of students. These changes are called:
______
12. ______, a professor at Chicago University, developed a taxonomy (system of classification) of assessments. They progress from simple to challenging.This taxonomy has been revised several times since its inception in the early 1950’s. The revisions of Anderson & Krathwohl in 2001 are now widely-accepted:
A. ______(simple recalling of information)
a. examples: ______
B. ______(explaining ideas or concepts)
a. examples: ______
C. ______(usinginformation in another familiarsituation)
a. examples: ______
D. ______(breaking down an information into parts)
a. examples: ______
E. ______(judging or justifying a decision or course of action)
a. examples: ______
F. ______(generating new ideas, products, or views)
a. examples: ______
13. The purpose of ______and reporting student progress is to engage teachers, students, and parents in the process of increasing student achievement. An effective system allows educators to clearly communicate student progress towards curriculum objectives in a form that is equitable, accurate, and useful.
14. There are many forms of enrichment experiences that can be used to enhance the content and/or quality of instruction.
A. ______activities or programs are those happening outside thenormal curriculum. These activities often involve participants from another school. An examplewould be an extracurricular sports team from a school that competes with team members from another school.
B. ______activities or programs are those occurring within or involving members of a single school. An example might be an intramural science fair. Students work with students from their own school on science projects and compete against other similar teams from their own school.
15. Where do preschools and private schools get money to buy educational resources?
______
Where do public schools get money to buy educational resources?
______
16. What are three qualities of good teachers:
______the ability to convey ideas and concepts to
students; includes good background knowledge and careful planning and organization.
______includes getting down on the child’s level of thinking and activity, questions and answers during lesson presentation
______includes ability to command authority and respect, courage to admit limitations, ability to assess student strengths and weaknesses, enthusiasm for his/her field of expertise, caring for children
17. Name 8 things you can do to improve your ability to read to children:
A. ______
B. ______
C. ______
D. ______
E. ______
F. ______
G. ______
H. ______