Exam 8: Organising Classroom Structures and Routines

School structures in kindergartens and early childhood centres should emphasise opportunities for:

What are three strategies teachers might use to maintain whole-class attention?

Is the following statement True or False? 'There is not a single education system in Australia: each state or territory has an Education Department and political responsibility lies with a state-based Minister of Education.'

What is one problem that teachers need to be aware of when using friendship groups for learning tasks?

Which of the following theorists' work on the use of democratic procedures in classrooms contributed to thinking about cooperative learning?

An argument against streamed classes is:

Is this statement True or False? 'All students thrive on group work.'

Identify the main similarities and differences between small group teaching and cooperative learning. What factors should teachers consider when deciding whether to use groups in the classroom?

Whole-class instruction is least well suited to:

Which of the following is not a typical feature of primary schools?

The best topics for using cooperative learning in lessons are those that require:

When planning to use cooperative learning in a lesson, which of the following is not one of the three planning steps?

What are two ways of working that you might see in a differentiated classroom?

When groups are operating in the classroom, 'strategic positioning' by the teacher means the teacher:

Within cooperative learning, team members sharing their information is a particular feature of the:

According to Carrington (2004), students in the middle years need 'supportive learning environments where teachers and students are able to …':

Decide on a lesson topic suited to the use of cooperative learning and describe the key steps you would use in planning and implementing the lesson. Identify three potential problems that may occur in your use of cooperative learning and how you would address them.

Secondary schools normally have:

Which of the following is not a feature of cooperative learning?

Homogeneous grouping means grouping students on the basis of: