Exam 5: Inclusive Practices

Bloom's taxonomy is hierarchical-the mastery of higher level skills is dependent on the acquisition of the lower level skills.

Assigning students different roles at the beginning of the project is one way of encouraging individual accountability in the context of the group reaching its goal.

The highest level of inclusion is the organisational level where students become involved in the planning of learning activities. This involves ________ of the classroom.

Due to the nature of the products generated, it is very difficult to accurately assess individuals' learning from a cooperative learning experience.

The preview, click and clunk, get-the-gist, and wrap-up strategies are part of:

Elaborated help is one of the strategies included in collaborative strategic reading.

Using a "buddy" to help a student with an impairment access items is a means of providing independent access.

Focussing on students' positive characteristics and viewing them as being more similar than different is part of:

Peer-mediated learning includes:

The goal of curriculum differentiation is to improve the curriculum for all students by designing the teaching-learning context so that it provides a neatness of fit for each student while still retaining the locus of control for the curriculum within the classroom.

What are some of the limitations of cooperative learning? How can these be avoided? How can the cooperative learning experience be assessed for both the group and the individual?

Group processing is an important part of:

Learning from cooperative experiences can be assessed by:

Students usually prefer explicit teaching to trying out new ideas on their own or collaborating with peers.

Explain the concept of explicit teaching and provide an example from your subject area.

The preferred learning style of students with impairments is:

Reframing means changing the way we think about something. Discuss the concepts of reframing and teacher reflection. Why are these concepts vital to effective teaching? How would a teacher go about reframing? What are positive consequences of reframing for students and teachers?

Biology can be considered a functional academic skill.

Research shows that students with learning difficulties benefit socially and academically from both peer tutoring and cooperative learning.

Backward chaining involves the teacher completing steps 1 to 5 in front of the student and then allowing them to do step 6 independently.