Deck 7: How Do Teachers Use and Manage Social Studies Instructional Strategies Effectively

Question 1

Selecting materials for use in a lesson controls the range of possible student actions and discoveries.

Answer 1

True

Question 2

Narrow questions are used in the exploratory introduction of the learning cycle.

Answer 2

False

Question 3

Which is NOT a characteristic of the key question in the exploratory introduction?

A) Challenges thinking about the main idea of the lesson
B) Is an open question
C) Is a narrow question
D) None of the above

Answer 3

C

Question 4

Questions in lessons are best used when:

A) planned in advance.
B) constructed during the lesson in response to students' needs.
C) they are narrow and call for short responses.
D) they are global and slightly related to the lesson's topic.

Question 5

Open, or broad, questions have many answers that can be correct even though some responses are more sophisticated than others.

Question 6

Closed or narrow questions, when asked, are asked in the expansion phase of the learning cycle.

Question 7

All of the following are skills needed for effective discussion except:

A) listening to others.
B) carefully presenting your own view while avoiding paraphrasing the views of others.
C) asking questions to draw out others' ideas.
D) identifying areas of agreement or disagreement.

Question 8

When students are asked to figure out the attributes and their importance to a concept by comparing and contrasting examples and non-examples of the concept, this is considered:

A) fact acquisition.
B) concept attainment.
C) idea formation.
D) value development.

Question 9

Which of the following are verbs that could ALL appear in narrow questions?

A) Describe, hypothesize, recall, recreate
B) Named, define, identify, classify
C) Define, explain, distinguish, predict
D) Match, identify, distinguish, evaluate

Question 10

Lesson smoothness is a major component in classroom management that involves:

A) completing instruction on the original idea before switching to a new idea.
B) moving to instructional activities quickly instead of wasting time on an introductory activity.
C) bringing in interesting facts whether or not they are relevant to the activity underway.
D) attending immediately to minor student misbehavior during a lesson.

Question 11

Teachers are free to select and combine various instructional strategies that they can professionally justify.

Question 12

Different instructional strategies are appropriate for use during different parts of a social studies lesson or unit.

Question 13

All of the following are characteristics of guided discovery instruction except:

A) students use an activity focusing on one concept, generalization, value, or skill.
B) students are involved in multiple activities illustrating the concept, generalization, value, or skill.
C) students select problem areas to study.
D) students' main role is to investigate and discover answers to the questions posed, discussing and displaying data.

Question 14

What students learn is influenced by how they are taught, the quality of the social processes in the classroom, and how social studies is perceived by teachers and students.

Question 15

Goals of cooperative learning include ALL but:

A) positive interdependence.
B) individual and group accountability.
C) high grades for all students.
D) awareness of the need for group processing.

Question 16

All of the following are characteristics of expository, or direct, instruction except the teacher:

A) controls the situation, providing adequate directions and motivation.
B) provides ample opportunities to practice the skill in a wide variety of situations.
C) supplies immediate and continuous feedback focusing on correct answers.
D) provides students with the time and opportunity to study relationships in data and form a new idea.

Question 17

Cooperative learning is well suited to social studies because the skills it teaches are essential to democratic attitudes and beliefs.

Question 18

Clarity, or clear instruction, includes:

A) few opportunities for interaction among students to keep students on task.
B) few social studies lesson each month.
C) experiences related to and relevant to students' lives.
D) eliminating student self-evaluation of their learning.

Question 19

Cooperative learning involves grouping students with similar abilities.

Question 20

Which strategies help students prepare for future life experiences in a nonthreatening environment?

A) Contests and games
B) Simulations and role-plays
C) Computer exercises using databases
D) Guest speakers and field trips

Question 21

Inquiry activities are intrinsically motivating because students direct their own learning.

Question 22

Webquests are best used in the lesson development phase of the learning cycle.