Pedagogy and Professional Responsibilities (PPR) Exam Practice Flashcards

Flashcards covering pedagogy and professional responsibilities, including classroom management, ELL proficiency levels, instructional strategies, and professional ethics based on lecture notes.

Activating Students’ Prior Knowledge

The primary purpose of identifying what students already know to increase their comprehension level before reading a text.

Gang Membership Rejection Approach

Facilitating a goal by creating a learning environment where students feel a sense of belonging and have opportunities to experience success.

Performance Based Assessment

An assessment type illustrated by a project where students develop a weather broadcast, involving forecasting, script writing, filming, and set design.

Storyboard

A graphic organizer used to help students create transitions in a broadcasting or filmmaking project.

Multiple Intelligences

Learning elements incorporated into multi-faceted projects, such as a weather broadcast encompassing various roles like script writing and technology.

Full Inclusion Model

An educational approach where students with disabilities are fully integrated into general education classrooms to increase opportunities for understanding and acceptance of diversity.

Identity Exploration Support

A teacher action for middle school students involving providing a variety of learning experiences to give students an opportunity to determine their strengths.

Thematic Instruction

An instructional strategy characterized by connecting a single concept, such as courage, across multiple subject areas to promote content connections.

Graphic Organizers

Tools recommended for modeling appropriate note-taking skills to elementary students during research.

Heterogeneous Grouping

The most effective grouping method for supporting a class of diverse abilities, including English language learners (ELLs), during a group project.

Learning Log

A student-maintained record of observations, concerns, and summaries used to encourage responsibility for their own learning.

Acceptable Use Policy

A set of guidelines for internet use that includes net etiquette, which a teacher must emphasize before students explore interactive websites.

Reframing

An instructional strategy where a teacher modifies an assignment, such as allowing a student to write about a future day instead of a favorite memory, to help the student begin working.

Criteria and Standards

The specific information provided to students before a performance assessment to ensure results are fair and accurate.

Copyright Permission (Fair Use)

The standard allowing a teacher to make multiple copies of an article if it is less than 2,500 words and includes a notice of copyright for one-time classroom use.

Academic Integrity

The principle promoted when a teacher explains plagiarism and demonstrates proper ways to paraphrase and cite source information.

Bloom's Taxonomy (High Level)

Represented by questions that ask for the relevance of a threat to a community, requiring evaluation rather than simple recall.

Vertical Learning

A coordination of educational goals and content between various grade levels to ensure curricular alignment.

Horizontal Learning

Instructional planning and goals shared between teachers of the same grade level.

Intermediate Writing Proficiency (ELL)

A level where a student can write complete sentences but frequently struggles with verb tenses and spelling/grammatical errors.

Scaffolding

The provision of temporary support, such as visuals or simplified instructions, to provide the guidance learners need to move toward independence.

Child Abuse Reporting

A legal requirement for educators to contact CPS within $48\,hrs$ when signs of abuse or possible abuse are observed; parents should not be called.

Fine Motor Skills

Physical abilities involving small muscle movements, such as cutting on a line, coloring, or writing one's name.

Wait Time (1–2 Seconds)

A short delay before a question is answered, often used for advanced students who are academic risk-takers.

Embedded Links

The best strategy to ensure students gain quick access to useful online information for a social studies assignment.

Inquiry

The type of practice characterized by the scientific method and discovery investigation.

ADHD Diagnosis

A medical determination that can only be made by a medical professional, not a classroom teacher.

Intermediate Reading Level (ELL)

A status where a student may enjoy reading but shows little comprehension; teachers can use illustrated summaries to determine their actual understanding.

Teacher Role in ARD Meeting

The responsibility to monitor and report student behavior and provide feedback on progress in the general education setting.

Classroom Management

The effective handling of classroom activities, which is lacking when students take a long time to switch between whole class and small group formats.

Literature Circle Research

An appropriate resource for learning about the effectiveness of literature circles, such as a peer-reviewed article.

90th Percentile

A score indicating that a student performed better than $90\%$ of the other students who took the test.

Associative Play

Level of play involving hand-eye coordination and imagination.