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Module 7: Lecture Materials & Resources

  Motivation, Teaching, & Learning

Read and watch the lecture resources & materials below early in the week to help you respond to the discussion questions and to complete your assignment(s).

(Note: The citations below are provided for your research convenience. Students should always cross-reference the current APA guide for correct styling of citations and references in their academic work.)

Read

· Durwin, C. C., & Reese-Weber, M. J. (2020).

· Chapter 10: Information Processing

· Chapter 11: Metacognition

· Chapter 12: Transfer of Skills and Knowledge

· Chapter 13: Higher Order Thinking

 

Watch

· Instructional strategies-the KWL strategy (4:01) Let's TEACH. (2016, January 29).  Instructional strategies-the KWL strategy [Video]. YouTube. Instructional Strategies — The KWL StrategyLinks to an external site.

· Inquiry-based learning: from teacher-guided to student-driven (5:25) Edutopia. (2015, December 16).  Inquiry-based learning: from teacher-guided to student-driven [Video].  YouTube. Inquiry-Based Learning: From Teacher-Guided to Student-DriveLinks to an external site.

· Cooperative learning demo (4:50) FishbowlVideoProd. (2011, July 26).  Cooperative learning demo [Video]. YouTube. Cooperative Learning DemoLinks to an external site.

Module 7 Assignment

 

  Standardized Testing Part 2

Standardized testing involves using testing instruments that are administered and scored in a pre-established standard or consistent manner. There are two types of standardized testing instruments: norm-referenced tests and criterion-referenced tests. The former testing instruments yield scores that compare the examinee's scores to that of a representative sample (the normative group) of same-age or grade peers. The latter type of testing instrument involves comparing an examinee's score to a predetermined criterion (such as a school curriculum). 

Answer the following questions as they relate to standardized testing statistics. 

1. What do results of achievement, aptitude, and diagnostic tests tell teachers?

2. How would you prepare students (and yourself) for taking standardized tests?

3. What are the strengths and weaknesses of alternative forms of assessment such as portfolios? 

  

 

Submission Instructions:

· Answer the questions as a worked example. Show the steps as to how you came to your answer.

· Your answers are to be clear and concise and you will lose points for improper grammar, punctuation, and misspelling.