Deck 11: How Can I Design, Implement, and Evaluate Instructional Activities

Question 1

An activity that simultaneously accomplishes many goals is preferable to one that accomplishes fewer goals so long as it is just as effective in accomplishing the:

A)primary goal.
B)secondary goal.
C)whole task.
D)current topic.

Answer 1

A

Question 2

Activities that are worthwhile need to be:

A)memorable and always hands on.
B)interesting, hands on, and minds on.
C)memorable and lead to important learning.
D)interesting, integrating, and value-based.

Answer 2

C

Question 3

Curriculum development should be driven by lists of concepts and facts to be covered.

Answer 3

False

Question 4

The success of an activity in producing thoughtful student engagement with important ideas depends exclusively on the activity itself.

Question 5

Activities should be built around powerful ideas and isolated facts or other peripheral content that lacks life-application potential.

Question 6

The success of an activity in producing thoughtful student engagement with important ideas depends not only on the activity itself, but also on the teacher:

A)hypothesizing and student-to-student interaction that occurs before, during, and after the activity.
B)structuring and teacher-student discourse that occurs before, during, and after the time period in which the students respond to the activity's demand.
C)clarifying information after the instructional activity has been successfully accomplished and evaluated.
D)evaluating and teacher-student discourse that occurs during and after the time period in which students respond to the activity's demands.

Question 7

One of the main criteria for activity selection should be student enjoyment.

Question 8

The key to the effectiveness of an activity is its:

A)cognitive engagement potential.
B)intrinsic motivation potential.
C)extrinsic motivation potential.
D)z one or proximal development (ZPD)potential.

Question 9

When implementing activities with students, teachers need to provide whatever explicit explanations and modeling students may need in order for them to understand what to do, how to do it, and why it is important.

Question 10

The "best" activities are those that produced reports of noteworthy cognitive learning combined with:

A)desirable affective outcomes.
B)desirable learning environments.
C)desirable classroom community.
D)desirable curriculum.

Question 11

Scaffolding suggests the teacher will:

A)clear up confusion or misconceptions and help students diagnose their mistakes and seek a different strategy when appropriate.
B)help students to understand what they will be doing, what they will have accomplished when they finish, and how their accomplishments will be evaluated.
C)provide whatever explicit explanation and modeling that students need to understand what to do, how to do it, and why it's important.
D)provide students with opportunities to assess their performance, to correct and learn from their mistakes, and remind students how the activity fits into the big picture.

Question 12

Cost effectiveness refers to the amount of money spent on the materials for an instructional activity.

Question 13

Cognitive content potential refers to the degree to which the activity gets students actively thinking about and applying the content.

Question 14

Which of the following is an examples of a "best" activity?

A)independent work
B)lecture
C)thematic units
D)note taking

Question 15

Curriculum development should be driven by:

A)standardized tests.
B)long term goals.
C)quarterly assessments.
D)integrated thematic units.

Question 16

Activities refer exclusively to written tasks-anything that students are expected to do in response to curricular content.

Question 17

One of the primary standards for the selection of learning activities is how well the activity contributes to students' attainment of curricular goals.

Question 18

Activities are not self-justifying ends in themselves, but instead are a means for:

A)integrating content and providing opportunities for students to practice skills.
B)helping students to accomplish major curricular goals.
C)helping teachers assess misconceptions in student thinking.
D)generating student interest and providing intrinsic motivation.

Question 19

A complete activity would ordinarily include which of the following stages?

A)introduction, connecting declarative knowledge with procedural knowledge, independent work, and grading
B)introduction, independent work, debriefing/reflection/assessment, and natural applications
C)introduction, concrete experiences, independent work, and debriefing/reflection/assessment
D)introduction, initial scaffolding, independent work, and debriefing/reflection/assessment

Question 20

Qualities of powerful social studies teaching and learning activities are thoughtful, integrative, and challenging.

Question 21

What should guide your decision-making process when selecting activities? Why is it important to incorporate a range of activities in your instruction?

Question 22

Describe what makes an instructional activity memorable and lead to important learning.
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Question 23

What are the characteristics of activities that will have the maximum impact on student learning?