STUDY GUIDE FOR THE 258 FINAL EXAM
(Chapters 2, 6, 7, 8, 10)
Critical Ideas to understand in your Packet –
Developmentally Appropriate practice (50 & 51); (64 & 65)
Assessment (57 – 59)
Learning Modalities (63)
Madeline Hunters Lesson Plan (53) vs. a generic lesson plan (54 & 55)
What are the differences: Are modeling & guided practice always useful?
Bloom’s Taxonomy (67)
Critical Ideas from your Text What do Cognitive Constructivists believe compared to Social Constructivists
view? Who are the theorists behind both lines of thought? Which approach are
you most in favor of and why?
What is constructivism? (264 & 265)
What is Cognitive Constructivism? (339)
What is the teacher’s role in a Cognitive Constructivist Classroom?
What is Problem Centered Learning?
Understand Problem-Centered Instruction (340)
John Dewey (1916) proposed the 5 step pattern for carrying out investigations (348)
What is descriptive research and how is it used? (353)
What is meant by creativity and what cognitive traits are prominent? (362)
What can you find out about CPS in the dynamic social studies classroom? (363)
What are the four ground rules found in the Creative Problem Solving Model? (365)
Find out what you can about Authentic Assessment. (394)
What is Social Constructivism? (267)
How are the Zones of Development and Scaffolding interconnected? (268)
What is the teacher’s role in a Social Constructivist Classroom? (270)
Know the various types of Graphic Organizers that connect learning for children (277)
How can Factstorming be successfully used? (287)
Name Jerome Bruner’s thee Modes of Knowing & how they impact learning. (292)
What is Cooperative Learning, how does it work, and what are its main features? (318)
Grouping Learning Teams and what works best for particular age groups? (324)
Which Cooperative Learning Strategies work best? Jigsaw, STAD, etc. (326)
Which reward system might be best to use? (331)
What are some techniques during Placement, Formative, & Summative for assessment?
Tell me what you can about Exceptional Children and the type of teaching methods
most appropriate for each group. (Slow to Learn, Gifted, & Disabled)