1 How Ready Are You for the PPR TExES? Important Buzz Words (you can add others) Lifelong learning Positive environment Developmentally appropriate Self-­‐esteem Scaffolding Reflectivity Zone of proximal development Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs Site-­‐based management Piaget stages Bloom’s Taxonomy TEKS and TAKS (STAAR) Scope and Sequence Metacognition Operant Conditioning Diversity Moral development Synthesis Modeling Self-­‐efficacy Wait-­‐time Plagiarism and fair use IEP ARD ELL 2 These are words that usually indicate a wrong answer: —
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Most likely Most appropriate Except First step Primary purpose Higher-­‐order thinking Model Foster Student-­‐Centered District policy Needed Information Howard Gardner – Multple Intelligences http://www.tecweb.org/styles/gardner.html Jean Piaget – Cognitive Developmental Stages “Schemata” See examples below Abraham Maslow – Hierarchy of Needs http://www.simplypsychology.org/maslow.html See examples below. Erik Erikson – Theory of Psychoscial Development http://psychology.about.com/od/psychosocialtheories/a/psychosocial.htm Lev Vygotsky – Social Development Theory -­‐ Zone of Proximal Development http://www.simplypsychology.org/vygotsky.html Benjamin Bloom -­‐ Cognitive Taxonomy http://www.nwlink.com/~donclark/hrd/bloom.html See examples below. 3 4 Piaget Stages of Cognitive Development Bloom’s Taxonomy of Cognitive Development Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs 5 TExES PPR Study Guides (FREE Resources)
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