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As
a Scholar, Problem Solver, and Partner, Teaches to Accommodate
Diverse Student Learning.
C1:
Makes learning objectives and instructional procedures clear
to students.
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Communicate, either implicitly or explicitly the objectives
of the lesson.
2. Present all instructions or directions clearly.
3. Convey how the instructional procedures for the lesson
are related to the learning goals and objectives.
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C2:
Makes content comprehensible to students
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Activate and build on students' background knowledge
and experiences.
2. Organize instruction through a variety of approaches.
3. Use your own content knowledge to develop explanations,
descriptions, examples, analogies, metaphors, demonstrations,
discussions, and learning activities that build bridges
to the students' background knowledge and experience.
4. Structure the lsossonin such a way that it is understood
not only as series of discrete pieces of information,
but as a group or series of inerrelated ideas or processes.
5.Sequence the parts of the lesson logically, so that
the students can readily follow the lesson's progression.
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C3:
Encourages students to extend their thinking.
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Enable students to move beyond the facts and extend
their thinking.
2. Use instructional techniques to encourage students
to extend their thinking (asking open-ended questions,
allowing students adequate time to think about their
answers to questions, or assigning tasks in which there
is moe than one method of completing the task).
3. Ask students for their opinions or for alternative
explanations.
4. Design activities specifically to encourage students
to extend their thinking.
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C4:
Monitors students' understanding of content through a variety
of means, provides feedback to students to assist learning,
and adjusts instruction as the situation demands.
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Use a variety of means (checking written owrk, asking
questinos, paying attention to nonverbal cues from students)
to monitor students' understanding.
2. Provide specific feedback to reinforce those who
are on track and redirect or assist those who need extra
help.
3. Use information gained from monitoring students'
understanding to assess the effectiveness of the particular
instructional approach.
4. Adjust eh learning activities as necessary if they
are not working as intended or if the students are having
unexpected problems.
5. Recognize teachable moment and adjust instruction
in order to capitalize on them.
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C5:
Use instructional time effectively
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Pace the lesson in ways that are appropriate to the
students in the class.
2.
Provide the students with meaningful and relevant work
or activities for the entire instructional time..
3. Minimize the time spent on noninstructional processes.
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