C
o Convergent answers - only one correct answers, everyone must give that same answer
D
o Divergent answers - more than one correct answer
E
o Effective Teacher - It is the teacher who meets the goals and objectives of the organization
o English Learner - a multilingual student who has not yet mastered English
o English Learner - a multilingual student who has not yet mastered English
M
o Monolingual Learner - students who enter school speaking only English
o Multilingual Learner - students who enter school speaking a language other than English as their primary language at home
o Multilingual Learner - students who enter school speaking a language other than English as their primary language at home
R
o Reliability - is the degree to which an assessment tool produces stable and consistent results
o Rigor - includes:
- real world application
- upper levels of Bloom's Taxonomy (higher order thinking skills)
- cross content areas of the lesson (interdisciplinary)
- performance based aspect (rather than paper-pencil)
(add one or two of the above to the lesson and the rigor will be evident in the lesson)
o Rigor - includes:
- real world application
- upper levels of Bloom's Taxonomy (higher order thinking skills)
- cross content areas of the lesson (interdisciplinary)
- performance based aspect (rather than paper-pencil)
(add one or two of the above to the lesson and the rigor will be evident in the lesson)
S
o Scaffolding - a variety of instructional techniques used to move students progressively toward stronger understanding and, ultimately, greater independence in the learning process.
o Shadow children - students who do not qualify for SPED services but perform poorly in class
o Shadow children - students who do not qualify for SPED services but perform poorly in class
T
o Translanguaging - when a multilingual person's full linguistic repertoire is used and honored, instead of trying to keep narrowly focused on a single language; utilizing more than one language within classroom.
V
o Validity - refers to how well a test measures what it is purported to measure