Describe each of the essential teaching skills, and explain how ...

[sheilaspns]

Describe each of the essential teaching skills, and explain how they increase learning.
 
  What will be an ideal response?

Question 2

Tom Evans gives a multiple-choice test to his biology students, and he is also careful to be certain that his test is consistent with his goals. As it turns out, Tom unintentionally writes the stem of one of the items in a misleading way, so that the students select a distracter rather than the correct answer, even though they understand the concept being measured with the item. Of the following, which is the most accurate statement?
 
  a. The item is reliable but not valid.
  b. The item is valid but not reliable.
  c. The item is both valid and reliable.
  d. The item is neither valid nor reliable.

[choc0chan]

Answer to Question 1

The essential teaching skills include: (1) teacher beliefs and behaviors, such as personal teaching efficacy, modeling and enthusiasm, caring, and high expectations, which increase learner motivation, and anything that increases motivation also increases learning; (2) organization, which increases learning by maximizing the time available for instruction; (3) ) review, which helps students activate their prior knowledge and construct meaningful schemas. (4) focus, which increases learning by attracting and maintaining student attention; (5) questioning, which increases learning by putting students in cognitively active roles; (6) feedback, which increases learning by providing students with information about their learning progress and helping them reconstruct their knowledge when necessary; (7) closure, which summarizes a lesson and contributes to schema construction and meaningful encoding; and

Answer to Question 2

a

[sheilaspns]

Gracias!

[aliotak]

YES! Correct, THANKS for helping me on my review