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Lesson 10 - Student-Centered Learning

Seating Arrangements

Middle School Lesson

Please watch the video in this next section before doing the quiz (it is mandatory for progressing). Some questions in the quiz will be directly related to the video, so please pay attention to it and try to focus on the student groupings and activities, for example.

Student Information *

Please provide your first and family names

Question 1: Student-centered learning is _______________. *

where students are encouraged to take responsibility for their own learning through intrinsic motivation built from engaging content and collaborative tasks
where students are placed at the center of class in a circle
where the teacher lectures the students from the front of the classroom

Question 2: With student-centered learning, extrinsic motivation ________________. *

may still be needed, because not all students will likely be intrinsically motivated at all times
is useless, because students can only be intrinsically or extrinsically motivated, not both
is the same as intrinsic motivation

Question 3: A balanced student-centered classroom _________________. *

mixes individual, paired, small group, and whole-class learning depending on the activity
is always based on individual activities
never uses individual activities – it is fully collaborative

Question 4: In student-centered learning, the teacher usually creates the objectives, but ________________________. *

the lesson focuses on the students’ needs and they have some freedom of inquiry
the students can learn whatever they want
the teacher has no role once students are told the objectives

Question 5: One of the most important points to remember about student-centered learning is that _____________. *

you need to keep teacher talking time (TTT) to a minimum
it’s still all about the teacher
there is a fixed order for how it’s taught, starting with individual seating and ending with whole-class activities

Question 6: For beginner classes, the teacher _________________. *

should aim to shift to student-centered learning once students reach a certain level allowing it
shouldn’t use any pair- or group- work; students should be taught with a wholly teacher-centered approach
should go ahead with student-centered learning anyway; students will pick up something eventually

Question 7: To properly make use of the benefits of student-centered learning, teachers need to prepare _____________. *

worksheets, tasks, materials, and activities in advance
many slides / long PPTs
differentiated work for each individual student

Question 8: STEAM challenges _____________. *

can be done individually or in groups, but for language learning, groups are better
cannot be used in the ESL classroom
require too many resources, preventing most teachers from being able to use them effectively in class

Question 9: During STEAM challenges, encourage English use _________________. *

by shouting
through rewards and punishments linked to the challenge (e.g., points earned or time added on, etc.)
by threatening extra homework if students don’t speak it

Question 10: Which one of the following activities would be inappropriate as a 'centers' activity? *

Construct the tallest possible marshmallow tower using only dry spaghetti and marshmallows in 30 minutes.
Write the synonyms for the 10 words on the worksheet by using a thesaurus.
Make an acrostic poem from the word ‘Christmas’.

Question 11: Small group work is often effective in the ESL classroom because ______________. *

it lets students speak more than they would in pairs or whole-class
it means the teacher can just sit and relax
it is generally considered by students as more fun and reduces their anxiety since they aren’t performing in front of their teacher

Question 12: Describe the teacher's different uses of grouping in the class shown on the video. *

Question 13: In the video about Thanksgiving, how does the teacher get the students' attention at the start of the lesson at the same time as introducing the topic of the lesson? *

Question 14: How does the teacher in the video on Thanksgiving motivate his students? (Describe, in detail, at least 3 different things) *

Question 15: How do you think the teacher could have reduced his TTT throughout the lesson? (Explain at least one method in detail. Hint: think about the difference between listening and reading.) *

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