5-e model | An instructional model that has five stages-engagement, exploration, explanation, elaboration, and evaluation.
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analogy | A comparison between seemingly unlike things points out a similarity between them, and thus infers that they might be alike in other ways as well.
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analyze | To examine a concept or process in detail to better learn more about it.
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apply | To develop solutions to familiar or new problems.
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benchmark lessons | Teacher-directed classroom activities that present concepts, principles, or skills that students need in order to understand the work of a project.
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children's literature | Books or other publications intended for a children's audience.
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concept | An idea or central principle.
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concept maps | Visual representations of the relationships among concepts.
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conceptual knowledge | Knowledge of interrelationships, principles, theories, and models.
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convergent | To come from different directions and reach the same conclusion.
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create | Produce something; imagine.
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cross-links | Links that show the interrelationships among the concepts included on the map.
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demonstration | Show or display how something works.
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discrepant event | An event that goes against what students expect and thus provides an open-ended question to stimulate student thought.
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divergent | Distinctly separate or increasingly different ideas.
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elaboration | A stage in the 5-E model where students can gain a deeper understanding of the concept by engaging in additional activities related to the concept.
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engagement | A stage in the 5-E model where students develop understanding about a concept by engaging in concrete experiences with materials.
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evaluate | To judge or assess.
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evaluation | A stage in the 5-E model where students' learning is assessed.
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explanation | A stage in the 5-E model where the teacher introduces formal vocabulary or students verbalize understanding about the explorations in which they have been involved.
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exploration | A stage in the 5-E model where students develop understanding about a concept by engaging in concrete experiences with materials.
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explore | Make an investigation.
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factual knowledge | Knowledge of facts and details.
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feedback | Comments to provide useful information.
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hierarchical | To arrange in a ranked order.
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higher order | Thinking that requires in-depth analysis or detailed thinking.
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interrelationships | Relationships between or among things.
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invent | To think up or make something new.
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investigation centers | Areas of a room set up for students to conduct investigations on their own.
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KWL strategy | A method where students are asked to tell what they know about a topic (K), want to know about a topic (W), and have learned about a topic (L).
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learning cycle model | A three-stage instructional model developed by Robert Karplus-explore, invent, and apply.
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learning performances | Specification related to what achievement we expect of the students.
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lesson plan | The design of a lesson outlining what will be done.
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lines | A mark indicating a path.
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linking words | Words written on the line of a concept map that explain or define the relationship between concepts.
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listening | To pay attention to what someone is saying.
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lower order | Thinking that requires little analysis or detailed thinking.
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metacognitive knowledge | Self knowledge or knowledge of one's own cognition.
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metaphor | A figure of speech in which a word or phrase that ordinarily designates one thing is used to designate another, making an implicit comparison between the two.
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model thinking | To tell out loud what one is thinking in his or her head.
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multiple intelligences | Many types of intelligences (verbal/linguistic, logical/mathematical, visual/spatial, bodily/kinesthetic, musical/rhythmic, interpersonal, intrapersonal, and naturalist).
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network | A series of connections or branches.
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observing | Seeing or noticing.
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primary-source material | References or resource materials that are original or first sources of information.
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probing | To thoroughly examine.
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procedural knowledge | Knowledge that allows people to know how to do something, conduct an inquiry, or use a skill.
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proposition | Single relationship between two concepts on a concept map.
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questioning | Asking questions.
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redirecting | To take a question or a response to a question and ask a second person to respond to the question or response.
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remember | To recall something from memory.
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role-playing | To pretend you are in a different situation or are a different person; to act out a situation.
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simile | A type of metaphor; makes a comparison between two things using the words like or as.
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subordinate | A lower rank or secondary importance.
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superordinate | A higher rank or primary importance.
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understand | To comprehend or be aware of.
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wait-time | Three to five seconds a teacher waits after asking a question before calling on a student.
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