- INSTRUCTIONAL SKILLS
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- What was your most creative lesson for reading to help the struggling reader?
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- What are the most current and effective trends in teaching mathematics and reading?
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- Describe the teaching techniques or strategies that are most effective for you.
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- How would you include cooperative learning in class teaching?
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- If pupils were having difficulty learning a skill or concept, what would you do?
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- What techniques would you use to be sure that pupils understand?
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- What do you include when you write objectives?
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- How can individualization actually be practiced in the classroom? How would you put individualization into practice?
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- How do you feel when a student fails?
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- What techniques do you use to keep pupils actively involved during a lesson?
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- What are your beliefs about reinforcement of pupils?
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- Is drill and practice important? How and when would you use it?
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- What would you do to insure that children understand exactly what is expected of them in a homework assignment?
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- Are you constantly searching for things you can show, tell, or demonstrated to pupils? Tell us about some recent discovery, something that you have found.
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- How do you deal with the unmotivated student?
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- Tell me about some specific motivational strategies to get students excited about learning.
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- Given the multitude of material that must be taught what is the optimum way to cover all subjects and still meet individual needs? How does your management of your classroom facilitate this?
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- What is the most important "thing" a student could learn in your class?
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- Explain how you have changed your lesson plan preparation and presentation to students as you have gained experience.
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- How do you differentiate instruction?
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- Teaching Algebra to students entering the ninth grade in September will be a challenge. Many of the children have not acquired successful strategies for problem solving and critical thinking. Where would you begin if this were your classroom? What would you do at your grade level to better prepare students for this challenge?
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- Describe some ways you would teach literacy skills in a content area.
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- What strategies might you incorporate to meet the needs of all learners.
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- Share how you would go about the process of determining accommodations for a special needs student.
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