ELEMENT
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TRADITIONAL
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PROGRESSIVE
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Classrooms
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rows of seats |
clusters |
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bolted down seats/desk |
beanbags |
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seats facing front/dead space |
tables |
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teacher in front |
carpet |
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teacher-center |
motion |
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elevated teacher |
active/loud |
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quiet |
artwork |
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blackboard front |
plants |
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right angles |
light |
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set times/plot |
food |
Teachers
|
stern/strict |
facilitative |
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in-charge |
allow student discussion |
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talking |
adaptive/flexible |
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authoritative |
project oriented |
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hierarchy |
collaborative/teams |
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alone |
cooperative |
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responsible for curriculum |
unprepared |
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unvarying/focused |
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Students
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obedient |
freedom to choose |
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empty vessels/receiver |
independent of teacher |
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attentive |
self-motivated |
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respectful to teacher |
collaborate |
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grade-motivated |
already full of experience |
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standard evaluation |
evaluation through multiple rubrics |
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single modality |
multiple modalities |
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Text/materials
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textbooks |
student-created |
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workbooks |
multimedial |
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rote learning |
multi-source |
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teach/test/ |
raw materials |
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objective |
inter/multi disciplinary |
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provided/pre-generated by experts |
interactive |
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paper/pencil |
performance |
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Activities
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sit and listen |
performance evaluation |
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take notes |
authentic |
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mastery |
multi-level |
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read |
individualized |
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discuss (teacher-led) |
open-ended |
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prescriptive |
multiple intelligences |
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