HOFFMAN REVIEW STUDY SHEET 2026
ACCURATE RESPONSES FULL SOLUTION
◉ Basic Elements of Effective Lesson Plans: Anticipatory Set.
Answer: Connect to prior knowledge, establish engagement, and set
the stage for learner engagement
◉ Basic Elements of Effective Lesson Plans: Direct Instruction.
Answer: Explicitly teach the objectives
◉ Basic Elements of Effective Lesson Plans: Guided Practice.
Answer: Oversee and guide the practice of the skills you taught in
direct instruction
◉ Basic Elements of Effective Lesson Plans: Independent Practice.
Answer: Allow students to independently practice the skills you
have taught and practiced with guidance
◉ Basic Elements of Effective Lesson Plans: Assessment. Answer:
Ways you will assess formally and informally throughout the lesson
to determine if your students are meeting the standards/objectives
,◉ Basic Elements of Effective Lesson Plans: Closure. Answer: Review
what you have learned and let them know what is coming next
◉ Backwards Lesson Planning. Answer: Learning Goals (identify
what students should know) -> product (assessments) -> process
(sequence of lessons to prepare for assessment)
◉ Promoting Student Engagement Teaching Practices. Answer: Step
1: Anticipation
Step 2: Activate prior knowledge
Step 3: Relevant Connections
Step 4: Learner Centered
Step 5: Reflect
◉ Intellectual Engagement. Answer: 1. Clear expectations
2. Student Centered Learning
3. Inquiry
4. Reflection
Use open-ended questions, use basic recall questions, pick a
different student to answer, and think-pair-share.
, Provide your students with a wait time after they answer to allow
other students to think/add on.
◉ Student Motivation. Answer: Extrinsic: engage in a behavior
because they want to earn the reward or avoid being punished
Intrinsic: engage in behavior because they desire to or enjoy the
behavior
◉ Instructional Strategies: Exposition. Answer: Definition: This
includes verbal methods in which an expert (textbook, speaker, film,
video, fact sheet) presents information without interaction between
the expert and the learners.
Role of Teacher: To present information and facilitate
◉ Instructional Strategies: Discussion. Answer: Definition: An open
conversation in which learners express their opinions and review
factual material. It is a natural opportunity for learners to build skills
in communication, inference, application, synthesis, and drawing
conclusions.
Teacher Role: Open discussion, facilitates discussion
◉ Instructional Strategies: Demonstration. Answer: Definition: A
traditional strategy where the teacher demonstrates by lecturing.
The focus is content. OR Discovery is the second demonstration
example: the teacher silently conducts the demonstration, and the