ATPE Online Continuing Professional Education


Strategies for Increasing Student Achievement

This CPE unit is worth 2 hours of credit for certification renewal requirements of the Texas State Board for Educator Certification. As an educator taking this CPE course, you are held to the honor system and will certify, once you have completed the course, that you have read all of the text and source material presented in order to achieve the maximum benefit of the training credit.

 Before you begin the course:

  • Open the course handouts. The handouts will be used throughout the course and include activities you can use with students, so you may want to print them for your convenience.
      
  • You will need to correctly answer 40 questions at the conclusion of the course. You may print the course questions and mark your answers as you watch the presentation.
      
    (To access the course handouts and the course questions, you need Adobe Reader installed on your computer. If you don't already have Adobe Reader, click here and follow the download and installation instructions on Adobe's Web page.)
      
  • Prepare your computer for audio files. To get the most out of the course, be sure to have your speakers turned on. 
      
  • To access the presentation you need Adobe Flash Player installed on your computer. If you don't already have Adobe Flash Player, click here and follow the download and installation instructions on Adobe's Web page. (This link will also tell you if you have the software installed already.)
       

Click here to begin the course.

  

After you have watched the presentation, answer the following course questions.

  1. The research-based strategy with the highest level of increased gain is:

Identifying similarities & differences
Summarizing & note-taking
Reinforcing effort & providing recognition
Homework & practice
Representing knowledge
Learning groups
Setting objectives & providing feedback
Generating & testing hypotheses
Questions, cues & advance organizers

  1. If you had difficulty with the exercise in which you were asked to say the colors instead of the words you were reading, it was because your brain was looking for the most reliable .
       
  2. Students can categorize patterns of information by and .
      
  3. enhances both immediate and long-term recall by providing a written record for later review.
      
  4. is a skill that should be taught to students so they can become efficient note-takers.
    5.