2. What is your opinion on Inquiry based activities being an important part of a teacher's lesson plan to prepare a student for the AP Biology exam.
3. What is your opinion on consistently making student practice study skills to help them prepare for the AP Biology exam
4. What is your opinion on focusing a lesson on a goal orientated activities such as a notebooks or a report that is collected at the end of the unit.
5. How much do you focus on the AP Biology book to help you teach your students the content they need to know that you didn't have time or a concept that goes more in depth in the book.
6. If the AP Biology standards changes and you have to make a new lesson plan how would you tackle a new concept.
7. Test are important to see how much knowledge the student has gained and comprehended. How do you structure your test , do you include essays multiple choice, fill in the blank and what style of question do you believe show the student comprehended the full concept.
8. Do you believe that testing a students knowledge through hands on exams, such as practicals are more effective than a written test if so why if not why not?
9. Science is known as a social experience how much do you interact with other teachers to help get ideas for lessons labs etc.
10. Homework is important to keep the students mind consistently refresh and practicing skills. How often do you give homework and how much do you usually give.
11. What skills, such as studying techniques and time management, do you expect your students to already mastered by the time they first enter your AP Biology class.
12. What skills do you expect your students to obtain after taking your AP Biology class.
13. In my research I keep on hearing an idea of direct instruction which is a way of teaching in which the teacher lectures for most of the class how often do you use this technique.
14. In your past years as a science teacher how often dis you use inquiry based labs and assignment, such as case studies to help teach your students the concepts at hand.
15. How much do you go out of your required job to help the students prepare for the AP Biology exam, such as study sessions and/or Saturday mock test sessions.
16. My Mentor has a mindset in which for a student to do well while taking the exam they must examine the exam and see how would an AP Biology teacher grade the test. How often do you try to teach your students test taking skills such as practice on writing a rubric for an essay.
17. My Mentor believes that the answer to question #1 is to teach the students to learn for themselves. Personally do you believe that the answer he gave is a great answer if not why?
18. Knowing who the student and their habits is important how much time do you put on knowing each students and their individual habits so that they can do better on the AP Biology examination.
19. How do you structure your class to meet both the common core standards and the AP Biology standard. Do you always keep this structure if not why.
20. Sense you also teach Honors Biology do you have a higher standard for students who already took your class and why?
