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Early Childhood Education Essentials

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1. The ability that the brain can change and learn through experience






2. Waves - Plays pat-a-cake and indicates wants






3. Learners break down tasks into pieces and approach each piece separately






4. May 17 - 1954 US Supreme Court announced its decision that seperate educational facilities are unequal (The Little Rock Nine)






5. This is the time when we ask the question Who am I? To successfully answer the question - Erikson suggests - the adolescent must integrate the healthy resolution of all earlier conflicts. Did we develop the basic sense of trust? Do we have a strong s






6. Classroom structure to discourage misbehavior

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7. Americanize schools by making 8-16 year olds attend public schools






8. People who have common historical roots - values - beliefs - and behaviors and who share a sense of interdependence.






9. Families can provide valuable funds of knowledge (Moll) for teachers to tap into and utilize for successful lessons. Communicating with families - knowing the school community - and appreciating the differences and similarities of family cultures wil






10. Hold's objects






11. Cognitive or Learning






12. An observation made in a person's daily routine and environment






13. A process of reinforcing successively closer and closer approximations of a desired terminal behavior






14. The communication of feeling to others through facial expressions - gestures - and vocalizations






15. An explicit understanding of how learning works and an awareness of yourself as a learner.






16. Imitates - object permanence - drinks from cup






17. Collecting data to draw a conclusion that may or may not be true.






18. 1976 Assertive Disciple: Students and Teachers have rights and needs in the classroom - Teachers should model through their own behavior the kind of behavior that they are expecting from their students and practice positive repetitions - Negative fo






19. Comparison to a specific criteria rather than comparison to a 'normal' group






20. A cooperative learning model used to improve reading - in which students play the teacher's role






21. People can solve this crisis by having and nurturing children or helping the next generation in other ways.






22. Assessment during the course of instruction rather than after it is completed






23. Consistency or repeatability






24. Is the process of observing - recording - and documenting children's growth and behavior






25. Process of drawing a logical inference about something that must be true - given other information that has already been presented as true.






26. Teachers must understand their students' physical - social - emotional - and cognitive development. Student progress is seen on a developmental continuum - and growth - or lack of progress toward age-appropriate growth - must be recorded and reported






27. Problem Solving - Metacognition - Critical Thinking - Transfer






28. Cultural Mismatch.

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29. Term learners process information through moving and doing. They learn through acting out scenes - putting on plays - moving to the beat - pacing out measurements on the sidewalk - and so on.






30. Process of moving forward - developing step-by-step - gradual improvement






31. Schools are required to provide due process (legal steps and proceedings designed to protect individual's constitutional rights) safeguards to protect rights of children with disabilities and their parents Example: parent consent to testing and evalu






32. Knowing different types of dialects and using them as sources of enrichment in the classrooms






33. Form of speech that has certain unique pronunciations - idioms - and grammatical structures and is characteristic of a particular region or ethnic group






34. School is the important even at this stage. Children learn to ake things - use tools - and acquire the skills to be a worker and a potential provider. And they do all these while making the transition from the world of home into the world of peers.

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35. 2 years






36. A psychological disorder marked by the appearance by age 7 of one or more of three key symptoms: extreme inattention - hyperactivity - and impulsivity.






37. Reinforcing a response every time it occurs






38. Learn....






39. Trust vs. mistrust - Autonomy vs. shame/doubt - Initiative vs. guilt - Industry vs. inferiority - Identity vs. role confusion - Intimacy vs. isolation - Generativity vs. stagnation - Ego integrity vs. despair






40. People who have common historical roots - values - beliefs - and behaviors and who share a sense of interdependence.






41. Inquiry - Case Studies - Concept Mapping - Reading for Meaning - Cloze Procedures






42. Legislation in the United States that extends civil rights protection of persons with disabilities to private-sector employment - all public services - public accommodations - transportation - and telecommunication including physical accessibility an






43. Correlates with other established tests






44. Instructional concepts that integrate perspectives and experiences of numerous diverse groups and representing various cultures - ethnicities - ages - gender - and religions.






45. Standardized - achievement - aptitude - structured observations - anecdotal notes - assess. of prior knowledge - stud. responses - portfolios - essay prompts - fournals - self-evaluations - performance assess.






46. Toddlers learn to walk talk - use toilets and do things for themselves. Their self-control and self-confidence begin to develop at this stage.

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47. A conceptual framework a person uses to make sense of the world






48. A child who feels guilt will be fearful - not quite fit in socially - be dependent on adults and have an underdeveloped imagination.






49. Wanted to look at teachers at the top as well as those at the bottom - found 4 characteristics that a teacher needs






50. In Vygotsky's theory - the range between children's present level of knowledge and their potential knowledge state if they recieve proper guidance and instruction