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Early Childhood Education Essentials

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1. A stage of moral development in which the morality of an action is primarily determined by the extent to which it conforms to social rules






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






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






4. This psychologist believed children are born with an innate cognitive ability that must be developed. He believed intelligence consists of interaction and coping with one's environment and proposed 4 levels. Sensorimotor - Preoperational - Concrete O






5. A taxonomy in which six learning tasks - varying in degrees of complexity - are identified for the cognitive domain: Knowledge - comprehension - application - analysis - synthesis - and evaluation


6. Limit setting through body language (yours as a teacher)


7. Need for self-esteem - achievement - competence - and independence; need for recognition and respect from others






8. Can be developed to gain information on specific aspects of children's behavior






9. Reinforcing a response only occasionally - with some occurrences of the response going unreinforced






10. Just what you see






11. Oral Stage Freud - 1st stage birth - 1 yr. Anal Stage Freud - 2nd stage 1 - 3yr. Phallic Stage Freud - 3rd stage 3-6yr. Latency Stage Freud - 4th stage 7-11yr. Genital Stage Freud - 5th stage






12. Refers to the Americans With Disabilities Act. The ADA applies to equal access to employment - public services - public accommodations - public transportation and telecommunications. ADA Refers to the Americans With Disabilities Act. The ADA applies






13. Birth -71 months -evaluation - gross motor and fine motor -norm -45-60 min -$440






14. Problem Solving - Metacognition - Critical Thinking - Transfer






15. Refers to the use of hands and fingers in the prehensile approach to grasping and manipulating an object






16. Day 1 gametes fuse to form one cell with 46 chromosomes - days 3-4 egg travels down fallopian tube to the uterus - days 5-9 egg implanted in the wall of the uterus; starts to get outside nourishment and gets bigger - days 10-14 embryo starts producin






17. The internal desire to perform a particular task; motivation associated with activities that are their own reward






18. A test is norm-referenced when students are measured in relation to other students - in other words - a 'norm'






19. Finger feeds - works for toy






20. When kids usually start to remember symbols - like words. Usually ages 2 -7






21. 1927-1987; Field: cognition - moral development; Contributions: created a theory of moral development that has 3 levels; focuses on moral reasoning rather than overt behavior






22. Theory:'Stages of the Ethic of Care' Gilligan's work questions the male-centered personality psychology of Freud and Erikson - as well as Kohlberg's malecentered stages of moral development. She proposed the stage theory of the moral development of w






23. In result of a federal court decree - the San Francisco school system was integrated - and about 2 -800 Chinese students didn't speak English. About 1 -000 of these students received instruction on English - and the rest did not. Those who did not de






24. The breadth and depth of content to be covered in a curriculum over a certain period of time - e.g. week - grading period - year - or K-12.






25. A concept that refers to a match of the child's temperament and the demands of the environment






26. Awareness of one's membership in a particular ethnic or cultural group - and willingness to adopt behaviors characteristic of the group.






27. Group differences






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






29. 1. Beginning Literacy 2. Early Intermediate Literacy 3. Intermediate Literacy 4. Early Advanced Literacy






30. 8 weeks






31. 2-4 cube tower - Straight scribbles






32. The acquisition of a second language while retaining the knowledge of the native language.






33. Teachers Focus on behavior - not the student - Use class meetings to change behavior in the classroom - Students take ownership in the rules they help establish - Based on creating a safe space to learn


34. Education - reducing risk behaviors - HIV screening - preventing mother-to-child transmission -preparedness - Research-CDC - medical professional - Internet search - Family and medical contact - respect for child - clean classroom and awareness of we






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






36. Score on an intelligence test - determined by comparing a student's performance on the test with the performance of others in the same age group. For most tests - it is a standard score with a mean of 100 and a standard deviation of 15.






37. Adjustment to the environment






38. Use spoon - Symbolic play






39. Sensorimotor - 0-2 yrs - involves the senses and motor activity Preoperational - 2-7 yrs - stage before a child masters logical mental operations Concrete operational - 7-11 yrs - mental tasks tied to concrete objects and situations Formal operation






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






41. The perception of cues that indicate the distance of an object






42. Cognitive or Learning






43. The observer is not always present and someone else is telling you want they saw happened






44. 12 months






45. Form of English generally considered acceptable at school - as reflected in textbooks and grammar instruction.






46. Provided land in the Great Lakes and Ohio Valley regions. It was stated that religion - morality - and knowlege were necessary for a strong government. Federal govt beman to create public school system and offer to all children






47. Actions a person carries out by thinking them through instead of literally performing the actions






48. Students are affected by the school's term. Issues that impact term include bullying - teasing - cliques - threats to personal safety - freedom to take risks or make mistakes - collaborative groups - gender relationships - and the structure of the cl






49. 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






50. The period of infancy in the first years of life where children who are loved and cared for develop trust and security.