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Elementary Teaching

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1. Goal is to establish and guide the 'next' generation and help others. Failure to do so may lead to stagnation - self-indulgence - and selfishness.






2. Evaluating conclusions by logically and systematically examining the problem - the evidence - and the solution.






3. A concept which allows children to use information they already have acquired to form new knowledge that begins to emerge during the concrete operational stage but more characteristic of adolescent thinking.






4. The public loss of confidence in education






5. Condition characterized by extreme restlessness and short attention spans relative to peers.






6. Federal law P.L. 101-476 enacted in 1990 changing the name of P.L. 94-142 and broadening services to adolescents with disabilities.






7. Teaching Methods Lecture - practice and feedback - questioning.






8. Physical consequences of an action is determine whether the action is 'good' or 'bad'.






9. Education of All Handicapped Children Act.






10. Fill-in-the-blank items on tests.






11. Grading on the basis of how well other students performed on the same test rather than in terms of preestablished absolute standards.






12. The placement - for all or part of the school day - of disabled children in regular classes.






13. Curriculum Emphasis is on enduring ideas.






14. Degree of uncorrectable inability to see well.






15. A chart that classifies lesson objectives according to cognitive level.






16. Gradual - orderly changes by which mental processes become more complex and sophisticated.






17. The degree to which people are held responsible for their task performances or decision outcomes.






18. Obtained custody of wild boy and launched an involved program to civilize and educate him; important classic in the education of individuals with mental retardation






19. An understanding and appreciation of students' personal attributes - experiences - their cultures and communities - and how all this fits in with their learning.






20. Using consequences to control the occurrence of behavior.






21. Estimated one in 500-700 babies born each year with some degree of alcohol-related damage/defect- alcohol can damage the central nervous system of fetus and brain damage is not uncommon.






22. For blind students.






23. Good behavior is what pleases/helps others and is approved of by them = can earn approval by being nice.






24. Most girls begin their growth spurt by the start of 5th grade






25. Modeling provides an alternative to shaping for teaching new behaviors - teachers & parents must model appropriate behaviors and take care that they don't model inappropriate ones






26. Interactive programs that include videos. films. still pictures - and music.






27. Growth that occurs during these years usually proceeds from the extremities to the torso & may be uneven - the child's body grows much more slowly relative to other periods of life.






28. A form of formal logic achieved during the formal operational stage that Piaget identified as the ability to draw a logical inference between two statements or premises in an 'if-then' relationship.






29. Serious/Persistent age-inappropriate behaviors resulting in social conflict - as well as problems in school and personal concept. Caused by make-up of the child - family disfunction/mistreatment - and/or underlying learning disability.






30. Basic requirements for physical and psychological well-being as identified by Maslow.






31. Can be a congenital anomaly (e.g. - club foot - etc.); an impairment caused by disease (e.g. - polio - etc.); or impairments from other causes (e.g. - cerebral palsy - amputation - etc.) that adversely affects a student's educational performance.






32. A cooperative learning model that involves students with four- or five-member heterogenous groups on assignments.






33. Degree of deafness; uncorrectable inability to hear well.






34. Stage during which infants learn about their surroundings by using their sensesand motor skills.






35. Established a school for individuals who were blind in Paris






36. Right is defined in terms of individual rights/standards that have been agreed upon by society. Laws are not 'frozen' but can be changed for society's good.






37. A theory that relates the probability and incentive of success to motivation.






38. (those a child exhibits depends on form/severity of autism) extremely withdrawn; engage in self-stimulating activities (rocking - etc.); might have normal/outstanding abilitities in some areas; resistant to changes in the environment/routine; more pr






39. The influence of needs and desires on the intensity and direction of behavior.






40. Mild to moderate mental retardation (some exceptions); may have heart defects - hearing loss - intestinal malformation - vision problems; increased risk for thyroid problems - leukemia - & Alzheimer disease






41. Birth to 18 mo.; Goal is to develop a basic sense of trust in others and a sense of one's own trustworthiness. failure to reach this goal results in a sense of mistrust in others/the world.






42. Has three interlocking unities: the oneness of God (monotheism); the oneness of his prophets or messengers (religious perennialism); and the oneness of humanity (equality - globalism).






43. Mastering new material by learning it one part or subskill at a time.






44. Component of the memory system where information is received and held for very short periods of time.






45. Learning from observation the consequences of others1 behavior.






46. A teaching partnership that often accompanies cooperative or team teaching and is characterized by a consultative relationship in which both special and general educators discuss academic and social behavior problems in the general classroom to meet






47. Vygotsky's term for the process of constructing a mental representation of external physical actions or cognitive operations that first occur through social interaction.






48. A computer application for writing compositions that lends itself to revising and editing.






49. Demographics Culturally/Religiously homogenous - Puritan






50. Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA).






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