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Elementary Teaching

Subject : teaching
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1. Memorization of facts or associations.






2. An abstract idea that is generalized from specific examples.






3. Methods - such as questions - that help teachers find out if students understand a lesson.






4. In Piaget's theory - the understanding which develops during the concrete operational stage that involves the ability to order objects in a logical progression - such as from shortest to tallest; important for understanding the concepts of number - t






5. Strategy for remembering lists by picturing items in familiar locations.






6. Education of All Handicapped Children Act.






7. Reinforcement schedule in which desired behavior is rewarded following a fixed number of behaviors.






8. Stages 1 and 2 in Kohlberg's model of moral development - in which individuals make moral judgments in their own interests.






9. What is right is whatever satisfies one's own needs (occasionally the needs of others). Fairness/Reciprocity seen in terms of 'you scratch my back - I'll scratch yours'.






10. Belief that a critical core of information exists that all people should possess. Most closely related to the Idealism and Realism schools of philosophy.






11. Easily memorize facts but has limited understanding of them; highly verbal with poor verbal/nonverbal communication skills; have a set way of doing things; experience extreme anxiety when routine is changed/expectations are not met; sensitive to soun


12. Free Exercise Clause "Freedom of speech" - has been extend to freedom in religious practice






13. Technique in which facts or skills to be learned are repeated many times over a concentrated period of time.






14. Teachers should help students set realistic expectations for their academic accomplishments - self-regulation techniques provide effective methods for improving behavior






15. Involves stating learning objectives; thinking through what the students will know or be able to do after the lesson; what information - activities - and experiences the teacher will provide; the time needed to reach the objective; what books - mater






16. Formerly Chapter 1 - compensatory programs that were reauthorized as Title 1 of the Improving America's Schools Act (IASA) in 1994.






17. Impairment in student's ability to understand language (receptive language disorder) or to express ideas (expressive language disorder) in one's native language. If not result of physical problem/lack of experience - indicates a LD or mental retardat






18. An intelligence test score that for people of average intelligence should be near 100.






19. General aptitude for learning - often measured by ability to deal with abstractions and to solve problems.






20. A program that is designed to prevent or remediate learning problems for students who are from lower socioeconomic status communities.






21. Developmental stage at which a person becomes capable of reproduction.






22. A measure of the ability of a test to predict future behavior.






23. Tests to assess the student1s level of skills and knowledge necessary for a given activity.






24. Evaluations designed to determine whether additional instruction is needed






25. Students: 1) think about the lesson topic; 2) pair up with partners and share according to the guidelines the teacher has provided; 3) share their discussions with the rest of the class. Each person takes a turn retelling their partners' information.






26. An intelligence test score that for people of average intelligence should be near 100.






27. Important events that are fixed mainly in visual and auditory memory.






28. 3 to 6 yrs.; Goal is for child to explore her world so she can understand who she is within this context. Failure to reach this leads child to experience a sense of guilt about her desires to explore - which could limit her willingness to take chance






29. 1990 A wide-ranging civil rights law that prohibits discrimination based on disability; covers employment - transportation - building accessibility - transportation - etc.






30. Decreased ability to recall previously learned information causedby learning of new information.






31. Removing a student from a situation in which misbehavior was reinforced.






32. Experimentation with occupational and idelogical choices without definite commitment.






33. Programs in which assignments or activities are designed to broaden or deepen the knowledge of students who master classroom lessons quickly.






34. Research approach in which the teaching practices of effective teachers are recorded through classroom observation.






35. The process of focusing on certain stimuli while screening others out.






36. General aptitude for learning - often measured by ability to deal with abstractions and to solve problems.






37. Developed an early version of finger spelling for individuals who were deaf






38. Test items in which respondents can select from one or more possible answers - without requiring the scorer to interpret their response






39. A person's interpretation of stimuli.






40. Forms of education Private tutors - parochial (Church of England) schools - and boarding schools






41. Explanation of the relationship between factors such as the effects of alternative grading systems on student motivation.






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






43. Test item that includes a question for the student to answer - which may range from a sentence or two to a page of - say - 100 to 150 words.






44. A theory that proposes that memory is stronger and lasts longer when the conditions of performance are similar to those under which learning occurred.






45. An umbrella term to describe all who receive special education-children with disabilities as well as children who are gifted.






46. Handicap






47. The tendency to think about - see - and understand the world from one's own perspective; an inability to see objects or situations from another's perspective.






48. Assessments that compare the performance of one student against the performance of others






49. Assessment Frequent objective and essay tests.






50. Educational performance markedly and adversely affected over a period of time by: inability to build/maintain satisfacory interpersonal relationships; inappropriate types of behavior/feelings; general unhappiness; etc.