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Elementary Teaching

Subject : teaching
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1. 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.






2. The kinds of problems some children with emotional and behavioral disorders experience - including depression - withdrawal - anxiety - and obsession; contrast with externalizing problems.






3. Rewarding or punishing one's own behavior.






4. A pleasurable consequence that maintains or increases a behavior.






5. Bell-shaped symmetrical distribution of scores in which most scores fall near the mean - with progressively fewer occurring as distance from the mean increases.






6. Education Many students educated in parochial schools = taught in their native language & family's religious beliefs were an integral part of the curriculum






7. The pleasure that is inherent in simply engaging in the behavior.






8. Person defines her own values in terms of the ethical principles she has elected to follow.






9. Refers to substantial limitations in present functioning manifests before the age of 18.






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






11. Breaking down tasks into fundamental subskills.






12. Relationship in which high scores on one variable correspond to low scores on another.






13. An explanation of the discomfort people feel when new perceptions or behaviors clash with long-held beliefs.






14. Selection by chance into different treatment groups to try to ensure equality of the groups.






15. Food - water - or other consequence that satisfies basic needs.






16. An apparatus developed by B. F. Skinner for observing animal behavior in experiments in operant conditioning.






17. Set of standardized scores ranging from 1 to 99 - having a mean of 50 and a standard deviation of about 21.






18. Teaching approach in which each student works at his or her own level and rate.






19. An activity acting out situations encountered in the classroom or in everyday life - using the language that might be used in such situations






20. The age of an individual in years.






21. Movements - such as running or throwing - that involve the limbs and large muscles.






22. Runs about or climbs excessively in situation in which it is inappropriate - has difficulty playing or engaging in leisure activities quietly - talks excessively






23. The application of behavioral learning principles to understand and change behavior.






24. 1875 Court upheld Michigan school officials' attempts to collect public funds for the support of a village high school to provide a secondary education for all males = set precedent for public funding of high schools.






25. The unique pattern of strengths and needs related to each child's physical - cognitive - social - and emotional growth; see interindividual variation.






26. A set of principles that relates social environment to psychological development.






27. 12 to 18 yrs.; Goal is for teen to experiment with different roles - personality traits - etc. so as to develop a sense of who she is & What is personally important to her. failure to reach goal leads to a state of confusion which can interfere with






28. Ability to make rational decisions about what to do or what to believe.






29. Compensatory education programs in which students are placed in separate classes for remediation.






30. A motivational orientation of students who place primary emphasis on knowledge acquisition and self-improvement.






31. Education Reserved for the sons of wealthy - White families






32. Continuous feedback to the teacher - test smaller units - monitor progress - informal






33. P.L. 94-142






34. Stage at which children develop skills of logical reasoning and conservation but can use theses kills only when dealing with familiar situations.






35. The desire to experience success and to participate in activities in which success is dependent on personal effort and abilities.






36. A pattern of attributing events to factors outside one's control; a characteristic of children with learning disabilities; see locus of causality.






37. During the period of life between 11 and 12 years of age and onward during which - Piaget believed - children begin to apply formal rules of logic and to gain the ability to think abstractly and reflectively; thinking shifts from the real to the poss






38. Process by which thoroughly learned tasks can be performed with little mental effort.






39. An adolescent's premature establishment of an identity based on parental choices - not on his or her own






40. Release from an unpleasant situation to strengthen behavior






41. An educational philosophy that emphasizes the integration of reading - writing - and language and communication skills across the curriculum in the context of authentic or real-life materials - problems - and tasks.






42. Dispensing reinforcement following an unpredictable number of correct behaviors.






43. Blurts out answers before questions have been completed - has difficulty awaiting turn - interrupts or intrudes on others (e.g. - butts into conversations or games)






44. 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.






45. Assessment Frequent objective - essay - and performance tests.






46. Mental repetition of information - which can improve its retention.






47. Teaching the skills and knowledge necessary for a given activity.






48. For blind students.






49. A question or a partial statement in a test item that is completed by one of several choices.






50. A history - culture - and sense of identity shared by a group of people.