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Elementary Teaching

Subject : teaching
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1. Assessments that compare the performance of one student against the performance of others.






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






3. Conequence given to strengthen behavior






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






5. Associating a previously neutral stimulus with an unconditioned stimulus to evoke a conditioned response.






6. Strategy for improving memory by using images to link pairs of items.






7. Test that predicts ability to learn a variety of specific skills and types of knowledge.






8. Increased in hormonal levels occur - resulting in a growth spurt - males generally become taller than females and develop deeper voices and characteristic patterns of facial and body hair; increased strength and heart and lung capacity give the child






9. About 1/3 of affected girls have mild retardation/learning disability; may exhibit attention disorders - self-stimulatory behaviors - and speech/language problems






10. Learning Environment Collaborative - self-regulated - democratic.






11. 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.






12. Experiment in which conditions are highly controlled.






13. A condition exhibiting one or more of the following characteristics over a long period of time & to a marked degree that adversely affects educational performance






14. 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






15. Relating new concepts to information students already understand.






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






17. Approach to teaching in which lessons are goal-oriented and structured by the teacher.






18. Goal is to create and maintain long-term friendships & sexual relationships. Failure may cause person to shy away from future relationships.






19. Time students spend actually learning; same as time on-task.






20. Help individuals self-correct behaviors and ideas - empower learners to take ownership of ideas






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






22. Test item usually consisting of a stem followed by choices - or alternatives.






23. The increase in levels of behavior in the early stages of extinction.






24. Forms of epilepsy.






25. A statistical measure of the degree of dispersion in a distribution of scores.






26. Difficulty scoring - requires students to support an argument with multiple lines of reasoning - depends on writing ability






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






28. Using consequences to control the occurrence of behavior.






29. Hypothesis that language acquisition is related directly to the student's attitude about learning. (Krashen's Theory)






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






31. The study of teaching and learning with applications to the instructional process.






32. Actions that show respect and caring for others.






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






34. Teen is not able to develop a clear direction or sense of self. May have experienced an identity crises but was unable to resolve it.






35. 1975 Requires all schools receiving federal funds to provide equal access to education for children whith physical and mental disabilities.






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






37. Critical issue accompanying each of Erickson's 8 stages of development that a person must address as they pass through the stage. Failure to do so may keep person from being successful in later stages.






38. Consequence given to strengthen behavior.






39. Mild form of autism; may have concomitant learning disabilities and/or poor motor skills.

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






41. A set of critical issues that individuals must address as they pass through eight life stages - according to Erikson.






42. Teen has made her own conscious - autonomous - clear-cut decisions about an occupation and ideology that reflects who she is & a deep commitment to these decisions






43. Adolescent experiments with goals and values by abandoning some of those set by parents and society; no definite commitments have been made to occupations or ideologies; the adolescent is in the midst of an identity crisis






44. The period of life from 2 to 7 years old when - Piaget believed - children demonstrate an increased ability to use symbols (gestures - words - numbers) to represent real objects in their environment.






45. Work that students are assigned to do independently during class.






46. 1975 federal law requiring provision of special education services to eligible students.






47. The process of comparing one's self to others to gather information and to evaluate and judge one's abilities.






48. Body quadruples in weight and the brain triples in weight - neurons branch & grow into dense connective networks between the brain & the rest of the body






49. Impairments in the ability to understand language or to express ideas in one1s native language.






50. 1973 Supreme Court ruled that reliance on property taxes to fund public schools does not violate Equal Protection Clause - even if it causes inter-district expenditure disparities.