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Elementary Teaching

Subject : teaching
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1. Spanish monk; successful in teaching a small group of pupils who were deaf to speak - read - and write






2. A person is considered legally blind when the best corrected visual acuity is 20/200 - or the person's visual field is 20 degrees or less; not all blind persons have absolutely no sight; most blind persons have some remaining vision; considered blind






3. Signal as to what behavior(s) will be reinforced or punished.






4. Belief that nature and human nature is constant. Most closely related to the Idealism and Realism schools of traditional philosophy.






5. Play in which children engage in the same activity side by side but with very little interaction or mutual influence.






6. The idea of 'public education' was created by historians who were 'educational missionaries.'






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






8. The public loss of confidence in education






9. Indicates that a person has less than 20/200 vision in the better eye or a very limited field of vision (20 degrees at its widest point)






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






11. A discussion among four to six students in a group working independently of a teacher.






12. The process by which a learner gradually acquires expertise in interaction with an expert - either an adult or an older or more advanced peer.






13. Evaluating information from a variety of sources and applying observations of one's own practice back into instructional planning.






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






15. Perception of and response to differences in stimuli.






16. Computer programs that model real-life phenomena to promote problem solving and motivate interest in the areas concerned.






17. Component of instruction in which students work by themselves to demonstrate and rehearse new knowledge.






18. Meichenbaum's developmental program that helps children control and regulate their behavior; children are taught self-regulatory strategies to use as a verbal tool to inhibit impulses - control impulses and frustration - and promote reflection.






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






20. Learning Environment Community-oriented - self-regulated






21. Inborn - automatic responses to stimuli (e.g. - eyeblinking in response to bright light.






22. Research scores from individual minority populations to determine whether scores are comparable - provide non-English-speaking students the opportunity to take mathematics & science exams in their native language - grade essays without regard for who






23. A teacher or school can make one backup copy of






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






25. Refers to a severe visual impairment - not necessarily limited to distance vision; applies to all individuals with sight who are unable to read the newspaper at a normal viewing distance - even with the aid of eyeglasses or contact lens; they use a c






26. Can make a copy for the class - but not personal use






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






28. Piaget's term for an infant's understanding during the sensorimotor stage that objects continue to exist even when they can no longer be seen or acted on.






29. A test designed to measure general abilities and to predict future performance.






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






31. General patterns of behavior used by parents when dealing with their children.






32. History Industrialization - immigration - and westward expansion lead to many social problems. Solution? An educated - moral citizenry that could participate in democratic decision-making and contribute to the nation's economy.






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






34. Needs for knowing - appreciating - and understanding - which people try to satisfy after their basic needs are met.






35. 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.






36. Has difficulty with oral language (e.g. - listening - speaking - and understanding); reading (e.g. - decoding - comprehension); written language (e.g. - spelling - written expression); mathematics (e.g. - computation - problem solving); also may have






37. 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






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






39. Indicates some type of visual problem has resulted in a need for special education






40. The period of life from 7 to 11 years old when - Piaget believed - children's thinking becomes less rigid - and they begin to use mental operations - such as classification - conservation - and seriation to think about events and objects in their env






41. 1874 Began as a training for Methodist Sunday-School teachers; gradually broadened in scope to include general education and popular entertainment.






42. Situation in which students appear to be on task but are not engaged with learning.






43. Conequence given to strengthen behavior






44. Information on the results of one1s efforts.






45. A cooperative learning model in which students are assigned to six-member teams to work on academic material that has been broken down into sections for each member.






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






47. Difficulty in maintaining attention because of limited ability to concentrate accompanied by impulsive actions/hyperactive behavior = may have marked academic - behavior - and social problems stemming from inability to pay attention.






48. Time spent actively engaged in learning the task at hand.






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






50. A measure of the consistency of test scores obtained from the same students at different times.