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Elementary Teaching

Subject : teaching
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Information on the results of one1s efforts.






2. 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






3. Mental processing of new information leading to its linkage with previously learned knowledge.






4. A school situation in which a child's needs clash with the learning and behavioral expectations of the educational system.






5. The language - attitudes - ways of behaving - and other aspects of life that characterize a group of people.






6. Something that can have more than one value.






7. 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.






8. A part of long-term memory that stores images of our personal experiences.






9. Absolute grading based on criteria for mastery.






10. A behavior prompted automatically by stimuli.






11. Using small steps combined with feedback to help learners reach goals.






12. Refers to a pattern of ongoing - long-standing (chronic) behavior disorders that have 3 core symptoms:Inattention - Hyperactivity - and impulsivity






13. Eye contact - gestures - physical proximity - or touching used to communicate without interrupting verbal discourse.






14. Stage at which children think that rules are unchangeable and that breaking them leads automatically to punishment.






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






16. Has difficulty organizing tasks & activities - avoids - dislikes - or is reluctant to engage in tasks that require sustained mental effort






17. 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)






18. Scores are comparable across populations






19. Final evaluations of students' achievement of an objective






20. Disorder in one or more basic psychological processes involved in understanding/using spoken and/or written language = imperfect ability to listen - think - read - write - spell - or do math calculations.






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






22. Takes coordinated - even steps - steps once on each step - alternating feet






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






24. Inability to develop a clear direction or sense of self; adolescent has few commitments to goals and values - and seems apathetic about finding an identity; if an identity crisis has been experienced - it has not been resolved






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






26. IDEA






27. 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






28. Adolescent establishes an identity in which clear decisions about occupations and ideologies have been consciously made






29. A reward that is external to the activity - such as recognition or a good grade.






30. Systematic application of antecedents and consequences to change behavior.






31. Theory of motivation based on the belief that people1s efforts to achieve depend on their expectations of reward.






32. One form of multiple-choice test item - most useful when a comparison of two alternatives is called for.






33. Actions that show respect and caring for others.






34. 18 mo to 3 yrs.; Goal is to gain the ability to do things for oneself. failure to gain a sense of autonomy leads to a sense of powerlessness/incompetence. Child may begin to doubt her abilities & feel guilty when she tries to show some independence.






35. Teaching Methods Lecture; questioning; coaching students in critical thinking skills.






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






37. Students who are subject to school failure because of characteristics of the student or inadequate responses to their needs by school - family - or community.






38. A cooperative learning model that involves small groups in which students work using cooperative inquiry - planning - project - and group discussion - then make a presentation on their findings to the class.






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






40. A measure of prestige within a social group most often based on income and education.






41. Score designated as the minimum necessary to demonstrate mastery of a subject.






42. Interaction of individual differences in learning with particular teaching methods.






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






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






45. Relating new concepts to information students already understand.






46. When a learner makes the same error repeatedly - without explicit outside correction - they reach the point where they never 'hear' the error. The speaker assumes his or her way of speaking is correct.






47. Pattern of teaching concepts by presenting a rule or definition - giving examples - and then showing how examples illustrate the rule.






48. Relates to the accuracy with which skills & knowledge are measured






49. An approach to instruction and school organization that clearly specifies what students should know and be able to do at the end of a course of study.






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