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Elementary Teaching

Subject : teaching
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1. Relationship in which high scores on one variable correspond to high scores on another.






2. Explanation of learning that focuses on mental processes.






3. Programs that target at-risk infants and toddlers to prevent possible later need for remediation.






4. 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






5. Derived score that designates what percent of the norming group earned raw scores lower than a particular score.






6. Refers to problems in communication and related areas such as oral motor function; inability to understand or use language or use the oral-motor mechanism for functional speech and feeding;






7. 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






8. Concomitant hearing and visual impairments which cause severe communication & other developmental/learning needs that student can't be educated in special education programs for students with hearing impairmenets/severe disabilities effectively.






9. A part of long-term memory that stores information about how to do things.






10. Standardized tests that include several subtests designed to measure knowledge of particular subjects.






11. P.L. 94-142






12. Loses things necessary for tasks or activities - easily distracted by extraneous stimuli - forgetful in daily activities






13. 1944 Provided for college/vocational ed. for returning WWII veterans.


14. Deiceded by state law. Used in Mississippi and other places still!






15. Reinforcement schedule in which desired behavior is rewarded following a constant amount of time.






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






17. A motivational orientation of students who place primary emphasis on gaining recognition from others and earning good grades.






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






19. Increased comprehension of previously learned information due to the acquisition of new information.






20. The premature choice of a role - often done to reinforce self-concept.






21. The tendency for items that appear at the end of a list to be more easily recalled than other items.






22. 1819 Jurisdictional dispute between the college's president and board of trustees led to a Supreme Court ruling favoring the educational freedom of private institutions (which is what colleges are considered to be)






23. Praise or rewards given to motivate people to engage in behavior that they might not engage in without it.






24. A subconscious process in which learners develop competence by using language for 'real communication.' This is often contrasted with taking courses to learn language.






25. A standard students must meet to be considered proficient in a skill.






26. Disorder in ability to control movements caused by damage to the motor area of the brain






27. The study of learning and teaching.






28. Theories that knowledge is stored in the brain in a network of connections - not in systems of rules or individual bits of information.






29. Serious/Persistent age-inappropriate behaviors resulting in social conflict - as well as problems in school and personal concept. Caused by make-up of the child - family disfunction/mistreatment - and/or underlying learning disability.






30. Provisions in the law (IDEA) that requires students with disabilities to be educated to the maximum extent appropriate with their nondisabled peers.






31. Characterized by a lower than normal level of intelligence and developmental delays in specific adaptive behavior.






32. 1935 Provided economic relief during the Great Depression and training to adult males to prepare them for work in the needed sectors.






33. Theory that emphasizes learning through observation of others.






34. Also referred to as schema (pl. schemata) in some research areas; in Piaget's theory - the physical actions - mental operations - concepts - or theories people use to organize and acquire information about their world.






35. Tendency to analyze oneself & one's own thoughts






36. A teaching method that includes evaluation of students improvement relative to past achievement.






37. An ethnic or racial group that is a minority within a broader society.






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






39. Connecting new material to information or ideas already in the learner's mind.






40. Fails to give close attention to details or makes careless mistakes - difficulty sustaining attention in tasks or play activities






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






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






43. Measuring students' learning at the end of a lesson






44. Methods used to organize classtoom activities - instruction - physical structure - and other features to make effective use of time - to create a happy and productive learning environment - and to minimize behavior problmes and other disruptions.






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






46. Person adopts rules and will sometimes subordinate her own needs to those of the group. Expectations of family - group - or nation are seen as valuable in their own right - regardless of immediate/obvious consequences.






47. One of three stages of children's use of language identified by Vygotsky that is used primarily for communicative purposes in which thought and language have separate functions; contrast with egocentric speech and inner speech.






48. Child often tilts head/rubs eyes; has eyes that are red - inflamed - crusty - or water excessively; has trouble reading small print/can't discriminate letters; complains of dizziness/headaches after reading.






49. Assessment Frequent objective and essay tests.






50. Degree of deafness; uncorrectable inability to hear well.