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Elementary Teaching

Subject : teaching
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1. Experiment conducted under realistic conditions in which individuals are assigned by chance to receive different practical treatments or programs.






2. One of two basic principles referred to by Piaget as invariant functions; the ability of all organisms to adapt their mental representations or behavior to fit environmental demands; contrast with organization.






3. 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






4. Assessment of a student's ability to perform tasks - not just knowledge.






5. A teaching method based on the principles of question generation - in which metacognitive skills are taught through instruction and teacher modeling to improve the reading performance of students who have poor comprehension.






6. (Cognitive) a developmental view of how moral reasoning evolves from a low to a high level. Argues that people with low moral level are unable to conceive acts of aggression as being immoral.

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7. 14 years - for at least 3 months each year (with 6 weeks having to be consecutive).






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






9. A stimulus that naturally evokes a particular response.






10. Teacher's Role Deliver clear lectures; increase students' understanding with critical questions.






11. 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.






12. Technique in which items to be learned are repeated at intervals over a period of time.






13. Methods for learning. studying. or solving problems.






14. Mild to moderate mental retardation; attention disorders; behavioral problems






15. Test item that includes a question for the student to answer - which may range from a sentence or two to a page of - say - 100 to 150 words.






16. Behavior associated with one sex as opposed to the other.






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. Instructional program for students who speak little or no English in which some instruction is provided in the native language.






19. Consequence given to strengthen behavior.






20. Revealed prejudicial side of common school movement






21. Religion Wide variety of religious beliefs practiced






22. Birth to 18 mo.; Goal is to develop a basic sense of trust in others and a sense of one's own trustworthiness. failure to reach this goal results in a sense of mistrust in others/the world.






23. Ability to produce and appreciate rhythm - pitch - and timbre; appreciation of the forms of musical expression






24. Comprehensive measure of achievement






25. 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






26. A cooperative learning method for mixed-ability groupings involving team recognition and group responsibility for individual learning.






27. A skill learned during the concrete operational stage of cognitive development in which individuals can think simultaneously about a whole class of objects as well as relationships among its subordinate classes.






28. 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.






29. Programs designed to prepare disadvantaged children for entry into kindergarten and first grade.






30. Education of All Handicapped Children Act.






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






32. A term used by Piaget to describe how children mold new information to fit their existing schemes in order to better adapt to their environment; contrast with accommodation.






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






34. Learning Environment (Same as Perennialism) High structure; high levels of on task time.






35. IDEA






36. (those a child exhibits depends on form/severity of autism) extremely withdrawn; engage in self-stimulating activities (rocking - etc.); might have normal/outstanding abilitities in some areas; resistant to changes in the environment/routine; more pr






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






38. Teen experiments with occupational and ideological choices without a commitment to any. Teen is currently in the midst of an identity crisis.






39. Instruction given to students having difficulty learning.






40. Orderly and lasting growth - adaptation - and change over the course of a lifetime.






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






42. A category of disability that significantly affects social interaction - verbal and nonverbal communication - and educational performance.






43. Mild to moderate mental retardation (some exceptions); may have heart defects - hearing loss - intestinal malformation - vision problems; increased risk for thyroid problems - leukemia - & Alzheimer disease






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






45. The degree to which the teacher is aware of and responsive to student performance.






46. Inducement of students to go along with the instructional goals of the teacher - usually fostered by helping students realize how a particular type of learning will help them.






47. Formerly Chapter 1 - compensatory programs that were reauthorized as Title 1 of the Improving America's Schools Act (IASA) in 1994.






48. Hearing ability is of little use - even with the use of a hearing aid = cannot use hearing as primary source for accessing information.






49. Educational Implications (1) Learner-centered curricula. (2) hands-on learning activities where students collaborate. (3) Teacher guides students through learning process. (4) Constructivist in nature.






50. A model based on the idea that information is processed simultaneously in the sensory register - short-term memory - and long-term memory.