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Elementary Teaching

Subject : teaching
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Mastering new material by learning it one part or subskill at a time.






2. Developmental stage at which a person becomes capable of reproduction.






3. Learning by observation and imitation of others.






4. Renowned scientist who founded wild boy






5. 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






6. Contends that many societal institutions - including schools - are used by those in power to control/marginalize those who lack power = education should focus on reversing this.






7. Students who are likely to be low-achieving or 3at risk2 for school failure.






8. Continuation of behavior.






9. Using favored activities to reinforce participation in less desired activities.






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






11. Much like parallel play but with increased levels of interaction in the form of sharing - turn-taking - and general interest in what others are doing.






12. Interpreting new experiences in relation to existing schemes.






13. Assessments that compare the performance of one student against the performance of others.






14. A program that provides one-to-one tutoring from specially trained teachers to first-graders who are not reading adequately.






15. 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.






16. 12 to 18 yrs.; Goal is for teen to experiment with different roles - personality traits - etc. so as to develop a sense of who she is & What is personally important to her. failure to reach goal leads to a state of confusion which can interfere with






17. 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.






18. A consequence that a person tries to avoid or escape






19. 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.






20. Parents who strictly enforce their authority over their children.






21. A measure of the degree to which instructional objectives have been attained.






22. Reinforcement schedule in which desired behavior is rewarded following a fixed number of behaviors.






23. Using consequences to control the occurrence of behavior.






24. Group that receives no special treatment during an experiment.






25. Theory suggesting that information coded both visually and verbally is remembered better than information coded in only one of those two ways.






26. 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.






27. Goal is to accept one's accomplishments and life as having been worthwhile & come to terms with one's impending death. Failure to do so results in an overwhelming feeling of despair.






28. The inability to concentrate for long periods of time.






29. A model of effective instruction that focuses on elements that teachers can directly control.






30. A stimulus that naturally evokes a particular response.






31. Food - water - or other consequence that satisfies basic needs.






32. Ability to make rational decisions about what to do or what to believe.






33. Block to solving problems caused by an inability to see new uses for familiar objects or ideas.






34. Revealed prejudicial side of common school movement






35. Entry or placemet in specific programs and to diagnose learning problems or strengths






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






37. Using unpleasant consequences to weaken a behavior






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






39. Sensitivity to the sounds - rhythms - and meanings of words; sensitivity to the different functions of language.






40. Gauging the progress of students






41. Education Many students educated in parochial schools = taught in their native language & family's religious beliefs were an integral part of the curriculum






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






43. A discussion among all the students in a class with the teacher as moderator.






44. Experimentation with occupational and idelogical choices without definite commitment.






45. Stage during which infants learn about their surroundings by using their sensesand motor skills.






46. Established a school for individuals who were blind in Paris






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






48. Increased ability to learn new information due to previously acquired information.






49. Explored identity - but not made a commitment.






50. Does not seem to listen when spoken to directly - does not follow through on instructions & fails to finish schoolwork - chores - or duties in the workplace (not due to oppositional behavior or failure to understand instructions)