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Elementary Teaching

Subject : teaching
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1. Difficulties producing speech sounds or problems with voice quality; interruption in the flow of rhythm of speech (e.g. - stuttering)






2. 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)






3. An adolescent's premature establishment of an identity based on parental choices - not on his or her own






4. Forms of epilepsy.






5. Right is defined by decisions of conscience according to ethical principles chosen by the person. The principles are abstract and not moral prescriptions.






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






7. Relating new concepts to information students already understand.






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






9. Obtained custody of wild boy and launched an involved program to civilize and educate him; important classic in the education of individuals with mental retardation






10. A measure of the match between the content of a test and the content of the instruction that preceded it.






11. Father of American Scholarship in Education






12. The increase in levels of behavior in the early stages of extinction.






13. 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.






14. Length of time that a teacher allows a student to take to answer a question. Calling order--The order in which students are called by the teacher to answer questions asked during the course of a lesson.






15. 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






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






17. 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






18. The act of analyzing oneself and one's own thoughts.






19. A task requiring recall of a list of items in any order.






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






21. 1964 A no-cost educational/vocational training program administered by the U.S. Dept. of labor that helps people ages 16 - 24 get a better job - make more money - and take control of their lives. Part of the Economic Opportunity Act.






22. Children's self-talk - which guides their thinking and action. Eventually these verbalizations are internalized as silent inner speech.






23. Stimuli that do not naturally prompt a particular response.






24. In Piaget's theory - this type of knowledge is derived in part through interactions with others.*Examples of this knowledge include mathematical words and signs - languages - musical notations - as well as social and moral conventions.






25. A model of instruction developed by Gagne that matches instructional strategies with the cognitive processes involved in learning.






26. A behavior prompted automatically by stimuli.






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






28. Difficulty scoring - requires students to support an argument with multiple lines of reasoning - depends on writing ability






29. 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.






30. An individual's premature establishment of an identity based on parental choices rather than their own.






31. Mental repetition of information - which can improve its retention.






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






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






34. A teaching method in which the teacher guides instruction so that students will master and internalize the skills that permit higher cognitive functioning.






35. Child's body grows much more slowly relative to other periods of life; the brain continues to develop fast than any other part of the body - up to 90% of its adult weight;






36. A condition that a person tries to avoid or escape.






37. Educational Implications (1)rigorous intellectual curriculum for all students. (2) Focus on math - science - and literature = logical thought/enduring ideas. (3) Goal = students develop intellectual skills in writing - speaking - computing - problem-






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






39. A developmental limitation present during the preoperational stage that makes young children focus their attention on only one aspect - usually the most salient - of a stimulus.






40. Status reflects the degree to which teens have made a firm commitment to religious and political values and future occupation.

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41. Assign students to remedial or accelerated tracks based solely on their scores - compute glass grades using standardized test scores - compare scores on the exam to in-class quizzes






42. Piaget's term for children's inconsistency in thinking within a developmental stage; explains why - for instance - children do not learn conservation tasks about numbers and volume at the same time.






43. The process of focusing on certain stimuli while screening others out.






44. Direct injury to the brain - such as a tearing of nerve fibers - bruising of the brain tissues against the skull - brain stem trauma - or swelling.






45. Strategy for remembering lists by picturing items in familiar locations.






46. The study of teaching and learning with applications to the instructional process.






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






48. 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.






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






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