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Elementary Teaching

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1. Curriculum Emphasis is on problem-solving and the skills needed in today's world.






2. 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






3. Assessments that rate how thoroughly students have mastered specific skills or areas of knowledge.






4. Planning instruction by first setting long-range goals - then setting unit objectives - and finally planning daily lessons.






5. People who are equal in age or status.






6. The meaning of stimuli in the context of relevant information.






7. 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.






8. Teaching methods in which students are encouraged to discover principles for themselves.






9. The ability to use language to communicate orally or in writing.






10. Demographics Culturally/Religiously homogenous - Puritan






11. Learning Environment High structure - high levels of time on task.






12. Piaget's term for patterns of behavior during the sensorimotor stage that are repeated over and over again as goal-directed actions.






13. Paying attention to only one aspect of an object or a situation.






14. Goal was to prevent Catholic schools from receiving state and tax-payer funding for schools and ensuring that only the Protestant bible was used in schools.






15. Final evaluations of students' achievement of an objective






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






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






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






19. Contributions to Education Taxes to support public schools - increase in attendance of under-represented groups - created state education departments and appointing of state superintendents






20. Have a sense of pride in their accomplishments & enjoy demonstrating their achievements






21. 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






22. Instruction given to students having difficulty learning.






23. Emphasizes curriculum that focuses on real-world problem solving and individual development. Most closely related to the Pragmatism school of philosophy






24. Wanted public funding in 1840s for Catholic schools. Helped the secularization of American public schools.






25. Situation in which students appear to be on task but are not engaged with learning.






26. What is right is whatever satisfies one's own needs (occasionally the needs of others). Fairness/Reciprocity seen in terms of 'you scratch my back - I'll scratch yours'.






27. Moving from the physical characteristics of language (e.g. - letter-sounds) that are interpreted into successively more symbolic and meaningful levels (syntax and semantics). Often contrasted with top-down processing.






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






29. A person's perception of his or her own strengths and weaknesses.






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






32. 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.






33. Described educators of the early 20th century as educational missionaries






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






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






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. Designation for programs and classes to teach English to students who are not native speakers of English.






38. A stimulus that naturally evokes a particular response.






39. Explanation of learning that emphasizes observable changes in behavior.






40. An impairment in the ability to understand and/or use words in context - both verbally and nonverbally; improper use of words and their meanings - inability to express ideas - inappropriate grammatical patterns - reduced vocabulary and inability to f






41. Knowing about one's own learning ('thinking about thinking').






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






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






44. Theory based on the belief that human development occurs through a series of distinct stages.






45. 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






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






47. A conscious process in which learners develop competence through formal studying of the language - including its rules - grammar and phonetic components






48. Computer programs that teach lessons by varying their content and pace according to student responses.






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






50. Educational Implications (1) Literature written by feminist/minority authors should be equal to that of others. (2) Historical events should be studied from the perspective of power - status - and marginalized people's struggle within these cont