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Elementary Teaching

Subject : teaching
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. Arranging objects in sequential order according to one aspect - such as size - weight - or volume.






2. An approach to learning which purports that children must construct their own understandings of the world in which they live. Teachers guide this process through focusing attention - posing questions - and stretching children's thinking; information






3. Down syndrome - autism - developmental disability - schizophrenia - anxiety disorders - bipolar disorder (manic depression) - anorexia - post traumatic stress disorder - print disability - hearing impairment - physical disability






4. One form of multiple-choice test item - most useful when a comparison of two alternatives is called for.






5. A cooperative learning model in which students are assigned to six-member teams to work on academic material that has been broken down into sections for each member.






6. Did not require bilingual ed.






7. Modifying existing schemes to fit new situations.






8. Display acceptance of student; never finish student's sentence or allow others to do so; don't put student in high-pressure situation in which they must respond quickly in a verbal manner.






9. Play in which children engage in the same activity side by side but with very little interaction or mutual influence.






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






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






12. Stage at which children think that rules are unchangeable and that breaking them leads automatically to punishment.






13. The distinction between conversational fluency (basic interpersonal communication skills - or BICS) - and academic language (cognitive/academic language proficiency - or CALP).






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






15. 1954 U.S. Supreme Court rules that separate facilities for Black and White students are inherently unequal = called for integration of schools.






16. An explanation of the discomfort people feel when new perceptions or behaviors clash with long-held beliefs.






17. Supported complete state control of democratic school systems






18. Student has limited strength - vitality - or alertness that results in limited alertness due to chronic/acute health problems (e.g. - heart condition - diabetes - etc.) that can adversely affect student's academic performance






19. Needs for knowing - appreciating - and understanding - which people try to satisfy after their basic needs are met.






20. Learned information that can be applied to only a restricted - often artificial set of circumstances.






21. In Piaget's theory - a concept achieved during the concrete operational stage that involves ordering items by two or more attributes - such as by both size and color.






22. A form of formal logic achieved during the formal operational stage that Piaget identified as the ability to draw a logical inference between two statements or premises in an 'if-then' relationship.






23. Visible - genetic characteristics of individuals that cause them to be seen as members of the same broad group (e.g. - African - Asian - Caucasian).






24. Elemenating or decreasing a behaviour by removing reinforcement






25. Exceptional learning needs.






26. A set of critical issues that individuals must address as they pass through eight life stages - according to Erikson.






27. Learning from observation the consequences of others1 behavior.






28. A strategy that allows students to practice speaking and listening by sharing information with a variety of partners.






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






30. IDEA






31. Eye contact - gestures - physical proximity - or touching used to communicate without interrupting verbal discourse.






32. Facial abnormalities; heart defects; low birth weight; motor dysfunctions






33. Important events that are fixed mainly in visual and auditory memory.






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






35. Articulation problems occurring most frequently among children in the early elementary school grades.






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






37. The unique pattern of strengths and needs related to each child's physical - cognitive - social - and emotional growth; see interindividual variation.






38. Term for native speakers of any language other than English.






39. Teaching the skills and knowledge necessary for a given activity.






40. 1950s High schools expected to teach "life skills" - especially for students not planning to attend post high school training/education.






41. Education of All Handicapped Children Act.






42. Relates to the accuracy with which skills & knowledge are measured






43. Activities and techniques that orient students to the material before reading or class presentations.






44. Methods used to prevent behavior problems from occurring or to respond to behavior problems so as to reduce their occurrence in the future.






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46. Problems with the ability to receive information through the body1s senses.






47. A problem-solving technique that encourages identifying the goal (ends) of a problem - the current situation - and what needs to be done (means) to reduce the difference between the two conditions.






48. Beginning with processing the higher symbolic and semantic level of meaning of a text and working one's way back to processing the physical characteristics of language (e.g. - letter-sounds).






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






50. Characterized by significantly different psychosocial development from one's peers - including hyperactivity - aggression - withdrawal - immaturity - and learning difficulties.