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Elementary Teaching

Subject : teaching
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Assignments or activities designed to broaden or deepen the knowledge of students who master classroom lessons quickly.






2. Made an identity commitment - but not explored identity.






3. A personality trait that concerns whether people attribute responsibility for their own failure or success to internal factors or to external factors.






4. Programs that address the needs of students with mental - emotional - or physical disabilities.






5. Way of perceiving - believing evaluating and behaving






6. Teachers required to use the same judgement/care as parents in protecting the children under their supervision.






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






8. 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.






9. Long - narrow face; large ears' prominent forehead; large head circumference; testicles enlarged at puberty in males






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






11. Using unpleasant consequences to weaken a behavior






12. Inborn - automatic responses to stimuli (e.g. - eyeblinking in response to bright light.






13. Has three interlocking unities: the oneness of God (monotheism); the oneness of his prophets or messengers (religious perennialism); and the oneness of humanity (equality - globalism).






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






15. Spanish monk; successful in teaching a small group of pupils who were deaf to speak - read - and write






16. Blurts out answers before questions have been completed - has difficulty awaiting turn - interrupts or intrudes on others (e.g. - butts into conversations or games)






17. Uling consequences to control the occurenc of behavior






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






19. Time during which students have the opportunity to learn.






20. Less severe - more subtle forms of alcohol-related damage.






21. An ethnic or racial group that is a minority within a broader society.






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






23. 1935 Provided economic relief during the Great Depression and training to adult males to prepare them for work in the needed sectors.






24. Study aimed at identifying and gathering detailed information about something of interest.






25. One of three types of knowledge as described by Piaget; knowing the attributes of objects such as their number - color - size - and shape; knowledge is acquired by acting on objects - experimenting - and observing reactions.






26. A term used by Piaget to describe how children change existing schemes by altering old ways of thinking or acting to fit new information in their environment; contrast with assimilation.






27. Physical consequences of an action is determine whether the action is 'good' or 'bad'.






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






29. A measure of the consistency of test scores obtained from the same students at different times.






30. Comprehensive measure of achievement






31. Scores are comparable across populations






32. Mental processing of new information leading to its linkage with previously learned knowledge.






33. Educational Goals Train students' intellect and moral development.






34. Theory that emphasizes learning through observation of others.






35. Believing that everyone views the world as you do.






36. Absolute grading based on criteria for mastery.






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






38. Test that predicts ability to learn a variety of specific skills and types of knowledge.






39. Modeling provides an alternative to shaping for teaching new behaviors - teachers & parents must model appropriate behaviors and take care that they don't model inappropriate ones






40. Bell-shaped symmetrical distribution of scores in which most scores fall near the mean - with progressively fewer occurring as distance from the mean increases.






41. Research into the relationships between variables as they naturally occur.






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






43. A focus on having students in mixed-ability groups and holding them to high standards but providing many way to reach those standards.






44. Program in which rewards or punishments are given to a class as a whole for adhering to or violating rules of conduct.






45. A cognitive strategy that encourages children to use internal speech to guide them through a task in a step-by-step manner; see inner speech.






46. A concept in Vygotsky's theory regarding children's potential for intellectual growth rather than their actual level of development; the gap between what children can do on their own and what they can do with the assistance of others.






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






48. Assessments that follow instruction and evaluate knowledge or skills.






49. Measurement of important abilities using procedures that simulate the application of these abilities to real-life problems.






50. A teacher1s ability to respond to behavior problems without interrupting a classroom lesson.