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Elementary Teaching

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1. In Piaget's theory - the understanding which develops during the concrete operational stage that involves the ability to order objects in a logical progression - such as from shortest to tallest; important for understanding the concepts of number - t






2. 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.






3. A measure of prestige within a social group most often based on income and education.






4. A teacher or school can make one backup copy of






5. Final test of an objective.






6. 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






7. Interpreting new experiences in relation to existing schemes.






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






9. Instruction given to students having difficulty learning.






10. Decreasing the chances that a behavior will occur again by presenting an aversive stimulus following the behavior.






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






12. 18 mo to 3 yrs.; Goal is to gain the ability to do things for oneself. failure to gain a sense of autonomy leads to a sense of powerlessness/incompetence. Child may begin to doubt her abilities & feel guilty when she tries to show some independence.






13. 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)






14. Livelihood Life centered around agriculture/use of slaves to work plantations






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






16. Most girls begin their growth spurt by the start of 5th grade






17. Students often learn a great deal simply by observing other people - describing the consequences of behaviors can effectively increase appropriate behaviors & decrease inappropriate ones






18. Specific behaviors students are expected to exhibit at the end of a series of lessons.






19. 1875 Court upheld Michigan school officials' attempts to collect public funds for the support of a village high school to provide a secondary education for all males = set precedent for public funding of high schools.






20. A process that occurs when recall of certain information is inhibited by the presence of other information in memory.






21. An intelligence test score that for people of average intelligence should be near 100.






22. Grading on the basis of how well other students performed on the same test rather than in terms of preestablished absolute standards.






23. Runs about or climbs excessively in situation in which it is inappropriate - has difficulty playing or engaging in leisure activities quietly - talks excessively






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






25. The tendency for items that appear at the beginning of a list to be more easily recalled than other items.






26. Cognitive style in which separate parts of a pattern are perceived and analyzed.






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






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






29. The process of adjusting schemes in response to the environment by means of assimilation.






30. Teachers should help students set realistic expectations for their academic accomplishments - self-regulation techniques provide effective methods for improving behavior






31. The application of behavioral learning principles to understand and change behavior.






32. Theories of cognitive development that emphasize the active role of learners in building their own understanding of reality.






33. Derived score that designates what percent of the norming group earned raw scores lower than a particular score.






34. A part of long-term memory that stores images of our personal experiences.






35. Oral articulation problems; occur most frequently among children in early elementary grades.






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






37. Movements of the fine muscles of the hand.






38. One of three stages of children's use of language identified by Vygotsky that is used primarily for communicative purposes in which thought and language have separate functions; contrast with egocentric speech and inner speech.






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. Explanation of learning that focuses on mental processes.






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






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






44. Education that teaches the value of cultural diversity.






45. The tendency for items that appear at the end of a list to be more easily recalled than other items.






46. Indicates that a person has less than 20/200 vision in the better eye or a very limited field of vision (20 degrees at its widest point)






47. The study of animal behavior with emphasis on the behavioral patterns that occur in natural environments; animals are born with a set of fixed action patterns such as imprinting






48. Terms partially sighted - low vision - legally blind - and totally blind are used in the educational context to describe students with visual impairments






49. Basic requirements for physical and psychological well-being as identified by Maslow.






50. 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.