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Elementary Teaching

Subject : teaching
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Diagramming main ideas and connections between them.






2. Rules are set down by others.






3. Praise or rewards given to motivate people to engage in behavior that they might not engage in without it.






4. Tests that are usually commercially prepared for nationwide use to provide accurate and meaningful information on student's level of performance relative to others at their age or grade levels.






5. Theories that knowledge is stored in the brain in a network of connections - not in systems of rules or individual bits of information.






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






7. Interpreting new experiences in relation to existing schemes.






8. A measure of the degree to which instructional objectives have been attained.






9. Knowledge and skills relating to reading that children usually develop from experience with books and other print media before the beginning of formal reading instruction in school.






10. 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.






11. Estimated one in 500-700 babies born each year with some degree of alcohol-related damage/defect- alcohol can damage the central nervous system of fetus and brain damage is not uncommon.






12. 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






13. The language produced by learners in the period before they reach native-like proficiency.






14. P.L. 94-142






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






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






17. Methods for learning. studying. or solving problems.






18. A type of standardized score ranging from 1 to 9 - having a mean of 5 and a standard deviation of 2.






19. Individual that are often unaware of many of the factors that determine their emotions and behaviors; these unconscious factors may create unhappiness - sometimes in the form of recognizable symptoms and at other times as troubling personality traits






20. Can be a congenital anomaly (e.g. - club foot - etc.); an impairment caused by disease (e.g. - polio - etc.); or impairments from other causes (e.g. - cerebral palsy - amputation - etc.) that adversely affects a student's educational performance.






21. Sensitivity to natural objects - like plants/animals; making fine sensory discrimination.






22. Religion Wide variety of religious beliefs practiced






23. Technique in which facts or skills to be learned are repeated many times over a concentrated period of time.






24. Behavior modification strategies in which a student1s school behavior is reported to parents - who supply rewards.






25. A statement of information or tasks that students should master after one or more lessons.






26. A part of long-term memory that stores facts and general knowledge.






27. Teacher's Role (Same as for Perennialism) Deliver clear lectures; increase students' understanding with critical questions






28. Using unpleasant consequences to weaken a behavior.






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






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






31. Food - water - or other consequence that satisfies basic needs.






32. Cognitive theory of learning that describes the processing - storage - and retrieval of knowledge from the mind.






33. Inducement of students to go along with the instructional goals of the teacher - usually fostered by helping students realize how a particular type of learning will help them.






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






35. Hypothetical situations that require a person to consider values of right and wrong.






36. Ability to access one's own feelings/abilities to discriminate among them and draw on them to guide behavior; knowledge of one's own strengths - weaknesses - desires and intelligences.






37. The speech or writing that a learner produces in a target language






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






39. Classes or curricula targeted for students of a specified achievement or ability level.






40. Program tailored to the needs of an exceptional child.






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






42. A behavior prompted automatically by stimuli.






43. The inability to concentrate for long periods of time.






44. Vygotsky's term for the process of constructing a mental representation of external physical actions or cognitive operations that first occur through social interaction.






45. A Piagetian concept that develops during the preoperational stage in which children gain the ability to use words to stand for real objects.






46. Developmental disability affecting social interactions - verbal/nonverbal communication - and educational performance. Generally evident before the age of 3 years.






47. Removing a student from a situation in which misbehavior was reinforced.






48. Movement is particularly concerned with spiritual exploration - holistic medicine - and mysticism - yet no rigid boundaries actually exist






49. Developmental stage at which a person becomes capable of reproduction.






50. Theory of motivation based on the belief that people1s efforts to achieve depend on their expectations of reward.