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Elementary Teaching

Subject : teaching
Instructions:
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1. Learning by observing others' behavior.






2. Set of standardized scores ranging from 1 to 99 - having a mean of 50 and a standard deviation of about 21.






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






4. Absolute grading based on criteria for mastery.






5. A concept which allows children to use information they already have acquired to form new knowledge that begins to emerge during the concrete operational stage but more characteristic of adolescent thinking.






6. Decreased ability to recall previously learned information causedby learning of new information.






7. Educational needs teach religion & 3 R's - have a literate citizenship that could read the bible






8. Systematic application of antecedents and consequences to change behavior.






9. Goal is to establish and guide the 'next' generation and help others. Failure to do so may lead to stagnation - self-indulgence - and selfishness.






10. Impairments in the ability to understand language or to express ideas in one1s native language.






11. 1978 Schools required to provide services and activities to meet the needs of students identified as being gifted/talented.






12. Goal is to create and maintain long-term friendships & sexual relationships. Failure may cause person to shy away from future relationships.






13. Component of memory where limited amounts of information can be stored for a few seconds.






14. Goal is to accept one's accomplishments and life as having been worthwhile & come to terms with one's impending death. Failure to do so results in an overwhelming feeling of despair.






15. Level of development immediately above a person's present level.






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






17. Way of perceiving - believing evaluating and behaving






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






19. Federal law P.L. 101-476 enacted in 1990 changing the name of P.L. 94-142 and broadening services to adolescents with disabilities.






20. A program that is designed to prevent or remediate learning problems for students who are from lower socioeconomic status communities.






21. Interactive programs that include videos. films. still pictures - and music.






22. Curriculum Emphasis is on enduring ideas.






23. Environmental conditions that activate the senses.






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






25. Teacher's Role Deliver clear lectures; increase students' understanding with critical questions.






26. Behavior - diagnosed by a qualified professional - characterized by inattention - impulsivity - and unusual or excessive activity.






27. Category of exceptionality characterized by problems with learning - interpersonal relationships - and control of feelings and behavior.






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






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






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






31. A cooperative learning model that involves small groups in which students work using cooperative inquiry - planning - project - and group discussion - then make a presentation on their findings to the class.






32. Rules are set down by others.






33. Status reflects the degree to which teens have made a firm commitment to religious and political values and future occupation.

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34. Livelihood Industry/Commerce = most lived in towns






35. One of two basic principles referred to by Piaget as invariant functions; the ability of all organisms to adapt their mental representations or behavior to fit environmental demands; contrast with organization.






36. A response to a question made by an entire class in unison.






37. Refers to a pattern of ongoing - long-standing (chronic) behavior disorders that have 3 core symptoms:Inattention - Hyperactivity - and impulsivity






38. A disorder characterized by difficulties maintaining attention because of a limited ability to concentrate; includes impulsive actions and hyperactive behavior.






39. A category of disability that significantly affects social interaction - verbal and nonverbal communication - and educational performance.






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






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






42. The process by which a learner gradually acquires expertise in interaction with an expert - either an adult or an older or more advanced peer.






43. A consequence that people learn to value through its association with a primary reinforcer.






44. Refers to substantial limitations in present functioning manifests before the age of 18.






45. Critical issue accompanying each of Erickson's 8 stages of development that a person must address as they pass through the stage. Failure to do so may keep person from being successful in later stages.






46. (those a child exhibits depends on form/severity of autism) extremely withdrawn; engage in self-stimulating activities (rocking - etc.); might have normal/outstanding abilitities in some areas; resistant to changes in the environment/routine; more pr






47. 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)






48. Educational performance markedly and adversely affected over a period of time by: inability to build/maintain satisfacory interpersonal relationships; inappropriate types of behavior/feelings; general unhappiness; etc.






49. Revealed prejudicial side of common school movement






50. Time spent actively engaged in learning the task at hand.