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Elementary Teaching

Subject : teaching
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1. 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.






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






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






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






5. An acquired injury to the brain caused by external physical force - resulting in a total/partialfunctional disability - psychosocial impairment - or both - that adversely affects a student's educational performance.






6. The kinds of problems some children with emotional and behavioral disorders experience - including depression - withdrawal - anxiety - and obsession; contrast with externalizing problems.






7. History Industrialization - immigration - and westward expansion lead to many social problems. Solution? An educated - moral citizenry that could participate in democratic decision-making and contribute to the nation's economy.






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






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






10. A stimulus that naturally evokes a particular responce






11. Representing the main points of material in heirarchical format.






12. Learning Environment (Same as Perennialism) High structure; high levels of on task time.






13. A person1s desire to develop to his or her full potential.






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






15. Teen's premature establishment of an identity based on parental choice instead of her own. A pseudo-identity that is too fixed/rigid to serve as a foundation for meeting life's challenges.






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






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






18. 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.






19. A theory that relates the probability and incentive of success to motivation.






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






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






22. Learning process in which individuals physically carry out tasks.






23. Did not require bilingual ed.






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






25. Research approach in which the teaching practices of effective teachers are recorded through classroom observation.






26. 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.






27. A term used by Piaget to describe how children mold new information to fit their existing schemes in order to better adapt to their environment; contrast with accommodation.






28. The process of restoring balance between present understanding and new experiences.






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






30. 1944 Provided for college/vocational ed. for returning WWII veterans.

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






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






33. Disability






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






35. Event that comes before a behavior.






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






37. An educational philosophy that emphasizes the integration of reading - writing - and language and communication skills across the curriculum in the context of authentic or real-life materials - problems - and tasks.






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






39. The mechanism by which second language learners process - store - and retrieve conscious language rules.






40. Hypothesis that language acquisition is related directly to the student's attitude about learning. (Krashen's Theory)






41. Goal was to prevent Catholic schools from receiving state and tax-payer funding for schools and ensuring that only the Protestant bible was used in schools.






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






43. Tests to assess the student1s level of skills and knowledge necessary for a given activity.






44. Lack of relationship between two variables.






45. System of instruction that emphasizes the achievement of instructional objectives by all students by allowing learning time to vary.






46. Body quadruples in weight and the brain triples in weight - neurons branch & grow into dense connective networks between the brain & the rest of the body






47. Adolescent experiments with goals and values by abandoning some of those set by parents and society; no definite commitments have been made to occupations or ideologies; the adolescent is in the midst of an identity crisis






48. The motivation or will to make something happen - to reach one's goal.






49. Giving a clear - firm - unhostile response to student misbehavior.






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