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Elementary Teaching

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






2. Disorders that impede academic progress of people who are not mentally retarded or emotionally disturbed.






3. A comprehensive approach to prevention and early intervention for preschool - kindergarten - and grades 1 through 5 - with one-to-one tutoring - family support services - and changes in instruction that might be needed to prevent students from fallin






4. A condition that a person tries to avoid or escape.






5. Tendency to analyze oneself & one's own thoughts






6. A school situation in which a child's needs clash with the learning and behavioral expectations of the educational system.






7. Motivation that stems from one's own needs or desires - not requiring extrinsic incentives.






8. Play that occurs alone.






9. Developed an early version of finger spelling for individuals who were deaf






10. Degree of deafness; uncorrectable inability to hear well.






11. A mental operation learned during the concrete operational stage that allows children to organize concepts and objects according to how they relate to one another in a building-block fashion. For example - all matter is composed of molecules and mole






12. Stage at which children develop skills of logical reasoning and conservation but can use theses kills only when dealing with familiar situations.






13. Assessment Continuous feedback - informal monitoring of students' progress






14. Relationship in which high scores on one variable correspond to low scores on another.






15. Forms of epilepsy.






16. Gauging the progress of students






17. Difficulty in maintaining attention because of limited ability to concentrate accompanied by impulsive actions/hyperactive behavior = may have marked academic - behavior - and social problems stemming from inability to pay attention.






18. Final test of an objective.






19. Education that teaches the value of cultural diversity.






20. 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.






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






22. Emphasizes curriculum that focuses on real-world problem solving and individual development. Most closely related to the Pragmatism school of philosophy






23. Mild form of autism; may have concomitant learning disabilities and/or poor motor skills.

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24. Dispensing reinforcement following an unpredictable number of correct behaviors.






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






26. Eye contact - gestures - physical proximity - or touching used to communicate without interrupting verbal discourse.






27. Experiment in which conditions are highly controlled.






28. A psychological movement - started in Germany - that advanced the understanding of perception.






29. 1965 part of Pres. Johnson's "War on Poverty.' Provides funding for special programs for children of low-income families in grades k through 12. has been reauthorized by Congress every 5 years since its inception.






30. The ability to perform a mental operation and then reverse one's thinking to return to the starting point.






31. The meaning of stimuli in the context of relevant information.






32. Continuous feedback to the teacher - test smaller units - monitor progress - informal






33. An activity acting out situations encountered in the classroom or in everyday life - using the language that might be used in such situations






34. Rapid promotion through advanced studies for students who are gifted or talented.






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






36. Theory that emphasizes learning through observation of others.






37. Environmental conditions that activate the senses.






38. 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.






39. What is right is whatever satisfies one's own needs (occasionally the needs of others). Fairness/Reciprocity seen in terms of 'you scratch my back - I'll scratch yours'.






40. Way of perceiving - believing evaluating and behaving






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






42. A set of principles that explain and relate certain phenomena.






43. Educational Goals Students need to acquire the ability to function in the real world and to develop problem-solving skills.






44. According to Piaget - children's inclination during the preoperational stage to confuse physical and psychological events in their attempts to develop theories of the internal world of the mind.






45. Assessment of a collection of the students work in an area showing growth - self-reflection - and achievement.






46. Suggested forming an annex to the public schools to provide special classes for individuals with hearing impairment - visual impairment - and mental retardation






47. One student teaching another.






48. The ability to use language to learn academic content. (Including using spoken & written English to do assignments - interact with teachers - and communicate with native-English-speaking peers.)






49. 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)






50. Assessments that rate how thoroughly students have mastered specific skills or areas of knowledge