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Elementary Teaching

Subject : teaching
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1. Established a school for individuals who were blind in Paris






2. Display acceptance of student; never finish student's sentence or allow others to do so; don't put student in high-pressure situation in which they must respond quickly in a verbal manner.






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






4. A theory that emphasizes the active integration of new material with existing schemata.






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






6. A study strategy that requires decisions about what to write.






7. Knowing about one's own learning ('thinking about thinking').






8. Strategy for memorization in which initial letters of a list to be memorized are taken to make a word or phrase that is more easily remembered.






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






10. One form of multiple-choice test item - most useful when a comparison of two alternatives is called for.






11. A measure of the ability of a test to predict future behavior.






12. Belief that a critical core of information exists that all people should possess. Most closely related to the Idealism and Realism schools of philosophy.






13. Increased comprehension of previously learned information due to the acquisition of new information.






14. 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.






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






16. Wanted public funding in 1840s for Catholic schools. Helped the secularization of American public schools.






17. One-to-one tutoring for reading; early elementary = phonetic reading strategies; teach learning-to-learn skills (study skills - test-taking skills - etc.); give frequent feedback; break down large projects into smaller chunks; effective classroom man






18. Students: 1) think about the lesson topic; 2) pair up with partners and share according to the guidelines the teacher has provided; 3) share their discussions with the rest of the class. Each person takes a turn retelling their partners' information.






19. In Piaget's theory - the type of knowledge as the mental construction of relationships involved in the concrete operations of seriation - classification - and conservation - as well as various formal operations that emerge in adolescence.






20. Disorder in one or more basic psychological processes involved in understanding/using spoken and/or written language = imperfect ability to listen - think - read - write - spell - or do math calculations.






21. An act that is followed by a favorable effect is more likely to be repeated in similar situations; an act that is followed by an unfavorable effect is less likely to be repeated.






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






23. Differences in developmental needs from one child to the next; see intraindividual variation.






24. Research scores from individual minority populations to determine whether scores are comparable - provide non-English-speaking students the opportunity to take mathematics & science exams in their native language - grade essays without regard for who






25. 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






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






27. Cognitive style in which patterns are perceived as whole.






28. 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.






29. A reward that is external to the activity - such as recognition or a good grade.






30. 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.






31. Physical consequences of an action is determine whether the action is 'good' or 'bad'.






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






33. Parents who give their children great freedom.






34. Blurts out answers before questions have been completed - has difficulty awaiting turn - interrupts or intrudes on others (e.g. - butts into conversations or games)






35. The goals students must reach to be considered proficient in a skill.






36. Deiceded by state law. Used in Mississippi and other places still!






37. Curriculum Emphasis is on basic skills.






38. A teacher1s ability to respond to behavior problems without interrupting a classroom lesson.






39. The frequency and predictability of reinforcement.






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






41. A statistical measure of the degree of dispersion in a distribution of scores.






42. Stages 5 and 6 in Kohlberg's model of moral development - in which individuals make moral judgements in relation to abstract principles.






43. Characterized by a lower than normal level of intelligence and developmental delays in specific adaptive behavior.






44. Programs in which assignments or activities are designed to broaden or deepen the knowledge of students who master classroom lessons quickly.






45. 1975 federal law requiring provision of special education services to eligible students.






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






47. The degree to which people are held responsible for their task performances or decision outcomes.






48. 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.






49. Explanation of learning that focuses on mental processes.






50. Tests of specific skills used to identify students1 needs and to guide instruction.