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Elementary Teaching

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1. In Piaget's theory - a concept achieved during the concrete operational stage that involves ordering items by two or more attributes - such as by both size and color.






2. The act of analyzing oneself and one's own thoughts.






3. Also referred to as schema (pl. schemata) in some research areas; in Piaget's theory - the physical actions - mental operations - concepts - or theories people use to organize and acquire information about their world.






4. Capacity to discern and respond appropriately to the moods - temperaments - motivations - and desires of others.






5. Deficiency in the structure of the X chromosome; affects one in 750 males and one in 1 -250 females; appears to be associated with autism/disorders of attention






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






7. A skill learned during the concrete operational stage of cognitive development in which individuals can think simultaneously about a whole class of objects as well as relationships among its subordinate classes.






8. Strategy for remembering lists by picturing items in familiar locations.






9. Orderly and lasting growth - adaptation - and change over the course of a lifetime.






10. Release from an unpleasant situation to strengthen behavior.






11. Decreasing the chances that a behavior will occur again by removing a pleasant stimulus following the behavior.






12. A stimulus that naturally evokes a particular response.






13. Help ensure that the results will be an accurate indication of student ability - enable most students to be tested - enable testing practices to be deemed fair to all students






14. Selection by chance into different treatment groups to try to ensure equality of the groups.






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






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






17. Piaget's term for an infant's understanding during the sensorimotor stage that objects continue to exist even when they can no longer be seen or acted on.






18. 1958 Passed in response to the Russian launch of Sputnik satellite; appropriated federal funds to improve education in areas considered crucial to national defense/security: math - foreign language - and science.






19. Students who are subject to school failure because of characteristics of the student or inadequate responses to their needs by school - family - or community.






20. Assessments that follow instruction and evaluate knowledge or skills.






21. Values computed from raw scores that relate students1 performances to those of a norming group; examples are percentiles and grade equivalents.






22. Exceptional learning needs.






23. Father of American Scholarship in Education






24. 1964 A no-cost educational/vocational training program administered by the U.S. Dept. of labor that helps people ages 16 - 24 get a better job - make more money - and take control of their lives. Part of the Economic Opportunity Act.






25. A form of formal logic achieved during the formal operational stage Piaget identified as the ability to generate and test hypotheses in a logical and systematic matter.






26. Using unpleasant consequences to weaken a behavior.






27. Evaluations designed to determine whether additional instruction is needed






28. Sub-average intellectual functioning existing concurrently with related limitations in 2 or more of the following: communication; self-care; home living; social skills; community use; self-direction; health/safety; functional academics; leisure; work






29. The study of learning and teaching.






30. The degree to which the teacher is aware of and responsive to student performance.






31. Evaluation designed to determine whether additional instruction is needed.






32. The process of comparing one's self to others to gather information and to evaluate and judge one's abilities.






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






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






35. Assessment of a student's ability to perform tasks - not just knowledge.






36. Condition - usually present at birth - that results in below-average intellectual skills and poor adaptive behavior.






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






38. A person is considered legally blind when the best corrected visual acuity is 20/200 - or the person's visual field is 20 degrees or less; not all blind persons have absolutely no sight; most blind persons have some remaining vision; considered blind






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






40. A motivational orientation of students who place primary emphasis on gaining recognition from others and earning good grades.






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






42. Technique in which items to be learned are repeated at intervals over a period of time.






43. The many small skills needed in a larger course of action.






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






45. Professionals working cooperatively to provide educational services.






46. Demographics Culturally/Religiously homogenous - Puritan






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






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






49. Made an identity commitment - but not explored identity.






50. Arranging objects in sequential order according to one aspect - such as size - weight - or volume.