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Elementary Teaching

Subject : teaching
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. Elemenating or decreasing a behaviour by removing reinforcement






2. Education Reserved for the sons of wealthy - White families






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






4. 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.






5. Fidgets with hands or feet or squirms in seat - leaves seat in classroom or in other situations in which remaining seated is expected






6. One student teaching another.






7. A measure of the match between the content of a test and the content of the instruction that preceded it.






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






9. Teen has made her own conscious - autonomous - clear-cut decisions about an occupation and ideology that reflects who she is & a deep commitment to these decisions






10. Modifying existing schemes to fit new situations.






11. The degree to which an experiment's results can be attributed to the treatment in question - not to other factors.






12. Learning from observation the consequences of others1 behavior.






13. Contributions to Education Taxes to support public schools - increase in attendance of under-represented groups - created state education departments and appointing of state superintendents






14. The fundamental assumption of the common school movement is 'the public school would be an agent of moral/social redemption that resulted from nonsectarian religious instruction'; exposed evils associated with this movement.






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. Demographics Majority English - w/large populations of Dutch in New York - Swedes in Delaware - and Germans in Pennsylvania






17. A systematic linguistic analysis of the structures of the learners' native and target languages. Contrastive analysis can be performed at different levels of language--sound - lexicon - grammar - meaning - and rhetoric.






18. 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.






19. Group that receives treatment during an experiment.






20. 1975 Requires all schools receiving federal funds to provide equal access to education for children whith physical and mental disabilities.






21. Less severe - more subtle forms of alcohol-related damage.






22. Parents who mix firm guidance with respect and warmth toward their children.






23. The concept that certain properties of an object (such as weight) remain the same regardless of changes in other properties (such as length).






24. A part of long-term memory that stores information about how to do things.






25. A discussion among all the students in a class with the teacher as moderator.






26. The application of knowledge acquired in one situation to new situations.






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






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






29. A person's perception of his or her own strengths and weaknesses.






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






31. The mental tendency to organize perceptions so they make sense.






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






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






34. The application of behavioral learning principles to understand and change behavior.






35. 1875 Court upheld Michigan school officials' attempts to collect public funds for the support of a village high school to provide a secondary education for all males = set precedent for public funding of high schools.






36. A statement of information or tasks that students should master after one or more lessons.






37. An understanding and appreciation of students' personal attributes - experiences - their cultures and communities - and how all this fits in with their learning.






38. The average test score received by individuals of a given chronological age.






39. Educational Implications (1) Learner-centered curricula. (2) hands-on learning activities where students collaborate. (3) Teacher guides students through learning process. (4) Constructivist in nature.






40. A task requiring recall of a list of items in any order.






41. Inability to develop a clear direction or sense of self; adolescent has few commitments to goals and values - and seems apathetic about finding an identity; if an identity crisis has been experienced - it has not been resolved






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






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






44. Difficulties producing speech sounds or problems with voice quality; interruption in the flow of rhythm of speech (e.g. - stuttering)






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






46. Defines intelligence as 'the capacity to solve problems or fashion products that are valued in one or more cultural settings.' 8 intelligences - everyone has all 8 - but in different proportions. You can strengthen your weaker areas.

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47. Assign students to remedial or accelerated tracks based solely on their scores - compute glass grades using standardized test scores - compare scores on the exam to in-class quizzes






48. The Guru Granth Sahib is a sacred text






49. Mental networks of related concepts that influence understanding of new information.






50. Procedures based on both behavioral and cognitive learning principles for changing your own behavior by using self-talk and self-instruction.