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Elementary Teaching

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1. Consequence given to strengthen behavior.






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






3. Mild to moderate mental retardation; attention disorders; behavioral problems






4. An umbrella term to describe all who receive special education-children with disabilities as well as children who are gifted.






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






6. The tendency to think about - see - and understand the world from one's own perspective; an inability to see objects or situations from another's perspective.






7. Method of improving retention by practicing new knowledge or behaviors after mastery is achieved.






8. The study of learning and teaching.






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






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






11. Inducement of students to go along with the instructional goals of the teacher - usually fostered by helping students realize how a particular type of learning will help them.






12. Learned information that can be applied to only a restricted - often artificial set of circumstances.






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






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






15. A lifelong developmental disability that is neurologically based and affects the functioning of the brain; disabilities vary from mild to severe and include deficits in verbal and nonverbal communication - problems with reciprocal social interaction






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






17. Peer tutoring between an older and a younger student.






18. Rewarding or punishing one's own behavior.






19. Orientation for approaching learning tasks and processing information in certain ways.






20. 1964 A federal compensatory preschool education program created to help disadvantaged 3 and 4 year old students enter elementary school "ready to learn.'






21. Formerly Chapter 1 - compensatory programs that were reauthorized as Title 1 of the Improving America's Schools Act (IASA) in 1994.






22. A test designed to measure general abilities and to predict future performance.






23. Play in which children engage in the same activity side by side but with very little interaction or mutual influence.






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






25. General patterns of behavior used by parents when dealing with their children.






26. Pattern of teaching concepts by presenting a rule or definition - giving examples - and then showing how examples illustrate the rule.






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






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






29. Experiment in which conditions are highly controlled.






30. 12 to 18 yrs.; Goal is for teen to experiment with different roles - personality traits - etc. so as to develop a sense of who she is & What is personally important to her. failure to reach goal leads to a state of confusion which can interfere with






31. Upper-slant eyes; short stature; flat nose; somewhat smaller ears/nose; enlarged - sometimes protruding tongue; short fingers; reduced muscle tones; single (Simean) crease across palm of the hand






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






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






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






35. A history - culture - and sense of identity shared by a group of people.






36. Runs about or climbs excessively in situation in which it is inappropriate - has difficulty playing or engaging in leisure activities quietly - talks excessively






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






38. P.L. 94-142






39. Characterized by significantly different psychosocial development from one's peers - including hyperactivity - aggression - withdrawal - immaturity - and learning difficulties.






40. 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.






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






42. Explored identity - but not made a commitment.






43. A set of principles that relates social environment to psychological development.






44. Systematic application of antecedents and consequences to change behavior.






45. 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.






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






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






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






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






50. Ability to control one's body movements and handle objects skillfully.







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